Please help me!! Mites

O no apophis has mites. I'm soaking him now but what do I do there's not a vet within a 100 miles that takes repts and I'm broke!!! Like I said am soaking him but do th mites just live on him or can they survive in the cage? Please help

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Originally Posted by Apophis

O no apophis has mites. I'm soaking him now but what do I do there's not a vet within a 100 miles that takes repts and I'm broke!!! Like I said am soaking him but do th mites just live on him or can they survive in the cage? Please help

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Do a search on here for mites. There was a thread about using dawn for a bath.
You need to get PAM (not cooking spray) Prevent a mite. I think you can also use the head lice spray in a pinch. Just search on here for mites.

No need for a vet...just treat the mites...like was said, do a search and you'll find plenty of info...

You need to clean everything in the enclosure, they can also live around your house too.
Then you need to treat with (what people here like to use) PAM or (what I have used) Natural Chemistry.

Go to walmart, get a can of equate lice bedding spray.

Clean enclosure, and spray lightly with equate, let dry for at least an hour. spray perimeter around enclosure also.

Man I'm running slow today:confused::confused:

Prevent a mite. Its not very expensive. Heck even that crappy petco might have it. Just search for it online and have it shipped to you. Alot of people think u only get mites if u leave ur enclosures dirty which is not the case. I had them once and that prevent a mite took care of them quick fast and in a hurry

Ok I will look for the Pam and if I can't find it I'll try the dawn soak and the lice bed spray. I thank y'all soo much y'all are so fast getting people the answers they need. Thanks again and I'm sure little apophis thanks you as well!

Could someone please give me a rundown on the cleaning procedure for the mites? And is Pam the only thing that works because I have no credit card to order it the only thing I can find close is zoo med mite off?

Zoo med SUCKS!!!!!!!!!
See my post above;)
I know it works because one of our rescues was infested

Natural chemistry?

http://www.petco.com/product/109610/...t=OnSiteSearch

Mite Off totally doesn't work. Not even for temporary relief. My Jackson recently had mites, and they are completely eradicated now. I wouldn't say it's no big deal, but it is easily treatable. I am a total newbie! The wonderful people on here gave great advice on the subject. :bow:
Ok, for temp relief for your snake, give him a Dawn bath with just a drop of the dishsoap. I kinda swished it around a little to make light bubbleage. Just put it about as high as the snakes body so that he doesn't have to swim to keep his head up. (Do make sure to dunk his head in, though.) That drowned alot of mites, I could see them when I emptied the bowl. He had been sitting in his water dish and being irritable for days, after that bath there was a noticeable change in his disposition.
While he's soaking, you can clean out his tank with bleach and any of his decor and hides. Get all corners and crevices. Rinse REALLY well with hot water. I boiled his wooden stuff.
I also ordered the PAM, which I think took care of the problem totally. There are no more mites in my tank.:D

Also, I love your pic, the flicking tongue is perfect!

I used natural chemistry for a while, but our snakes were so badly infested that it had trouble keeping up. It's safer which is nice, but Prevent a Mite completely destroyed the mites faster than anything I have ever seen before! :O I'm sure with patience the natural chemistry would have worked, PAM was just faster for us.

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Originally Posted by PitOnTheProwl

http://www.petco.com/product/109610/...t=OnSiteSearch

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Originally Posted by blueberrypancakes

Also, I love your pic, the flicking tongue is perfect!

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Thank you, its just a standard one that the site supplied. I don't kno how to upload pics yet but need to learn so everyone can see my little apophis!

Ok I am goin to go get the natural chemistry tomorow and start the mite halocaust tomorow!!! Thanks everyone

Yay! Good luck with your treatments, keep us posted on it! I HATE hate hate mites. :mad: