Another 1st for me in keeping snakes...

I was curious as to why one of my new breeding size females had tipped over the water bowl in her tub today, so I checked on her. There she was, curled up in the bowl. There they were, crawling around her tub.... mites.

I've made a quick trip to Wally World for distilled water, NIX, and a spray bottle - those little buggers won't know what hit them.

I had her in QT with two others, so I'm glad for that. But as I live in a place the size of a 15 qt. tub, all of my friends will soon be treated.

Oh, and a big thanks to everyone on this forum who has posted on how to get rid of them!

Get some PAM. Mites are the worst, PAM has been the only thing that has completely knocked them out for me.

My understanding is that it's the same active ingredient - permethrin.

If there are any more living mites, I assure you, they aren't happy.

spraying a snake down with pam cannot be good for it.... but then again im a noob. It just sounds terrible to me.

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Originally Posted by royal constrictor

spraying a snake down with pam cannot be good for it.... but then again im a noob. It just sounds terrible to me.

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You dont spray the snake, you treat the enclosure.

hahaha ok that sounds alot better... and whats the reason behind that is it just because its alot cheaper than the products in the store?

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Originally Posted by royal constrictor

hahaha ok that sounds alot better... and whats the reason behind that is it just because its alot cheaper than the products in the store?

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PAM= Prevent-a-Mite. it's a spray for mites. not the cooking spray like i think you may have been thinking. lol don't go spray your snakes tub with cooking spray. :P

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Originally Posted by royal constrictor

spraying a snake down with pam cannot be good for it.... but then again im a noob. It just sounds terrible to me.

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Lol as said above provent a mite, not cooking spray. But neither should ever be sprayed directly on the animal.

NIX works awesome. It's cheaper and safer for the snake. Go with it. I did and mites we gone after the first treatment.


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I'm pretty sure I caught the mites early. I added back the water dishes tonight, checked over the 3 in QT and looked for dead mites on the paper towels (only found a few). I'll treat them again in a week. Gracias to all.