What does a Mite look like?????

What exactly does a mite look like i believe my bp may have them but im not completely sure.

If your snake has mites, you will probably see little black dots moving, usually around the face and eyes. Also check in the water bowl for little black specks. Look very closely because they can be hard to see. If you think you might have them, switch out any wood substrate for paper towels and they'll be a lot easier to spot...

When I saw them on a snake, they were little black beads that were crawling between the scales, some were embedded and just stayed between scales. I've never seen them in an enclosure but I've heard they are black specks found in the water dish..etc.

i found a couple white things crawling on him physically but i got them off and have not seen them since however i did notice 2 or 3 brownish black ones inside of one of the hides how ever i did not see and thing that was brown or black crawling on him im worried. i cleaned out the entire enclosure and switched to paper towels but i can not get the paper towels to stay in place he constantly moves them any suggestions?

Paper towels won't really stay in place. It's more frustrating to us than it is to them...

thank you guys for the help. do you think the little white things i saw crawling could be mites as well? secondly should i just purchase PAM and call it a day ?

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Originally Posted by Hull357

thank you guys for the help. do you think the little white things i saw crawling could be mites as well? secondly should i just purchase PAM and call it a day ?

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Buying PAM can never hurt....especially if you are unsure. I know I wouldn't want any kind of bugs in my enclosures...mainly because I don't want bugs in my house :rolleyes:

Thanks again you are always well beyond helpful.

Poppyseeds.

Ok I am dying to figure this one out what does PAM have to do with mites this is probally a newb question yet again but it never hurts to ask

Robie:D

not the cooking PAM :P
PAM as in Provent-A-Mite its a can that you spry into the enclosure let dry yadayada(follow directions on can) it kills the mites simply put
better to ask than not know:gj:

Another thing, if it is mites, make sure that you take out all his decorations. If they're wood, bake them, everything else bleach overnight to drown the darn things. :)

PAM=Prevent a Mite

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Originally Posted by Hull357

PAM=Prevent a Mite

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Thanks for clearing that up guys I have seen some weird stuff things have been used for but there was no way I was gunna spray my snakes and cages with cooking spray. ROFLMAO

Robie :)

Here's a couple pics of some I caught in the waterbowl for a Q-tined baby I purchased from a local last year.

http://www.bluewaterreptiles.com/images/mitepic 1.jpg

http://www.bluewaterreptiles.com/images/mitepic 2.jpg

I use NIX for my mite problem

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Originally Posted by FragginDragon

Here's a couple pics of some I caught in the waterbowl for a Q-tined baby I purchased from a local last year.

http://www.bluewaterreptiles.com/images/mitepic 1.jpg

http://www.bluewaterreptiles.com/images/mitepic 2.jpg

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Those look like tics! Are they mites?

Definitely mites..they are sitting in one of the depressions on some paper towel, to give you some reference to size. I just used the macro lens to take the pic.

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Originally Posted by FragginDragon

Definitely mites..they are sitting in one of the depressions on some paper towel, to give you some reference to size. I just used the macro lens to take the pic.

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Just mt opinion but those look like ticks. Mite i have personally see have been TINY! like head of a mechanical pensil. .05

I know what ticks look like. These are adult, blood engorged, and somewhat flattened (because I wiped them out of the water bowl) snake mites. They can get up to about 1.3 mm.

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Originally Posted by FragginDragon

Definitely mites..they are sitting in one of the depressions on some paper towel, to give you some reference to size. I just used the macro lens to take the pic.

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Those are ticks, my horses get them in the ears due to putting their heads in the woods. When they are first attached they are small and not blood engorged.

i want to know the samething

I may be the new guy round here...but I can confidently say all the above pics, are in fact mites!

They are Arachnids, just like ticks, and eat blood, just like ticks!

The above pic that are in question, show mites at their fullest level of engorgement!

Thoes suckers a filled to the brim with blood! Get some PAM and blast thoes little devils

If they are white they could just be wood mites. Zoo - med mite spray kills those very quickly.