Oh No! :(

i went into my enclosure today to check on my bp and i seen little black/redish mites crawling over him and i was picking some off and they were on his substrate-paper towl. i love this snake to death i need to know what i can do to help his pour soul. he just ate yesterday and i didint see any :S and he was wide awake and active but when i got home today he hasint moved much and has just been in his hide (expected because he just ate yesterday) but i dont know what to do now :( this is my first incounter with mites. if anyone can tell me/help me please do i love him :(

Get some prevent-a-mite, take snake & water out, spray enclosure, wait a few minutes and replace water & snake. Some people use reptile relief, but I don't know anything about it...Others will be able to give a better answer than this.

ok take everything out of his enclosure clean it put him on paper towels and use provent a mite you can get it here beanfarm.com in the meantime pick all the ones you see and smoosh them. it wouldnt hurt to give him a nice soak either. if you use any wood in his enclosure bake it for a half an hour at 350 in the oven. hope this helps good luck

thanks alot guys i will do that now. are snake mites seperate then other reptile mites? i have a bearded dragon in the same room and i was wondering is it possable for him to get them to? and i have no wood but im going to try to pick up some prevent a mite and soak him for a while. i hate these nasty things :(

you can also put all the tank accesories in the freezer for half the day and that will kill anything also. Thats if you dont want to go the oven bake method.

i came home today and there were alot of dead mites on his paper towel. i srpayed down everything again but when i took out one of his hides there were big ones and a bunch of small ones all over it i was guessing that some hatched so i threw it out and i sprayed him down and such. tonight im giving him a good treatment other then just spraying him in his tank. but i see that his mouth is begining to stay open for long periods of time does anyone know why? is he just being very bugged from them or somthing? :( this is not good.

What are you spraying your snake with?
Do you hear popping or wheezing sounds coming from the snake?
Do you see any sign of mucous around the snake's mouth or slimed around the snake environment?
Have you used Provent-A-Mite as PAM works for weeks and so kills any mites that hatch out?

im spraying him with reptile releaf and yes he is making poping sounds when he is opening his mouth and theres just a few bubbles/mukus on the side of his mouth when it opens,i checked for respatory infection like 2 days ago and he seemed fine didint have alot of bubbles really. im kinda confused :S

and no i havint came across any provent a mite and ordering off the net is out of the question right now which sucks :( im doing a thuro clean of his environment tonight.

Sounds like your snake is in the early stages of an RI.

Vet time then i assume?

Yes, it's vet time. If you can see mucous then it is past the early stages and you really need to get the snake to the vet so that he/she can do a culture and give you the proper meds to give to the snake :)

alright thanks alot guys.ill try my best to get him there as soon as possable,Wish him luck :)

In the meantime you can bump up the temps in the snake environment. This will help somewhat until you can get him in- the sooner the better :)

ya i havint had the best temps in there im an idiot for not noticing but i have the red light on him now plus the heat pad and it seems to be steady. can the cold cause a RI?

Temps that are too low can cause an RI (respiratory infection).

Can you share what the environment is for the snake, what the temps are, how you control the temps and what you use to measure the temps? Sharing this info will allow myself and others to offer advice that can help to prevent another RI from happening. Vet bills are a drag and having a sick animal is a drag.

you right it is a drag :( i was using just the exo-terra small dessert UTH and it doesint put off alot of heat and thats when i noticed it a few days after now i have a clamp light on him with a red light and the temps before the light were like 75 or so now there up to around 85 and thats using the stick on thermometer which isint to acuret i know because of budget ill be getting one shortly, its hard for me right now to because i use the light for basking for my bearded dragon at day and when he goes to bed i put it on my snake so right now i got myself in a toughy and its my fault :(

be getting a better one shortly ****

Husbandry errors are a drag- especially when you know better ;)

Remember that you want your warm temps to be about 92F (except for now when I would push it up to 94F) and your cool side temps to be around 82F.

Digital thermometers are relatively inexpensive, about 12 dollars, and are a good investment.

I guess you'll also be getting the next size larger UTH....