PAM ripped me off?

Has nobody here ever heard of NIX?

Kills mites.
Kills the eggs.
Little bit goes a long way.

Just a little embarrassing to purchase...

Chris

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Originally Posted by Faber

Tepid is just the temperature right? and yea i've dealt with snakes for about 8 years and i've never had mites until i decided to go to petco for a snake..

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Mites SUCK, as they WILL spread. so just do your self a favor. find a product thats designed to kill snake mites and that lasts to kill the hatching eggs. treat all your reptiles. and be done with it.

tepid water is basically around 85*F which will feel wet, not hot or cold to you. another word of advice is wash your cloths immediately, they can hitch hike. also if you have carpet. i like to spray mine with PAM around the base of my vivs to ensure any adventurous ones kick the bucket too. Mites can become a reoccurring battle fast and its not fun.

oh god, you gotta be kiddin, haha i have a carpetted room, and i just did laundry and have my basket next to the snake tank.

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Originally Posted by Faber

oh god, you gotta be kiddin, haha i have a carpetted room, and i just did laundry and have my basket next to the snake tank.

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im not kidding. they hitch rides. proof of point is. my mites came from the lil neighbor girls clothing that came inside my house to see my snake since they have a BP as well. they handled mine and bam literally a few days later he was infested. and it wasn't from the food items or bedding because i use the same on all my snakes and they are fine. just the BP, thats in the spare room. and thats the only snake they looked at. since my other 2 snakes are in QT i didn't allow the girls to see them. and low and behold like i said they are fine.

now i cant prove that they explore. they may only hitch a ride via contact or since they are tiny maybe the climb right out of the viv.

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Originally Posted by JeffJ

im not kidding. they hitch rides. proof of point is. my mites came from the lil neighbor girls clothing that came inside my house to see my snake since they have a BP as well. they handled mine and bam literally a few days later he was infested. and it wasn't from the food items or bedding because i use the same on all my snakes and they are fine. just the BP, thats in the spare room. and thats the only snake they looked at. since my other 2 snakes are in QT i didn't allow the girls to see them. and low and behold like i said they are fine.

now i cant prove that they explore. they may only hitch a ride via contact or since they are tiny maybe the climb right out of the viv.

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That just sucks! I've got to get mine takin care of before things go nuts:confused:

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Originally Posted by mumps

Just a little embarrassing to purchase...

Chris

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I see your point....

"I swear to God, my snake has lice..."

Nah, I wouldn't believe it either... :rofl:

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Originally Posted by Vypyrz

I see your point....

"I swear to God, my snake has lice..."

Nah, I wouldn't believe it either... :rofl:

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now say it as u itch your head and flick your hair towards the cashier. LOL

I believe these mites can crawl about 12 feet an hour. Slow but consistent.

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Originally Posted by wilomn

I believe these mites can crawl about 12 feet an hour. Slow but consistent.

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really thats slow? when i saw them scampering around on my Ball, they seemed pretty damn speedy.

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Originally Posted by JeffJ

really thats slow? when i saw them scampering around on my Ball, they seemed pretty damn speedy.

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Maybe it was 21 feet, I do that on occasion, but it was a fair bit for such a tiny creature.

Interestingly though, once they hit a barrier they can't get over, they stop, lay eggs and die.