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  • 06-05-2011, 08:44 PM
    zues
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  • 06-05-2011, 08:45 PM
    J.Vandegrift
    Re: Safe this bee in China. Please !
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by kitedemon View Post
    Mites drown in water, if my guess is correct the importing from the US to communist China is a problem. Soaking in soapy water with intensive enclosure cleaning and the surrounding area. Mites drown and adults need to lay eggs if you drown the adults and kill all the eggs and adults and make sure that they cannot return will get rid of all the mites. It takes a lot of work and effort everyday with out fail. Remember let things dry out some Mites NEED water the snake can manage in drier than normal conditions for the 7 day life cycle of a mite.

    Permethrin is a poison, it works but if you can only get higher % than 0.5% you run a serious risk of poisoning the animal. If you cannot get P-A-M and do not have the correct instructions ask before you use it to get exact instructions here. I have seen lice treatment s in Turkey that were 8% Permethrin so be very very careful that you do not have anything that strong! Check the label carefully!!!


    Right, Mites will drown in water, but soaking a snake will not completely rid a snake of mites. There are plenty of places on a snake that water may not get to while soaking. Mites can be inside the eye socket and you will never drown every mite on a snake while soaking.
  • 06-05-2011, 09:08 PM
    cinderbird
    Re: Safe this bee in China. Please !
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by J.Vandegrift View Post
    Right, Mites will drown in water, but soaking a snake will not completely rid a snake of mites. There are plenty of places on a snake that water may not get to while soaking. Mites can be inside the eye socket and you will never drown every mite on a snake while soaking.

    The probablem generally isn't the body of the snake in this case, its all the nooks, cracks and crannies inside the enclosure where the mites have laid eggs. Those eggs hatch in about 30 days and the cycle begins again.
  • 06-05-2011, 09:56 PM
    kitedemon
    Just trying to help, I am glad that you all are so confident that you can get P-A-M over night to China. I am not so confident, it is hard enough to get in Canada.

    In the mean time. You can put a lot of work into soaking with soap and water everyday and meticulous cleaning of EVERY nook and cranny in and around the enclosure for 10-30 days.

    I am just trying to offer solutions that I know 100% that the OP has access to not solutions that the op might not have access to.

    http://www.vpi.com/publications/the_...of_snake_mites

    VPI suggests soap as a viable treatment for mites in their book. It takes a lot of work but has in the past.

    Dri-Die also will work if you have some...

    My point is do not wait for chemicals, start treating NOW!!! Not in a month when the chemicals arrive. Something is better than nothing at all. Do not let the animal suffer with mites UNCHECKED while you wait for a package to arrive. Soaking may not be the best but it is more humane than waiting around as some are suggesting. :colbert::colbert::colbert:
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