yea i just found a really big one on her size of a scale
dont see any more
should i see if i can take her back for exchange for a RT boa baby
08-02-2007, 05:17 PM
Stewart_Reptiles
Re: Mites????
Quote:
Originally Posted by shawn2881
i see if i can take her back for exchange for a RT boa baby
How about buying PAM (Provent A Mite) and just treating her enclosure, chances are if you trade her back to the store she came from the next one you will have will also likely have mites.
08-02-2007, 05:25 PM
shawn2881
Re: Mites????
they wont take it
i just her bout 4 days ago
the lady said put her in water with water and bluw dawn soup
ima go clean the cage out and put papertowels down and take out them logs too and put tubs in
the pet store i got it from really is not that clean but only pllace with a BP around here
and they had a bureme and a pastel BP
the RTB they just got
i want that RTB really bad too but u have to have a exotic pet LC
08-02-2007, 05:27 PM
littleindiangirl
Re: Mites????
side note, are you foreign? I have a hard time following what you type
08-02-2007, 05:27 PM
Stewart_Reptiles
Re: Mites????
Again get some PAM it will take care of the problem, this is the only product that will eradicate all stages of development of mites everything else you might do will only lead to re-infestation as you might kill the adults but not the eggs.
08-02-2007, 05:28 PM
Stewart_Reptiles
Re: Mites????
Quote:
Originally Posted by littleindiangirl
side note, are you foreign? I have a hard time following what you type
No sure about him but I am :8:
08-02-2007, 05:50 PM
shawn2881
Re: Mites????
Quote:
Originally Posted by littleindiangirl
side note, are you foreign? I have a hard time following what you type
no im just typing fast
same time cleaning my BP cage out
right now i have her in a big tub bathing
and took everything out her cage and cleaned her cage
about to wash the repti carpet
can the mites go to a bearded dragon witch is near my BP cage
08-02-2007, 06:07 PM
shawn2881
Re: Mites????
well i dont see no more on her body
first i saw 2 babys then a big on looked like a scale bug it was clear soo i pulled it and it had legs
im bout to go get some PAM
im not buying another pet from there again :mad:
just b/c the snake had mites.. shouldn't stop u from shoping there...it happens...could happen anywhere else you may buy a snake from... just got to make sure you treat the cage
Quote:
Originally Posted by shawn2881
well i dont see no more on her body
first i saw 2 babys then a big on looked like a scale bug it was clear soo i pulled it and it had legs
im bout to go get some PAM
im not buying another pet from there again :mad:
08-02-2007, 06:31 PM
shawn2881
Re: Mites????
i mean they dont really take care of their pets well they have heat rocks and no hides in there snake cages...
if u saw u would say the same
08-02-2007, 06:33 PM
krazi0469
Re: Mites????
oh ok... but for me that would make me want to buy them even more.... to make sure they are taken care of right and givin a good home...
Quote:
Originally Posted by shawn2881
i mean they dont really take care of their pets well they have heat rocks and no hides in there snake cages...
if u saw u would say the same
08-04-2007, 06:29 AM
X5927alpha
Re: Mites????
Did you check the tail vent for mites? I am in the long process of getting rid of mites myself, but both my ball pythons are looking much better now.
The vet told me to make sure to check their tail vents, around their eyes and nose areas, and in the area under their head just in from the chin area. You kind of have to part the scales and extra skin a bit there.
Good luck!
08-04-2007, 07:01 AM
Alice
Re: Mites????
You may want to consider that they could be ticks instead of mites or a mixture of both. Mites are usually so small it's hard to pick them off. They are usually smally than a poppy seed you see on top of bread. And they definately aren't the size of a scale - at least not ones that I've heard about.
I'd still order some Provent-a-Mite (PAM) and treat her cage. PAM works on ticks too.
The snake itself is a beauty though. Good luck and keep us updated.
08-04-2007, 09:39 AM
shawn2881
Re: Mites????
Quote:
Originally Posted by X5927alpha
Did you check the tail vent for mites? I am in the long process of getting rid of mites myself, but both my ball pythons are looking much better now.
The vet told me to make sure to check their tail vents, around their eyes and nose areas, and in the area under their head just in from the chin area. You kind of have to part the scales and extra skin a bit there.
Good luck!
yea
their is 2 lil brown things near the vent looks like thorns... IDK
but i saw the lil mites then i pulled i guess a tick off
shw wont let me near her head some times
and right now she hiding under her papertowels
08-04-2007, 09:46 AM
dotc0m
Re: Mites????
Those thorny things are known as spurs. I have never treated mites, but she seems stressed out. Maybe it's best to just let her relax, maybe soak her in water to ease up on the itchyness, and then treat the cage for PAM because I'm sure picking them off wouldn't do much but just annoy her more.
My .02
08-04-2007, 10:22 AM
shawn2881
Re: Mites????
thats just what i did
put her in about 90 dg water for about 30 minutes
what does the spurs mean they are stressed
yea thats my last time handling her for the week
08-04-2007, 05:47 PM
dr del
Re: Mites????
Hi,
The spurs are perfectly natural - they are the remains of back legs.:)
Males use them as part of courtship behaviour so please don't try and remove those ok?:)
But remember to try and get a stool sample to a vet at some future point to check for parasites as well. I realise this might mean waiting till she eats for you but just try not to forget.
