Pests Crossing Species?

Here's one I didn't find in the SEARCH.....

Do reptile mites cross species?????

Cat fleas like cats, but bite ppl..... Dog fleas like dogs, but bite ppl. Last I heard from our neighbor & public school..... Head lice like ppl, but don't like cats & dogs.

So do reptile mites like cats & dogs? I know they can be carriers & spread them, but would they be "victims"? Rat lice on cats & dogs? Or mites on rats?


Zeus has 'em & EVERYBODY's been treated, (I didn't think of mothballs in the vac. but I'm getting 'em in the morning. :) ) and my cats were flea'd about 2 wks. ago w/the Frontline....but besides carriers, do I need to be concerned about the cats? The rats are in a diff. room, but I'd hate to spread mites to the rats accidentally, esp. since (I think it was ) Butterscotch, despite quarantine, gave a couple of my guys lice. *Grumble,grumble* :mad: <Almost done w/the ivermectin there......>


Thanks!

(Becky??? Any wonderous enlightenment??? :worship: :worship: )

RuLyn

Reptile mites won't bother your cats. Buy some Provent-a-mite from mgreptiles and be rid of the whole problem. I treat every single snake i get in with that stuff...works awesome.

Believe it or not, snake mites don't even bother lizards. Lizards have a kind of mite that likes lizard scales and vice versa. No worries about snake mites getting on to you or on to cats/dogs. They are not made to cling to fur, just snake scales. All mites/fleas are specific to a certain group of animals;) .

Thx Jim,


I've got some on order. Both PetCo & PetsMart don't carry it. One quit & the other never did....all they have now is Zoo Med or the Jurrasi Pet (HUH?!?)

NE way, I've treated the gang & their equipment w/the Reptile Relief until the PAM arrives.

They were all quarantined so I'm not sure who was the vector, but Flurry the newest, the baby is in a totally different room (his own space for quarantine) & the rest have been treated and are living on p towels right now.

Hopefully Zeus will start eating after this. And BOY! was Hera a goober to do! But they're done and the little &&&%&%^s are deader than a door nail!

Yipppppeeeeee! Take THAT you *%*%&*%* mites! :sabduel: :groinkick :explosion


Since I missed something during earlier quarantine, I think I'll start treating each new snake before I put them in a new home, as soon as they arrive (during weigh-in). And as such, since Flurry is a hatchling, how old / big does he have to be before I could treat him????? Is it like kittens & puppies--they have to be at least 8-12 weeks before U can treat them. Are snakes also restricted by age for the first treatment?

I've got a different vendor's aspen, and it says is laboratory grade, I like the texture better, but I'm thinking it MIGHT be the source???? I didn't have them until just recently----about the time I had to start using the new bale of aspen. HUNH! I don't WANT to go to using JUST to p. towels, because the tanks are on display, but maybe I'll have to. :( *sigh*


R

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Originally Posted by _BoidFinatic_

Believe it or not, snake mites don't even bother lizards. Lizards have a kind of mite that likes lizard scales and vice versa. No worries about snake mites getting on to you or on to cats/dogs. They are not made to cling to fur, just snake scales. All mites/fleas are specific to a certain group of animals;) .

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Ahhh, I'm not so sure....After treating Hera, I had mites all over my shorts and shirt......and they were still active until I SMOOSHED them. I'm sure I could have been quite the little (?) okay...BIG transport to another tub & tank. That's why Hera & Zeus were the last two treated.

I have a Hera and Zues too!

Zues:
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y88...bino/Zues4.jpg

Hera:
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y88...sMay/BabyF.jpg

Hera is your guy's sister!

Jimi,


I'll be more than happy to trade you my Zeus for yours!!! ;) *angelic look* :please:

Hee hee hee


RuLyn

Oh girl, I feel your pain; had mites here a few months ago, and I know it is the most horrible sinking feeling when you see one on your snake; what I used was called Reptile Relief; it worked wonders and I can find nothing remaining in any of their cages. The paper towels are a great idea; I still use them because they're cheap and not as ugly as newspaper.

I make it a matter of course to treat each new addition's enclosure with PAM (you treat the enclosure, not the snake - but anything on the snake will die). I will also re-treat all the established colony's enclosures at the next cleaning as well after I bring in new animals.


I only had mites one time, and that's treating only with Reptile Relief, before I got the PAM (since Reptile Relief only kills the mites, not the eggs). Since the PAM, I've never had any problem with mites.

thanks for both of the great ideas.


Yeah, I'm changing my husbandry for new arrivals. Took it for granted and "their word" that they were clean. HUMPH! :mad: I have inspected all, but never found anything, until just recently w/Zeus and Hera.

Until the PAM arrives, I'm using the Reptile Relief. Working well so far. Hera's p towels had the peppering from the dead mites, Zeus wasn't too bad, and the others I think I caught "in the bud" as a preventative. Tomorrow is Day 3 so I'll do them all again. Hopefully the PAM will arrive this next week and we'll get the rest of the bloody little :cens0r: !:fishslap: :sabduel:

Anyone???? know the youngest a herp can be before I can treat 'em? Since he's youngest, and in a totally sep. room, I don't see how Flurry can get 'em, but I want to be sure he DOESN'T.

thanks!

RuLyn

I treat them, regardless of the age. Remember - with PAM, you don't treat the animal, you treat the enclosure. Follow the direction exactly on the can. Basically, I clean the tub, add the substrate, spray the substrate, let dry completely, add hides, water dish and animal.


I also did not see any mites on Sara when I brought her home from the pet store (she was a surrender), but still treated her with Reptile Relief as a pre-caution before even bringing her in my home. A month later, I still had mites (from the eggs hatching).

The reason I re-treat all enclosures when I bring a new animal in, even though they are quarantined, is because I'm anal. I'd just rather be safe than sorry, and it just seems like a good precaution and has prevented me from seeing any more mites in my collection.

When Sara had the mites, I never did see it spread to the others, but again - I'm anal! ;)

Oh, and as for size, Piper was 90 grams when I brought him home last week and Sahara was 80 grams last week.

Not to resurrect, but.....


Could I have been incubating an infestation in the coconut husk that's moist in a bucket, but hasn't been used yet? I was using a cube fast enough (say w/in a month) but I changed my bedding and the latest cube has been moist for a while. Covered w/a snap-on lid, but it's been in there about 2.5-3 mo. now.


?NM? Zeus & Hera had 'em and they've been on aspen only in tubs...no need for the xtra humidity from the husk....... Hmmmmmmmmmmm :irkd: :irkd: