Bedding?

I've never PAM'd new bedding.. I only pam for incoming reptiles. Snake mites need a host, correct? So bedding that has been sitting on a shelf in a plastic bag is unlikely to have snake mites unless the store had a MASSIVE infestation.

Me personally, I am not too concerned with treating bedding before I use it. If you notice mites, then use PAM (Provent a mite, not the cooking spray).

Luckily my store doesn't sell pets (well that does suck lol) but we just sell equipment for pets ( food/ toys/ treats/ etc) so it is never in contact near animals. Only thing that may ever touch it is a cricket if it gets loose from the feeding bin for people to buy. Spraying PAM is ok? Never knew that.

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Originally Posted by EWC88

Spraying PAM is ok? Never knew that.

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Just to be clear, this PAM is "Provent-a-Mite", which is okay as long as you follow the instructions carefully, since it is a poison.

I personally would never suggest using PAM it is a active poison with long term effects, when breaks down into a phenols. It is common knowledge that phenols have a pointed effect upon reptiles. This is why cedar bedding is not recommended due to its high phenol content. Taking very low phenol content bedding and adding phenols to it to raise the phenol content (the active toxin) seems counter intuitive to me.

It should be used as needed.

It is very toxic for cats, and other cold blooded animals (fish, amphibians, reptiles) and is classed as a likely human carcinogen and has been linked to Parkinson's disease in some studies. Everyone using it should do so following all the instructions and every precaution on the label exactly as it states, not just the easy ones. Point in fact it is illegal to use it not following the label exactly.

please be very careful using any pesticide or chemical designed to kill living things.

http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/chem_s...1-20040505.pdf

Yea I will scratch the PAM idea out then lol. So is there anything I can do to this bedding to assure all is good? Like I said bag is sealed with no holes, where I work sells no live animals only thing that is alive is feeder crickets but aren't out in open.

It is more than likely fine sealed bags there is nothing to enter that would be an issue.


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