Prevent-A-Mite vs. Equate Bedding Spray

I have read that the Wal-Mart brand, Equate Bedding Spray has the same chemicals as Prevent-A-Mite. Has anyone else used this?
No ones fault but mine that I don't have any PAM on hand right now. I am not sure if my snake has mites. My wife was sitting in the living room right beside the snakes enclosure and noticed a very small speck on the screen of her phone. She called me to look at it and you know my worst thought first.....It's A MITE!!! I can't be sure. I just want to be prepared in case I do find out. I will order some PAM, but would like to have something on hand in the meantime.

ALWAYS HAVE PAM ON HAND!......a rule to live by!

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I'll have coleslaw come by, and say what she told me to use. I think it's Rite bed bug spray.

It's cheaper and has a lower concentration of the chemical in Pam so it's actually safer.

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You are after permethrin,no matter what you buy.;)

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ALWAYS HAVE PAM ON HAND!......a rule to live by!

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Rules for owning a ball python.

Rule #1.) know the rules!!

Lesson learned!!!!

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Rules for owning a ball python.

Rule #1.) know the rules!!

Lesson learned!!!!

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Haha true story.....some people knock pam for using chemicals around their animals. But the stuff works and fast, its saved me a couple times. A little bit of chemicals is far better for your animals then a mite infestation!

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The rite is good idea because you can you use it in a preventative fashion without worrying about it being too much. It's also available at Walmart.

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Cooool!!! Wanna share? I will PM you my shipping address!! LOL

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Well, some good news. I see nothing with my snake to signal mites. I changed the water last night so I could keep a close look in there for mites and I saw nothing this afternoon. She just ate, so that's another good sign. I think I just went into a panic over nothing. Now I am ok until the PAM arrives!!!
Lesson learned!! Keep a can handy!!!

I've used the equate bedding spray with great success. Where the once I've ever used PAM, Amanda it did not seem to work at all. I think people are just more partial to PAM because it was made with the expectations to be used around reptiles, while the bedding spray was made for bed bugs.

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I think people are just more partial to PAM because it was made with the expectations to be used around reptiles, while the bedding spray was made for bed bugs.

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Im partial to PAM because it knocked out mite infestations of my collections fast twice.

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Im partial to PAM because it knocked out mite infestations of my collections fast twice.

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I know people who swear by it, yea. My personal first and only experience with it years back was I used it as it should have been and the infestation appeared to double and I ended up losing one snake. Since then, again many years ago, I've used the straight bed spray and that always seems to knock out infestations in about 3 days or so. So that is my personal preference now.