Pulling my hair ou! Mites!

I would definitely get rid of the bedding and use paper towels. I had mites show up in my quarantine after a show and I stripped everything down to just a couple hides,paper towels and a water bowl (when it was safe to put in). Used the provent a mite and haven't seen a mite since.

i agree with everything else, and would add that you dont need to use any product directly on your BPs. PAM, used according to instructions, does a good job. and when mites bother your snakes, a bath (lukewarm water without anything except 1 tiny drop of dishwater fluid to break the surface tension) will cause all mites to drown.


so yes, strip it down to hides, water bowl, and white paper towels.

PAM continues to work for a month, so when you have potentially contaminated decoration and extra hides and stuff, just clean it as best as you can, let it dry, make sure that its dry, spray with PAM, and seal it up in a plastic bag. the same with substrate, if you dont want to throw it away, spray with PAM and bag it airtight. the combination of poison and starvation and time will do the job. so you dont need to throw stuff away.

what makes mites nasty is that the eggs take up to 1 month to hatch, and they are close to indestructible. moisture or low humidity wont impress them, they survive over a wide temperature range, and they are sealed off from chemicals or toxins. so the strategy of PAM is that it stays active for 1 month, kills any breathing (adult, subadult, larva) mites rapidly, and then stays active enough for 1 month to kill anything that hatches out. work with that strategy. paper towels and PAM for 6 weeks, and they will be extinct.

Well we did everything as suggested & the snakes are on just white paper towels. We treated them Sunday.

My BP pooped this morning so I got her out to clean up & saw a live baby mite on her...I'm guessing these are from the eggs that were leftover.

So I will use the Reptile Relief every 3 days on them like it says on the bottle.

REALLY hoping they'll all be gone!!! I feel like crying!

I will keep bathing my BP too (will bathe her tomorrow as she just ate right now) I can't keep bathing my Rosy boa tho as its bad for them...so hopefully the RR is good enough for her.

PROVENT A MITE!!! QUICK!!!

I can't say enough wonderful things about it. Early on in our business we had issues with snake mites and rat mites and am happy to say that thanks to a strict regimen we've been totally mite free for a very long time.

1. soak the snakes with a TINY bit of vegetable or mineral oil in the water. This will help kill the mites.
2. Purchase ProVent a Mite. We have like 15 cans on hand.
3. Take the snakes out in Rubbermaid tubs and house them in a room far far away from their cages.
4. Remove water dishes and substrate and all that. Pitch the substrate and dispose of the trash ASAP.
5. Bleach the bejesus out the water bowls. Then wash them out really well.
6. Disinfect with F-10 and then wash all the enclosures.
7. Spray the Provent a Mite. You don't want to put it inside the enclosure, where the snake can come in contact. While we battled the mites we put a small spot under the substrate and two fast stripes down either side of our tubs. Then a spritz on every level of the racks. Now, we don't need the under substrate spot. WEAR A MASK! It's super toxic and make sure the room is well ventilated.
8. Let dry COMPLETELY, and let the room air out COMPLETELY. If the snakes come into contact with wet provent a mite it can cause serious neurological damage.
9. Re introduce snakes. Fresh water.
10. Continue to soak the snakes every other day or so.
11. If your room is carpeted, boil some lemons in a pot and spray the bejesus out of the carpet with the solution. The citric acid will help eat through any egg mites.
12. Repeat monthly.

Keep in mind that your problem is going to persist for a while until the future eggs are hatched and can be killed. Expect two-three months to win. But trust me, it WORKS! The rat mites took more effort to get rid of, but Pro Vent a mite played a big role in that war too.

It's nuclear warfare for sure.