Hi All! :D
I have recently added a royal to my small collection and need a little bit of advice. I aquired the little fella last week after being told by the place I got him from that he had a damaged vertebra and they wouldnt be able to sell him. He also had quite a few raised scales but still took him on.
The store told us that he was a good feeder, but he rejected his first feed here. I put this down to him being in a new place and he will eventually eat. Today I have noticed that he has mites which probably explain the raised scales and possibly part of why he didnt eat.
Anyway we have contacted the store to advise them of the mites because he was kept with other snakes in there (dont want others to be sold with mites). We have some treatment for mites but I think it may be for an older snake as I'm presuming he is under the reccomended weight. Other than bathing him is there any other way that I can help get rid of the mites?
We've thrown out all bedding and scrubbed the tank down.
