Do I have mites?

Hey guys, well I got my male killer bee on Friday and today I noticed he was in his water bowl a lot. On further examination of the water bowl and the snake its self I am pretty sure it has mites. This is my first time and all advice on what to do will be greatly taken. Here are some pics oh his belly, I am assuming these are mites? http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/...psff06698f.jpghttp://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/...ps715f5e28.jpg

Definitely keeping an eye on this one...never having had snakes with mites I have no idea how to identify them

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Those are defintley mites I haven't had them personally but my friend had his collection bombed by a snake he didnt quarantine.

Follow this guide it will help you win the battles and most important the war in mites. My friend and me followed this guide to the T and its wonderful. http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showt...t=nuking+mites

I'm sure some one will sit here and try to battle with me about the Nix, well they're wrong and ill battle it to the end. Everything in this guide is well written and will help, I wouldn't recommended it so much if I thought it was poorly written or was harmful to the snakes.

In would think so :/ I also haven't had mites, but they look like mites.. What bedding is he on/is he quarantined?

It doesn't look like mites to me.

Snake mites look like poppy seeds. Those just looked like smudges.
Regardless if a snake has mites or not, always treat new additions in QT. It's a good preventative measure.

Just PAM the tub, let it air dry for 30 mins to an hour, and set it up with a minimalistic set up of a water bowl and paper towel substrate. Return the snake into the tub. And repeat the treatment 3 weeks later.

If you do see mites on your snake, you can also bathe it in warm water with a few drops of dish soap.

Looks more like newspaper smudge to me, or maybe some dirt if you're using a loose substrate?

Provent a Mite (PAM as satomi said) is the BEST!

But I don't think those are mites.

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Originally Posted by satomi325

It doesn't look like mites to me.

Snake mites look like poppy seeds. Those just looked like smudges.
Regardless if a snake has mites or not, always treat new additions in QT. It's a good preventative measure.

Just PAM the tub, let it air dry for 30 mins to an hour, and set it up with a minimalistic set up of a water bowl and paper towel substrate. Return the snake into the tub. And repeat the treatment 3 weeks later.

If you do see mites on your snake, you can also bathe it in warm water with a few drops of dish soap.

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Now that you mention it, he was on newspaper before and I don't see any on the paper towels.

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Originally Posted by satomi325

It doesn't look like mites to me.

Snake mites look like poppy seeds. Those just looked like smudges.
Regardless if a snake has mites or not, always treat new additions in QT. It's a good preventative measure.

Just PAM the tub, let it air dry for 30 mins to an hour, and set it up with a minimalistic set up of a water bowl and paper towel substrate. Return the snake into the tub. And repeat the treatment 3 weeks later.

If you do see mites on your snake, you can also bathe it in warm water with a few drops of dish soap.

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Yes I got him Friday, and he is in quarantine with a water dish and paper towels.

110% not mites. Mites are little round dots, not smudges. Also.... the dots move ;)

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Originally Posted by Diamond Serpents

Those are defintley mites I haven't had them personally but my friend had his collection bombed by a snake he didnt quarantine.

Follow this guide it will help you win the battles and most important the war in mites. My friend and me followed this guide to the T and its wonderful. http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showt...t=nuking+mites

I'm sure some one will sit here and try to battle with me about the Nix, well they're wrong and ill battle it to the end. Everything in this guide is well written and will help, I wouldn't recommended it so much if I thought it was poorly written or was harmful to the snakes.

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NIX or RID work really good, i used RID and no more mites, alot cheaper than any reptile sprays or PAM

I am done looking at pictures on tiny little iPhone screens, this thread will show you why http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showt...-set-of-plugs!

I'm going to have to side with those are not mites. Those are either smudges or just part of the snakes coloring. I freak out every now and then when I check my snakes out daily and I see those kind of black freckled dots. Those aren't mites lol. I could be wrong but it looks as though his belly is kinda pink, maybe hanging out in the water because he is going into shed??

It doesn't look like mites to me either.

There is nothing in either of those pictures that look like mites. Those actually just look like bits of pigment on the snake itself. As some have said before, mites are round dots that move. The paper towels are good, as you can see them on there (like bits of pepper). You can sometimes find them dead in the water bowl as well.

One thing I like to do when I'm checking for mites is to dampen a paper towel, then let the snake run through my hand while wiping them firmly with the towel, then looking for specks.