Provent-A-Mite Question

I recently purchased a snake from a "Big" breeder with mites, and as a precationary measure I'm treating all of my tubs. For those of you who use this product, how long do you wait before putting the snake back in? I have been airing these tubs with a fan for 15 minutes and they still have a bit of an odor to them but are fully dry. Also, if a snake has mites that I have not spotted, will PAM kill the mites on the snake too?

We had the tub outside and it only took it about 15 minutes to air out and dry fully. Give it a few more minutes, maybe wave your hand and get out some of the fumes yourself lol! Shouldn't take too long!

Yes, the mites on the snake will die as well. The snake will crawl on the substrate and rub against the cage furniture, and even if it's fully dry and there is no more odor, technically there is still some of it in the air(enough that you if you were to try to feed crickets in that tub, the crickets would die! Or enough to kill a big tarantula even) and it will kill those mites quick.


After months of trying to get rid of mites with other products, it only took us one treatment of PAM before the mites were gone. REALLY impressive! :D if it's really bad, it'll take a few times though.

I let the tubs sit for at least 30 minutes just to be sure. It dries pretty fast so you don't have to wait forever. When I did it last it was in the summer so I put the tubs outside under the tree on a 90 degree day. Putting the snake in a tub that has been Pamed should take care of any mites that may be on the snake. If you ever get anything really bad I would also get Reptile Relief to spray directly on the snake to take care of the problem a bit faster.

I've only had to use it once. I left it outside for an hour (I guess I'm paranoid), brought it in and let the temps adjust before putting my BP's back in. Then re-treated in 2 weeks although it wasn't necessary, this stuff really works

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Originally Posted by purplemuffin

After months of trying to get rid of mites with other products, it only took us one treatment of PAM before the mites were gone.

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That's what happened with us! Made us wish we used PAM from the start!

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Originally Posted by fr3nchvanilla

I've only had to use it once. I left it outside for an hour (I guess I'm paranoid), brought it in and let the temps adjust before putting my BP's back in. Then re-treated in 2 weeks although it wasn't necessary, this stuff really works

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paranoid??? I'll leave mine outside for a whole day, and then put the snake in the next day. This stuff works.
Spooky

Thanks guys. I went ahead and did all of my animals last night. I only have 20 animals right now. Compared to my 80 or so I sold off last winter, it was alot more manageable. I guess you could say I'm paranoid also, I used a fan for about 30 mins. I didn't even see mites but on 2 snakes and freaked out. I hate bugs in my reptile room with a passion. I know who I won't be buying from in the future.:)

It doesn't matter who I get a snake from I always pre treat the tub.

I see a lot of PAM threads but I don't recall much mention about the water dish. I was told to leave the water dish out of the enclosure for two days after treating the tub, that it could get in the water and be ingested, does anyone else leave the water dish out for a couple of days? Hi Mike, sorry to:hijackd: the thread!

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Originally Posted by Steve-J

I see a lot of PAM threads but I don't recall much mention about the water dish. I was told to leave the water dish out of the enclosure for two days after treating the tub, that it could get in the water and be ingested, does anyone else leave the water dish out for a couple of days? Hi Mike, sorry to:hijackd: the thread!

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Once it's dry it's dry. There is no washing it off or any of that. Ralph Davis made a post about it and he says to put the snake and water dish right back in. I did and they seem to be ok.

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Originally Posted by marshall

It doesn't matter who I get a snake from I always pre treat the tub.

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I did treat his tub and after using PAM they still migrated.

I recently got mites from a breeder as well. I refuse to go back to him.

After a month of soaks and home remedies, I finally got PAM. It worked instantly. I never saw a mite again after the day I treated the tub.(which I waited to dry for an hour....I was a little afraid to use the PAM at first. I didn't want to risk killing my snake)

And I did put my water bowl back in when the snake went back in.

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Great INFO everyone! I dont have mites (Knock on wood!), but I am purchasing a can to pretreat everything and also to pretreat my new pickup and future pickups! :gj:

Thanks again!

I love this forum! Everything I need to know is here!!:D

i waited about 20 minutes, i did smell some sort of odor after that time in the tank, but i just put a fan to it for about 5 minutes, then place the water dish and snake back, i have done this twice, no problems, no issues with my snake at all, the only issue i have had is, oh yeh, never saw another mite again....

Ive heard PAM can harm some reptiles so be careful. The way we do it is we start soaking or animals. Pull all the water bowls and spray the provent-a-mite. We let the snakes soak for around 30 min while we wash the bowls. When we pull the snake out of the water, We dry em (pulling off any dead mites and giving em a once over) and then coat em with a rag thats had provent-a-mite sprayed into it. They then go straight into the tub. Its worked every time.

Spraying a rag and then wipein down the snake won't harm it, huh?:D

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Originally Posted by Johnny84

Spraying a rag and then wipein down the snake won't harm it, huh?:D

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Not necessary and probably not very safe?

You just treat the ENCLOSURE with PAM, NOT the snake.

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Originally Posted by CatandDiallo

Not necessary and probably not very safe?

You just treat the ENCLOSURE with PAM, NOT the snake.

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Okay that's what I thought...thanks

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Thats how my roommate has always done it and so Im goin off that. We never had any issues and it always worked well. Now when you say PAM are you talkin about Provent-a-mite or pam the cooking oil?

The dude that got me into reptiles always told me to do a luke warm bath with blue dawn mixed in to help weaken and kill some of the mites before treatment!? Then he used other methods to kill the rest of the mites.:O
I have also seen mite treatment improperly applied, or used sparingly, and the mites came back bigger, stronger, and more resilient than before.

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Originally Posted by Johnny84

Spraying a rag and then wipein down the snake won't harm it, huh?:D

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Nope.

It will probably kill it though.............

We had a horrible outbreak from a new arrival several years ago and I used Sawyer® Permethrin Insect Repellent Aerosol Spray from Scheels. Same ingredients as PAM but cheaper and easier to get hold of.

At the time we used paper as our substrate so I pretreated enough paper (letting it dry first) for several cleanings. Worked like a charm.


http://www.scheelssports.com/webapp/...11&categoryId=

I treat my hiking clothes with permethrin, never would have thought to use it on the cages.

I will stick to something that says for reptiles on the box though.