Been Battling Mites For Months!

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Originally Posted by Rickys_Reptiles

PAM is SO easy to use!

Take a roll of paper towel. Unroll however many pieces as you have tubs. 20 tubs = 20 sheets of paper towel. Spray it with the PAM and let is dry. Then just put 1 sheet in each tub and in 2 weeks all your mites and eggs will be gone.

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WOW helpful Ricky....

There are many respectable people here that swear by PAM.
Natural Chemistry's Reptile Spray works like a champ.
I had a bad infestation once and it is the only thing I use.
I even treat new snake just in case and its nice because you can use it directly on the reptile too.

The big thing is you have to clean the entire area. I am a little OCD and cleaned the whole room with the stuff.
I think I did it once a day for a little less than a week but after the second day I never found another mite.

wow thank you so much everyone! I will be ordering PAM later today and treating with that a couple times and hopefully that should do the trick

I use Pam to prevent further migration

I use natural chemistry's reptile spray. First I spray a separate holding tub with the reptile spray and proceed to put the infected snake in it. I leave the snake in this holding tub for aprrox 20 minutes

I take the infected tub and wash it. I then use a steam cleaner to destroy eggs that are not visible.

I do this every 4 days for 3 cycles and the mites are gone

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Originally Posted by jldetres

I then use a steam cleaner to destroy eggs that are not visible.

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Which model? I have some amazon gift cards to use and was considering a steam cleaner, but after reading the reviews, the ones that seem to hold up to regular use are $$$$.

I have the lady bug xl but that's expensive

You can use any as long as the water goes above 212 degrees

Affordable can be the shark steamer.

Using the steamer on tubs without the snake, will definitely kill eggs that mites lay and we cannot see

Why wait 7 months to order PAM? :confusd: That snake is probably SO uncomfortable.
The first (and only) time I've dealt with mites, I got on it pronto. Ordered PAM the same day and until it arrived, I soaked my mojave daily in warm water and a few drops of Dawn and sanitized his tub daily. I also visually inspected him and took as many mites off of him as I could with my hands. I even put a thin coat of oil on him as well to suffocate any mites that were under his scales that I couldn't get to. I could see an instant relief with him and by the time the PAM got to me a few days later, I barely saw any on him or in his tub. He's now my biggest snake, eats like a champ and is such a tame boy.

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Originally Posted by jldetres

I have the lady bug xl but that's expensive

You can use any as long as the water goes above 212 degrees

Affordable can be the shark steamer.

Using the steamer on tubs without the snake, will definitely kill eggs that mites lay and we cannot see

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I'd rather get a decent model, in addition to several adult BP racks + hatchling racks + juvenile racks, I have 4 48" Boamasters and 4 96" Monster enclosures. Then there's the floor, the bathroom, other stuff in the house to clean...

PAM rules !!! I am from Serbia, i order from Pro Products a spray and my friend send me a two bottle of natural chemistry r.s and and that is perfect combination, i was wait on PAM 40 days [emoji13]