MITE HELP :c

I got a ball python about 4 weeks ago and he was fine until i brought him to my local breeder to check him to make sure if he was healthy for me. A couple days after I noticed mites. Now I can never hold him because I get itchy as hell !! I'm almost 100% sure its mites. I have no money. What would be the cheapest way to get rid of the mites?! Please I need to know ASAP!!

Get a can of Prevent a Mite here (only $16): http://www.pro-products.com/index.ph...d=53&Itemid=59

Do as the instructions say.

Provent A Mite (P.A.M.). If you're sure it's mites, that's the quickest and surest way of killing the little snots off. They're a pain but they can be dealt with. If you're on the East Coast, you might try Reptile Basics; not sure if Rich carries P.A.M. or not. If not, The Bean Farm does, but they're on the West Coast and shipping can be a tad steep. Good luck.

LLLReptile also carries it and Reptile Relief. You can get the combo pack shipped for around $30 which includes the PAM.

In a bind, you can give your snake a bit of relief by offering it a warm (cage temp) bath that does not exceed in depth half of the snakes body (going up the snake from its belly to its back). Add in a drop or two of Dawn Dish Soap, allow the snake to soak for roughly an hour. Any mites on the snake should be drowned (mostly). Check under his chin, and around his vent, as these are areas where mites LOVE to hide. Also rinse down the back ever 15 minutes to catch the mites riding out the storm on the back of the snake.

Reptile Relief does this same thing, but it kills mites quicker and gets them more effectively. Cautiion though: It will dehydrate your snakes skin after use. You must hydrate your snake in a bath afterwards. PAM is used on the enclousre and will aid in getting rid of the rest of the buggers.

Mites are harmless to humans, they may "show" on your skin, but they are not doing much except for using you as a body to move from one snake to another. If you have any other snakes in your collection be sure they all get PAM'd (cages that is).

Good luck

Www.reptilebasics.com carries a good mite killer

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Get a can of Prevent a Mite here (only $16): http://www.pro-products.com/index.ph...d=53&Itemid=59

Do as the instructions say.

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This ^ X2. To provide your snake some relief until the prevent a mite arrives, you can soak him in water with a drop of dawn dish soap. This will help kill some of those little buggers, and get them off him.

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Are you identifying mites as an issue with your snake because you get itchy after you hold it?

Can you SEE any mites? In the water bowl? On the snake?

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I got a ball python about 4 weeks ago and he was fine until i brought him to my local breeder to check him to make sure if he was healthy for me. A couple days after I noticed mites. Now I can never hold him because I get itchy as hell !! I'm almost 100% sure its mites. I have no money. What would be the cheapest way to get rid of the mites?! Please I need to know ASAP!!

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Snake mites are species specific. They don't affect mammals. I wonder what's making you itchy?

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Maybe they are mites, but the thought of them being on you is itchy? I don't know, but they shouldn't be on you or at least attaching to you. I had mites for a whole I got reptile relief and Pam. I used Pam on enclosure every 2 to 3 weeks and used reptile relief on my snake every 5 days. My snake is now in a tub so drying out is a thing in the past. She has been at 60-70% humidity. Everything is going good. Perfect sheds :)

Cody

[QUOTE=MrLang;1904728]Are you identifying mites as an issue with your snake because you get itchy after you hold it?

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agreed with MrLang

don't treat a snake with chemicals until you know that snake needs it.

Everyone is giving good advice but they seem to have missed the part of you being broke. Also if it was only a day or two after leaving your breeder for a health check and he is not the person you bought from I doubt they came from there. Also be certain it is mites. Google images of snake mites. And you should inform the breeder that he has mites as a curtiosity so he can take precautions. If you are certain it is mites then here is my advice. Go to Walmart. Buy (I know you are broke its only $3) buy a small bottle of betadine. It'll be in the first aide section. Looks like iodine. While you are there go back to the site to store area. Grab an employee coming or going into the back and ask for some small boxes. They will give them to you. Depending on the size of your enclosure will dictate what size box you need. Get plenty of them. Go home and empty everything out of his cage into a plastic trash bag. Throw it on the porch (you can deal with it later). Put your bp in a tuperware container with warm water and a few drops of the betadine. Just enough water to come about halfway up his sides. The water and betadine solution should look like really weak ice tea. It don't take a lot. Also make sure that the lid has sufficient air holes. Set him aside for now. Goto his cage. And scrub the crap out of it with 1 part bleach water and 5 parts water. Scrub with dish soap and water to get rid of the bleach and rinse completely. Dry it out and allow it to air dry until there is no chemical smell at all. Use newspaper or paper towels for substrate and a cardboard box as a hide. Hope you enjoyed the cleaning because you need to do this everyday for about the next 10 days. Throw away the hide and paper substrate every time. As for the bag of stuff out side what I would do is throw it away and start over but you can sanitize it with bleach water solution and allow it to sun bake in direct sunlight for a day or if it won't melt you can put it in your oven for 30 minutes at 250 degrees. Good luck.

Thanks for the help everyone but now I'm really confused. Everyone is saying mites wont make you itchy I wonder why I get itchy after and as holding him.. I notice it mainly on my legs. Also he was soaking last night so this morning i went to check his water bowl and I didnt see ANY black spots other then like tiny little hairs which could be from anything. So how can I check him for mites before buying mite killer products? Thanks again everyone !

They're called the heebie jeebies. It sounds like you've got a case of that...


If you soak the snake in clean water and you cant spot ANY specs in it, I don't think you have mites. That is not an official answer though.

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They're called the heebie jeebies. It sounds like you've got a case of that...


If you soak the snake in clean water and you cant spot ANY specs in it, I don't think you have mites. That is not an official answer though.

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haha alright thanks

Have you changed anything in his cage recently? Maybe you are allergic to something and that is causing the itching. Just a wild guess.

I got a few live feeders from a show once and they had rat mites. Those buggers do bite and they can live without a host for up to 3 weeks. When the feeders were gone they would hang out on the floor and get on anything that came on the room. That would explane the itching on your legs. I mopped the floor with 10% bleach water and spread some boric acid dust around. Problem solved.