ticks/beetles on royals/balls

sounds like a mite to me? did you, by chance, squeeze/crush it between your finger nails and find blood? that's a sure sign it's a mite.

using Provent A Mite won't harm your snake at all. i use it every time a new snake comes into my collection... as a precautionary measure. ;)

but... of course, it could be something else, denise.

yep i squashed the bugger(love squashin bugs) its fun.neway,,no blood at all just the usual greeny yellowish guts that usually come out of bugs when ya squash em.

oh yeah,i dont know if i can get PAM here, (im in ireland) but i have heard of it actually i heard of it on the movie Joe Dirt,he used it on some glass or sumthin.

I believe the PAM Joe Dirt used was the cooking spray.


When you see "PAM" in reference to mites, people are talking about Provent-A-Mite and shortening it to initials; another one of my peeves.. lol

RecyclingGoddess is like me on that one and tried to make it clear earlier. :)

ah i thaught i was the only one who saw joe dirt.anyway,,im a lil slow,been lookin at my laptoop screen since 3pm(12 hours)
il probably have to get the closes theing to pam then if i cant get it here,but should i leave the substrate in the tank while i spray it?

i would take out the substrate and put in printer paper or newspaper. change it daily and wipe the tank down daily. it was prob a bug from the reptabark. i hate that stuff.

sounds like a bug from your substrate. try placing it in the oven and baking it at 200 degrees for 20 minutes - that'll kill anything in it.

and yes,... Provent A Mite is PAM. please don't use cooking spray on your snakes. :P

So does anyone knwo where i can get provent a mite in ireland then?iv searched al over the net and i cant find an irish place or a uk place that sells it.

Provent a mite is pretty hard to get hold of in the uk (either that or its under a different brand name or something :confused: ).
I had a mite problem a number of years ago and i used Frontline (diluted 50/50 with water)
i put it on a cloth and let my snakes crawl through it ( dont use frontline if your snakes in shed thou or they will have shedding problems ) , frontline leave residue on the snakes so any mites looking for another snack will die from contact with the residue .
i also used frontline to treat there cages which then were wooden vivs - thats one reason since then i use tubs, i love tubs...no nooks or cranies for mites to hide in out of sight, it totally eradicated the mites...no more snakes soaking in the bowls..no more mites running for cover when i turned the viv lights on..nothing.
Frontline worked a treat and is great but it must be diluted when used on a snake or lizard etc as neat frontline is strong stuff and i wouldnt risk it undiluted at all .
When treating the viv dont put any water back in for at least a few hours and keep the room well ventilated.
check around your snakes eyes and mouth , mites hang around those areas alot and use newspaper so you can keep a better eye on any mites you may have.
if or rather when you are mite free you can go back to using reptibark but as mentioned before here - bake it in an oven first to be sure those little f@#%ers are dead as....err dead :)

ps if treating a snake with frontline dont get any near there eyes or mouth