i have mites

hi i was holding my snake today and i found mites i use paper on the bottom of cage and always clean everything bi weekly whats the best way to get rid of them?

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Originally Posted by het.pied

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Precisely.

Ahem. The OP lives in NY. This product is not available for sale in NY, even though it is made in NY. It sucks, I know.

http://www.beanfarm.com/store/agora....0Control&xm=on

I suggest you get BLACK KNIGHT. You can see if they will ship Provent-A-Mite to you, but I highly doubt it.

Good luck. Soak everything!

didnt realize that :( glad i dont live in ny! -

The Healthy Habitat stuff Rich at Reptile Basics sells is OK to use as well.

Not ANYWHERE near as effective as PAM but will get the job done with repeated usage.

BKII, never used it, haven't heard much good stuff about it.

You can use the old school Listerine the yellowish colored one. If there are mites in the teeth you can dip a Q-tip in it and brush it's teeth with it.

I would think they'd prefer Crest:D

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Originally Posted by SNIKTTIME

You can use the old school Listerine the yellowish colored one. If there are mites in the teeth you can dip a Q-tip in it and brush it's teeth with it.

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pmed....:D

Make sure you find out where these mites are coming from. Do you have more than one snake? Did you just recently get this snake or have you had it for awhile?

Good Luck!
Jim Smith

i have 1 ball python and 1 red tail boa i just checked my ball today and she really did not have any on her i gave her tank a good cleaning and soaked her for a little while my boa on the hand had a few more and in her hide cave there was a couple of what looked like eggs so i cleaned every thing and soaked her for a while and found some mites floating i really have no idea where they came from i had both of them for a almost 2 years and never had a problem

These mites had to come from somewhere. I'm pretty sure these are species specific, so they had to come in from another snake. If you've had both of your snakes for some time, with no cross contamination from another snake, I don't see how they can be mites. Did you get a new wooden hide lately? I'm thinking maybe they were brought in with a piece of wood. If that's the case they aren't mites that will attach themselves to your snakes.

Good Luck!
Jim Smith

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These mites had to come from somewhere. I'm pretty sure these are species specific, so they had to come in from another snake. If you've had both of your snakes for some time, with no cross contamination from another snake, I don't see how they can be mites. Did you get a new wooden hide lately? I'm thinking maybe they were brought in with a piece of wood. If that's the case they aren't mites that will attach themselves to your snakes.

Good Luck!
Jim Smith

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also a very good possibility. I had a slight mite problem for about a day or so before i POM'd all the tanks and gave every1 a nice soak. Needless to say there are no more mites and the snake that came in with mites is now in shed so he will be back to normal with no bite marks in no time. He just started shedding tonite. My pm still stands.