Quick Mite Question

I had mites on my first Ball (came from Petco) and I just soaked him in water with some iodine (heard it helps with any problems arising from the bites from the mites themselves). I would soak the snake in water roughly 3/4 high on his body. I then dried him off and used a little vegetable oil to help suffocate the remaining mites. It took about 3 soaks to get rid of all of them. I also sprayed down his entire 20 gallon aquarium with PAM after taking out all of the aspin etc. Also I put his log, hide, ceramic water dish, etc (don't put anything plastic in use discretion) in the oven @200 degrees for about an hour to kill any eggs/mites that may have been on them. I have been mite free since October when I first discovered them.

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Originally Posted by BPMIKE

I am using paper towel as substrate.I treated at about 3pm yesterday I just checked and seen a mite crawling on the Albino. Can the mites be seen with the eye? I am wondering if these are mites?
Thank You! Mike.

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Those are defenitely mites...mites can be found around the eye socket, in the labial pits, and in the fold of the skin on the bottom jaw of the snake.

Try keeping them in there own cages....keep them in quarantine for 2 months or more as needed...this process is going to help you spot and eliminate mites...only use paper towels or newspaper as substrate, a hide box, and a water bowl big enough so your snake could fit in it so it can drown mites by laying in the water bowl...

Put your snake in a tub of water (not full) at least once a week for 30 minutes...

Try to buy "Provent A Mite" or "mite Off" if you see no improvement or if you want to hurry up the process... hopes this helps

awesome thread, I'm dealing with mites as well, well I think. I don't want to :hijackd: the thread but this seems the perfect context to ask this question. Last weekend while holding one of my snakes outside my wife noticed very tiny white critters crawling on his head. Needless to say I ordered PAM right away and it just got here so I'm treating all tubs as I give the snakes their soaks. Just wondering what these white things are since mites are black. Sorry don't mean to ramrod this thread.

Okay they have all been soaked,sprayed with jurasamite and their tubs cleaned and sprayed with Pam.Update to come later. Thanks to everyone who replied!
Mike.