Pam?

As stated in my other thread, I'm treating my male snake for mites, well, according to the instructions on the can, you are just supposed to spray down the tank and the substrate, and not the animal itself...my question is, if I dont spray the animal, then how the hell is this stuff supposed to kill the eggs and any mites already on him?

Spray on substrate, PAM dries on substrate, snake crawls on substrate, mites and eggs on snake die.

Works like a charm. ;) :sweeet:

Hope this helps.

-adam

It will, the mites leave the snake to deposit eggs in the cage. As soon as the mites touch the bedding it will kill them. If you spray it directly on the snake it will kill it.

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Originally Posted by Adam_Wysocki

Spray on substrate, PAM dries on substrate, snake crawls on substrate, mites and eggs on snake die.

Works like a charm. ;) :sweeet:

Hope this helps.

-adam

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Oh "Quick Draw" Wysocki beat me to it. ;)

i tried to find a s/n I could hit ya up on bill, had another question for ya, and thanks for the reply Adam.


How long should I wait before putting his water bowl back in?

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Originally Posted by SnakeEyes

i tried to find a s/n I could hit ya up on bill, had another question for ya, and thanks for the reply Adam.


How long should I wait before putting his water bowl back in?

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I personally don't like keeping a water bowl in a treated cage, to worried about them laying in the water and transferring PAM residue into their water. I prefer to supervise them and as soon as they get a drink take it back out.

i have to do that from now on cause the cage is treated?

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Originally Posted by SnakeEyes

i tried to find a s/n I could hit ya up on bill, had another question for ya, and thanks for the reply Adam.


How long should I wait before putting his water bowl back in?

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By the way, what's a s/n? :confused:

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Originally Posted by SnakeEyes

i have to do that from now on cause the cage is treated?

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Thats what I do in quarantine, Adam might let us know what he does. I might just be paranoid.

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Originally Posted by Wild Bill

By the way, what's a s/n? :confused:

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s/n =screen name, ie aol, aim, msn, yahoo, etc etc.

Is PAM available in UK?? If it is i've never seen it.

Whats the manufacturer/distributer??
I don't need any right now... but who knows, might be handy for future reference.

well I got all his stuff moved back in, took all day to get it all cleaned and sprayed and dried. But hes in there with all his stuff, he has yet to stop moving, been in there for about 5 min and has covered ever inch of his cage and then some, lets hope this gets the bastards! :D :D

I need to attest to the effectiveness of PAM. I had a stubborn mite problem in my collection, and the only thing that fully eradicated the things was PAMite.. skip anything else :)
Adam's right; it works just as used as directed.

well, thats what I used, and he only had a few mites here and there, lets hope I got it at the very beginning before it turned into a HUGE problem. :)

anyone? water safe in cage? yes? no?

Where can you buy this PAM stuff at ?

And how do you apply it, so far what I have read is you apply it on the bedding and you let it dry for 30 minutes then you can put the snake back in, but should I take out water bowl and the hides???

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Originally Posted by SnakeEyes

anyone? water safe in cage? yes? no?

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I personally don't like keeping a water bowl in a treated cage, to worried about them laying in the water and transferring PAM residue into their water. I prefer to supervise them and as soon as they get a drink take it back out.

^ *from wild bill in a previous part of the thread* :)

I have always left water bowls in after using PAM with no problems but I can see the concerns. Never really thought about it. Does not seem to hurt though.

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Originally Posted by KingPython

apply it on the bedding and you let it dry for 30 minutes then you can put the snake back in, but should I take out water bowl and the hides???

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More like 6 hrs!!!

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Originally Posted by juddb

More like 6 hrs!!!

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agreed, took all day for it to air out.

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Originally Posted by SnakeEyes

agreed, took all day for it to air out.

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If it took 6 hours or all day to dry, you used WAY more than needed. A few short bursts are all that is needed. A few minutes is all it should take to dry.

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Originally Posted by jglass38

If it took 6 hours or all day to dry, you used WAY more than needed. A few short bursts are all that is needed. A few minutes is all it should take to dry.

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The only reason i waited 6 hrs was for the safety of my snakes... And its not like i doused the tubs in it or anything... :salute:

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The only reason i waited 6 hrs was for the safety of my snakes... And its not like i doused the tubs in it or anything... :salute:

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Dry is dry :)

It is perfectly safe to use with snakes if you follow the instructions to the letter.

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Originally Posted by jglass38

Dry is dry :)

It is perfectly safe to use with snakes if you follow the instructions to the letter.

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I just like to be safe. Safety first you know

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I just like to be safe. Safety first you know

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Always.. :D

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The only reason i waited 6 hrs was for the safety of my snakes... And its not like i doused the tubs in it or anything... :salute:

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same here, I followed the directions of the can perfectly, and didnt soak the tub, I did however wait till I could only smell the aspen bedding when the tank was sitting outsite, till I put it all back in. So in short, I would stick my head completely in his tub, unless I only smelled aspen, I let it dry more.