Palmolive Mite treatment????

Water and Palmolive, does this work? Ive heard a couple people tell me this works. Please chip in your 2 cents.

nope, wont kill the eggs which means reinfestation.

I've only heard it works on fleas for dogs, mites, you got me :confused:

Well i have a coastal carpet i keep it at a friends house down the street so i don't get mites at home. I clean its 23qt tub every day and have only found a total of 4 mites since ive had it and have been betadine bathing regularly. What do you think about the technique im using?

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Originally Posted by slitheryz

I've only heard it works on fleas for dogs, mites, you got me :confused:

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See thats all i could find on the internet so i think the people i heard it from were misinformed.

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Originally Posted by Austin236

See thats all i could find on the internet so i think the people i heard it from were misinformed.

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Betadine baths work, you just have to keep doing it, and occasionally you gotta pluck them off too. Eeeew, but palmolive I wouldn't.... :colbert:

Yeah it sounded fishy when i was told this so i thought i would share it and see what everyone else had to say about the topic.

Hi,

What's wrong with buying Provent-a-mite and repeating it in 30 days?


dr del

*bangs head on DESK*

Seems like I remember seeing a product that was made to treat snake mite..

Here's what I've heard about palmolive (or any liquid dish detergent). If you get a snake with mites, you put ONE DROP of the detergent into a tub of water and then put the snake into the water. If you just put a mite-infested snake in plain water, a bubble of air forms around each mite because of water tension. The detergent breaks that tension, so mites going into the water will drown. This may very well help relieve your snake of many of the mites infesting it at that moment and help it to feel better for the time being. HOWEVER, there's no guarantee that all the mites will drown, and this treatment does nothing about any eggs the mites have lain.

So...palmolive = safe, immediate relief from biting mites.
Provent-a-Mite = safe, permanent solution to a mite problem.

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Originally Posted by Austin236

Water and Palmolive, does this work? Ive heard a couple people tell me this works. Please chip in your 2 cents.

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I have heard this also and my opinion is that this method is a waste of time and effort. Along with the "olive oil" method and seven dust.

I have a friend that got mites. I went to his place and used the products I always use and BAM no more mites! He lets people bring their animals into his room all the time so guess what he gets mites again and I tell him do what I did last time and you will get rid of them. I don't know if he just plain doesn't believe me (even though it worked before) or if he doesn't want to spend the money. All I know is I won't be back to his place until the mites are gone.

If you buy the proper products and use them correctly you will not have issues with mites.

Remember im not thinking about using this method at all im using betadine baths. I just thought this would be an interesting topic.

Nix/Rid lice treatment for humans is hands-down he best treatment!! :bow:

Mix 1 2oz. bottle to 1 gallon of distilled water and spray everything -- floor, rack, tubs, substrate, and ENTIRE snake. Repeat once after a month and they will be gone. :gj:

I think the Seven's dust works, husband used it to kill the mites that a snake he had at the time. Treated bedding once and few days later they were completely gone. Not sure about the soaps, as of yet we haven't had a problem with them in over 4 years. If similar in structure to fleas, Dawn works good on them since it eats through the body walls.

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Originally Posted by onna_shinigami

I think the Seven's dust works, husband used it to kill the mites that a snake he had at the time. Treated bedding once and few days later they were completely gone. Not sure about the soaps, as of yet we haven't had a problem with them in over 4 years. If similar in structure to fleas, Dawn works good on them since it eats through the body walls.

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Did you treat the snake with the seven's dust too? Or just the bedding and stuff? I live with my g-parents and they are on a far and we use sevens dust on our chickens and stuff, but never thought of using in on the snakes.

Found this post again. ^.^ Just the bedding had the seven's dust mixed in it. I'm not sure if he treated the snake with anything. Between internship then college issues my brain was scrambled so I don't remember much else.

Why is it so difficult to go out and buy a can of PAM?

You're probably going to end up spending more money on that dust stuff then you would on the Prevent-A-Mite, when PAM is still the only reptile safe and best tested solution for getting rid of mites.

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Originally Posted by Austin236

Remember im not thinking about using this method at all im using betadine baths. I just thought this would be an interesting topic.

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betadine baths are also worthless. It'll drown a few mites on the snake and probably make the snake feel a little better, but the only way to get rid of a mite problem is to treat the snakes cage with poisons that kill mites.

Well i clean the tub on a daily basis completely rinse with super hot water and then new paper towel, clean the water bowl. And inspect for mites on the snake and so far i found 4 mites total and haven't seen any in a while. That's the good thing about the tub it can be totally sterilized every day so any mites i do see are removed but i haven't seen any in about 2 weeks. What do you guys think? still get the Prevent a Mite? or is this method good. BTW its the only snake in the entire house because its in quarantine at a friends house.

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Originally Posted by Austin236

Well i clean the tub on a daily basis completely rinse with super hot water and then new paper towel, clean the water bowl. And inspect for mites on the snake and so far i found 4 mites total and haven't seen any in a while. That's the good thing about the tub it can be totally sterilized every day so any mites i do see are removed but i haven't seen any in about 2 weeks. What do you guys think? still get the Prevent a Mite? or is this method good. BTW its the only snake in the entire house because its in quarantine at a friends house.

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basing on the posts here id go for PAM.

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Originally Posted by Austin236

Well i clean the tub on a daily basis completely rinse with super hot water and then new paper towel, clean the water bowl. And inspect for mites on the snake and so far i found 4 mites total and haven't seen any in a while. That's the good thing about the tub it can be totally sterilized every day so any mites i do see are removed but i haven't seen any in about 2 weeks. What do you guys think? still get the Prevent a Mite? or is this method good. BTW its the only snake in the entire house because its in quarantine at a friends house.

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I'm just not sure why someone would choose to go through all of that trouble when a can of PAM will just do the job and do it RIGHT. Less work, more results.

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Originally Posted by unspecified42

I'm just not sure why someone would choose to go through all of that trouble when a can of PAM will just do the job and do it RIGHT. Less work, more results.

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Well I do think the P.A.M. is the best, but it doesn't hurt to hear what other options are out there. :D

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Originally Posted by unspecified42

I'm just not sure why someone would choose to go through all of that trouble when a can of PAM will just do the job and do it RIGHT. Less work, more results.

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It's not a problem to clean one 18qt tub everyday, it's just i don't want to spend the money if i don't have to. I don't have a job at the moment so i have to spend my money wisely. But since most of you guys just say go with the PAM i am going to order some. Thanks for the info.

ok I just HAD to get in on this. I got a bp from someone a while ago and I had no idea it was INFESTED with mites :mad: So I asked around and heard that the mite treatmenst you buy in the stores take forever and don't really work. So someone told me about the dish soap and betadine bath.

You get a tub and add just enough betadine to turn the water a light orangish color. You add 2-3 drops of Dawn dishsoap (what they use to clean oil off of birds, which have extremely sensitive lungs) and soak your snake for 20 minutes. While your snake is soaking, clean the tank thoroughly. Repeat the following 2 days, or until you are mite free.

This worked perfect for me and I would recommend it to any one. I have had NO mites since doing this.

Good luck!

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Originally Posted by Courtney281

ok I just HAD to get in on this. I got a bp from someone a while ago and I had no idea it was INFESTED with mites :mad: So I asked around and heard that the mite treatmenst you buy in the stores take forever and don't really work. So someone told me about the dish soap and betadine bath.

You get a tub and add just enough betadine to turn the water a light orangish color. You add 2-3 drops of Dawn dishsoap (what they use to clean oil off of birds, which have extremely sensitive lungs) and soak your snake for 20 minutes. While your snake is soaking, clean the tank thoroughly. Repeat the following 2 days, or until you are mite free.

This worked perfect for me and I would recommend it to any one. I have had NO mites since doing this.

Good luck!

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And how long have you been mite free? It can take 6 weeks or longer for mite eggs to hatch and NOTHING kills mite eggs. If you don't have something on hand that will kill them you can end up reinfested quite easily. Yes, I'm sure that this betadine treatment will work well for some people, but it's more the exception then the rule. If you want to be absolutely sure you got them all, you need to use poison.

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And how long have you been mite free? It can take 6 weeks or longer for mite eggs to hatch and NOTHING kills mite eggs. If you don't have something on hand that will kill them you can end up reinfested quite easily. Yes, I'm sure that this betadine treatment will work well for some people, but it's more the exception then the rule. If you want to be absolutely sure you got them all, you need to use poison.

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I've been mite free for 6+ months now.

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And how long have you been mite free? It can take 6 weeks or longer for mite eggs to hatch and NOTHING kills mite eggs. If you don't have something on hand that will kill them you can end up reinfested quite easily. Yes, I'm sure that this betadine treatment will work well for some people, but it's more the exception then the rule. If you want to be absolutely sure you got them all, you need to use poison.

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Rid and Nix DO KILL THE EGGS. :D

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Originally Posted by Bill Buchman

Rid and Nix DO KILL THE EGGS. :D

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I think you're wrong about that Bill, The egg shells are pretty impermiable protect the embryo pretty well and won't soak up the poisons, the only things that I've heard of that will kill the eggs is steam or boiling water which basically just cooks them in their shell. However, if you've got poisons down that are long lasting, they'll kill the mite when it hatches. (which is why PAM is so effective, it sticks to surfaces and lasts a long long time.)

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Originally Posted by Courtney281

I've been mite free for 6+ months now.

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Then you got lucky.

Hey, it's also not a bad idea to get into the habit of cleaning the tubs just to keep the herps in a clean environment :D