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  • 12-17-2013, 05:31 AM
    KMG
    Reptile Spray shows to be $7.50 at Petco.

    I bought the small bottle and it cleaned three snakes, all their tubs, bowls, and hides. I also cleaned the entire surrounding area with it and still have plenty.

    I put the three snakes in a tub and sprayed them as directed. I let them stay like that while I cleaned everything. After all was clean and dry I soaked the three snakes to get the dead mites off. There were alot in the water dead then. I then moved each snake to is tub and had them on paper towels. The next day I saw a few mites on the paper towels but they were all dead. I have not seen a mite since.
  • 12-17-2013, 10:44 PM
    Badgemash
    First of all, what I am about to pass on is hearsay, I have not done it myself, but it was advice directly from the mouth of one of the "big name breeders" with a very good reputation who produces some VERY nice animals.

    Soak them in warm water with a few drops (only a few drops, not enough to make bubbles!) of dish soap. The idea is that if you put a snake in plain water to soak, the surface tension will allow tiny bubbles to stay on the surface of the snake along the scales, so any mites present along or under those scales will not drown. If you add the dish soap, it supposedly breaks the surface tension and inhibits the formation of the tiny bubbles, drowning the mites (although you have to kind of rub the water around on their heads since they don't typically submerge their heads very much). The breeder told me that he soaks every snake that comes into his facility using this method for around 20 minutes as a preventative measure before they enter QT.

    This is not my technique, so I cannot speak for its efficacy, but it is very cheap and potentially worth a try.
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