mites

I am looking at buying a spider BP from a young kid on craigslist for really cheap that he just got from a breeder h only thing is that he said it has q minor case of mites by is still eating and everything besides he mites. I personally have never had a mite problem so I was wondering the process and level of difficulty and time it would be able to clear this up if I purchase the snake

Get a can of Provent-A-Mite from pro-products.com. That will take care of the mites. I would make sure to treat all of your enclosures, because the mites will spread rapidly. There is no such thing as a "minor" mite problem.

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Originally Posted by Vypyrz

Get a can of Provent-A-Mite from pro-products.com. That will take care of the mites. I would make sure to treat all of your enclosures, because the mites will spread rapidly. There is no such thing as a "minor" mite problem.

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I don't actually have the snake so none of mine have mites so I want to clean him as best as possible then move to a totally new enclosure when I get him tomorrow

If you just want to try an clean them off of the snake, there are some products that are usually available at pet stores. One is called Reptile Relief and I think the other is called Mite Off.

I still recommend ordering a can of Provent-A-Mite to have on hand in case you need it. It is used to treat the enclosure and furnishings, NOT the snake or water bowl directly. It is pretty decisive in the battle against mites...

provent-a-mite is good but some that i've found that works is mixing nixx lice medication into a gallon of distilled water. learned this from another snake forum and its worked well for me

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Originally Posted by Vypyrz

If you just want to try an clean them off of the snake, there are some products that are usually available at pet stores. One is called Reptile Relief and I think the other is called Mite Off.

I still recommend ordering a can of Provent-A-Mite to have on hand in case you need it. It is used to treat the enclosure and furnishings, NOT the snake or water bowl directly. It is pretty decisive in the battle against mites...

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I think Mite Off is useless. I picked up a bottle the other day, found a live mite and sprayed it, after it dried, it walked away:O! But today i picked up a bottle of Nix and will give that a try.

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I think Mite Off is useless. I picked up a bottle the other day, found a live mite and sprayed it, after it dried, it walked away:O! But today i picked up a bottle of Nix and will give that a try.

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I use mite off as well as PAM, PAM for the enclosure and mite off for the snake. It works well...

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Sticking him in a tub of lukewarm water for 20min or so will drown a good number of the mites. But no treatment directly to the snake will do any good unless you're treating the enclosure with something like PAM.

Is a good price worth bringing mites home? I'd keep looking...

Mites are not cool! I wouldn't risk it for free

Ya I. Decided no to bring mites home until I have the problem with my own snakes I decided. Not to dive into mit exterminating

lol, a minor case of the mites. Thats the dumbest thing I have ever heard.:rofl: Thats like saying, "I have head lice, but I'm still healthy" and then expect other people to want to wear my hat. There are plenty of people with snakes without mites, get one of those. If it has mites and the guy hasnt gotten rid of them yet and thinks its ok as long as the snake only has a few, I'd call into question his ability to keep any snake healthy let alone the one hes offering to sell you for "a good deal".

Yup got the hint NO MITEZ LOL thanks guys

Far better to assume any new snake as a potential mite carrier and have a nice betadine bath for them, also good for other germs, and a nice clean house pretreated with provent-a-mite and white paper towels while in quarantine. Might also be a nice gesture to help this snake, plus any others he might have, by referring him here or at least printing off things or emailing to help him rid his snake(s) from this affliction. Lets help the unfortunate ones who cannot help themselves, and our fellow man. Never know when it will be us needing some advice or help. If you want to, give him my info and I will be happy to offer suggestions as a neutral party.
*Fila*

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Far better to assume any new snake as a potential mite carrier and have a nice betadine bath for them, also good for other germs, and a nice clean house pretreated with provent-a-mite and white paper towels while in quarantine. Might also be a nice gesture to help this snake, plus any others he might have, by referring him here or at least printing off things or emailing to help him rid his snake(s) from this affliction. Lets help the unfortunate ones who cannot help themselves, and our fellow man. Never know when it will be us needing some advice or help. If you want to, give him my info and I will be happy to offer suggestions as a neutral party.
*Fila*

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He said he had it under control and had cleaned the cages and the snake but hen I came down to it I couldn't Get ahold of him to ask questions no answer but if it watsnt for people helping me out in here my snake would still be on a heat rock with wet substrate and fussies every other week per PETCO so I would only pass on good info now or say IDK LOL I'm done on his thread

I agree, I am not sure I would risk exposing mites to my entire collection for a "good price."
If you are positive that this snake is something you really want, I would recommend finding/creating a space in which you can completely isolate the sick snake from the rest of your collection.
This will help reduce the risk of exposure until you can make sure the mites are completely gone (while taking the necessary steps with products like PAM and/or other meds).