introducing... drake!

question: if i use provent-a-mite - do i also need to treat drake? do i just treat his enclosure and allow the P.A.M. to kill the mites or do i need to use reptile relief as well?

i have access to reptile relief tomorrow... i can get matt to ship me some P.A.M. asap.

In your case I would use the reptile relief now and PAM as soon as you can get it.

I only use PAM if I get mites.. it works perfectly.

okay, so can you please explain to me how you use the PAM? cause the way to use the reptile relief seems like a lot of work... and honestly, with my back the way it is right now... if i can make this easier... that would be better for me.

but...

i want the best for my snakes... so they come before my back pain!

so i just read that mites are the size of a period at the end of a sentence. this 'pest' was more the size of the inside of an 'o'

Was this little pest brown/black? Sounds like a tick to me. Could you see the legs? If it had eight, then it's a tick or an especially engorged mite that could play for the sumo wrestling team. Did you attempt to squish one? If so, did you find blood inside?(Sorry for graphic questions).

Mites or ticks, regardless, treat the same way. Ticks are just easier to see and can be picked off and squished with your fingernail.

it seemed to jump away...

regardless of what it was... i need to get some provent a mite asap.

i'm going to find out if the pet store can get it in for me and if not... i'll order from matt.

Flea? Are your cats on flea protection(Frontline, etc.)? Maybe one of those boogers jumped in there... Ticks and mites don't jump, lice don't jump... Hrmmm...Did Drake have a good number on him or was it just the one you saw?

we saw two and they both jumped.

so perhaps it's fleas from the cat who has decided that her new sleeping spot is on top of drake's enclosure?

will fleas harm a snake?

No, the fleas won't harm the snakes, but some Frontline or Revolution will help that situation immensely :)

i have stuff for my cats... i'll put some on them tonight.

*whew* - i'm still going to get some provent a mite and start using it as a preventative measure for now on.