Mites mites mites (and more than four of them)

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Originally Posted by jjmitchell

First off the Dawn dish soap isnt going to get you anywhere....

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The dish soap in the water for a soak isn't to eradicate the problem, its to give the animal some immediate relief. The dish soap breaks the surface tension of the water. When the mites get caught in the water they can't float anymore so they drown and die.

Use the PAM every 10 days for a month, you should be just fine. If the snake will stand being soaked you can do that to, but use regular water for the first few minutes because they'll drink it.

I pre-treat all new arrivals as well to make sure I keep mites out of the rest of my collection.

I had a honduran milk snake that I got from a reptile shop a few years ago and she had the WORST mite problem I'd ever seen. They were pushing up her scales on her chin and crowding around her eyes. There had to be at least 30 of them that I could see. The PAM did the trick, I just gave her a soak to get some of the mites off of her.

Hey OP Im kind of late into the thread but I would like to share my mite experience in hopes to help you out. I bought my granite burm from a reputable breeder in my local area and 2-3 days after it was situated in its cage I decided to handle it. I noticed it had a pretty standard case of mites. Nothing I would call a bad infestation, but they were definitely there, and definitely upsetting my burm.

I did a lot of research online and this is what I ended up doing to alleviate my python from these parasites.

I went to my local pharmacy and bought some Nix brand lice shampoo. They come in small bottles, I think two to a box. I emptied one of these bottles into a 1 gallon jug of distilled water, and mixed the two ingredients until they became one. I would put the mixture into a spray bottle.

I would take my burm and place him into a Tupperware container, and spray him liberally with the solution and let him sit with it on him in the Tupperware tub for about 20 minutes. While he was in his tub I stripped his cage of everything, and sprayed the whole thing down with PAM. After the PAM application I placed paper towels in his cage in place of a substrate. After this process of prepping his cage was completed, I would spray him down one more time and place him back in his cage. I didnt rinse off the solution.

This process would be repeated every 3 days for two weeks. I would replace the paper towel substrate each time. It didnt seem to stress him out after the 2nd application, and he hasnt had any mites since. This was 4 months ago.

I hope this gives you a little guidance, and I hope your burm shakes its mite problem.

Pro-venta-mite,


Take snake out of enclosure as well as the water bowl.
Spray down the bedding, furniture and enclosure. wait till it dries. Place snake back in as well as the water bowl, treat again in 30 days or 20 days or 10 days,



FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS<<<<<<<<
They are written at an 8th grade level

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Originally Posted by Jadonh

Pro-venta-mite,


Take snake out of enclosure as well as the water bowl.
Spray down the bedding, furniture and enclosure. wait till it dries. Place snake back in as well as the water bowl, treat again in 30 days or 20 days or 10 days,



FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS<<<<<<<<
They are written at an 8th grade level

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No need to be mean. Sometimes things don't work as well as they should so people look for extra advice or alternative methods.

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Originally Posted by Kinra

No need to be mean. Sometimes things don't work as well as they should so people look for extra advice or alternative methods.

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I apologize i had no intention coming off the way I did.
There are 1000's of ways to treat mites and in 30 years I have tried and used alot I would suggest using the proventamite, Because it works, 100% works.