mite treatment during shed

So Kratos is going into shed and I want to give him his second treatment of natural chemistry reptile spray. Should I wait until he is done shedding or is it ok to use now? His eyes are milky and he his color is fogged, he hasn't actually started pealing skin yet. I'm changing his substrate now and will use provent a mite but not sure about reptile spray bc that goes right on him.

IIRC the directions state not to use while the snake is in shed. Since it's a solution of salts that works by dehydrating the mites so they die, it probably causes really bad sheds.

If you are treating the enclosure, hides, and paper substrate with PAM or another permethrin-based insecticide, then you could forego the Reptile Relief for a few days until he's done shedding.

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Originally Posted by bcr229

IIRC the directions state not to use while the snake is in shed. Since it's a solution of salts that works by dehydrating the mites so they die, it probably causes really bad sheds.

If you are treating the enclosure, hides, and paper substrate with PAM or another permethrin-based insecticide, then you could forego the Reptile Relief for a few days until he's done shedding.

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The directions said do not treat snakes for at least 6 hours after shedding their skin so I wasn't sure if I was allowed to use before the skin has been shed. I figured it wasn't a good idea but I thought I would ask to make sure. I just used PAM in Persephone's enclosure when I discovered Kratos had mites a week ago but I didn't use reptile spray bc she was in shed but since I know Kratos has them I want to do a second treatment of both but I'll do the reptile spray the day after he sheds.

Just soak your snake for 30 minutes and clean the cage. The mites should all die by then

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Originally Posted by stickyalvinroll

Just soak your snake for 30 minutes and clean the cage. The mites should all die by then

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He was soaking 2 nights in a row 10 days ago and I inspected his water bowl and there was 1 mite in it. I took him out and inspected him and found only 1 on him. I treated with reptile spray and PAM and then was going to do second treatment today. Completely cleaned cage and sprayed PAM. He hasn't soaked since I did first treatment. I think I caught it before it became an infestation.

Do as the instructions say.

When cleaning don't forget the area around the snakes. I had mites once and cleaned everything with the Reptile Spray, even the carpet. Spayed it and then vacuumed. One treatment got rid of the little buggers.

Thanks KMG, idk why I have never thought about it. I will do that tomorrow after work and then again next treatment. Might be why they came back. Persephone has none on her at all but I'll continue treating her as if she did the same day I treat Kratos so that way I she doesn't get them.