Mite Question...

[Wretched Deviant]

Okay, I think my Spider has mites so I intend on treating my other ball's and boas enclosures, Provent-a-Mite is for enclosures ONLY, but do I have to use something like natural chemistry directly on the snakes and Provent-a-Mite on their enclosures or is Provent-a-Mite good enough? I'm just about to order it but I wanted to make sure I only need Provent-a-Mite and not both, so I should get it within the next week.

[LGL]

Provent-a-Mite alone will do the trick. Just follow the instructions on the can and you'll be good to go.

[Big Gunns]

Okay, I think my Spider has mites so I intend on treating my other ball's and boas enclosures, Provent-a-Mite is for enclosures ONLY, but do I have to use something like natural chemistry directly on the snakes and Provent-a-Mite on their enclosures or is Provent-a-Mite good enough? I'm just about to order it but I wanted to make sure I only need Provent-a-Mite and not both, so I should get it within the next week.

Get it asap. You can use one or the other, but Prevent a Mite works the best.

[Wretched Deviant]

Yeah, the first thing I did was panic then I finally realized I had saw the recommendation for provent-a-mite on here...I called the local pet stores and specialty ones but they only carried natural chemistry and I'd really like to make sure the buggers are good and gone, putting in an order now should get it rather soon.

[DotFuzz]

I've had the same problem and i just used "Reptile Spray" By Natural Chemistry. Worked great for me. I used that on the snakes, and on the tanks i used "Wipe Out!" By Zoo Med. Wipe out works great ass well. It's a def must have for cleaning. i use it when ever i clean the tanks. Hope this helps. GL

[Big Gunns]

For people that are looking for the natural chemistry stuff. A lot of Pet co, Pet Smarts don't have it, but they have the Deflea stuff(same company) for dogs and cats. It's the exact same ingredients. You can get that.

[Foschi Exotic Serpents]

That natural chemistry stuff is pretty good. I had a new BP come in with mites and used that to treat the snake directly and then the provent a mite to treat the enclosure and substrate to prevent reinfestation.

A good flea and tick powder or garden dust sprinkled on the floor around the snake tank/enclosure is a good preventative measure too if you ever get other reptiles in the same house.

The natural chemistry stuff will literally cause the mites to come off in your hand if you let the snake crawl through your hands as you rub it in.

Also keep ckecking the water dish. Thats usually the first place you will see mites if you get them again and cant see them on the snake.

[Wretched Deviant]

Yeah, I read about the Natural Chemistry stuff and it won me over with the description but I really want to make sure and take care of these quick and fast, so I'll probably do the Provent-a-Mite, I actually haven't seen any mites in his water dish but when I've picked him up I found one yesterday and one today, also noticed a lot of soaking going on which seemed odd since his humidity is at a decent level, just thought he was soaking to help shed since his eyes turned that blueish tint a couple days ago. But I examined him today after I found the second. But I can go pick up some Natural Chemistry at any pet store around here tomorrow, I've seen it around a lot and then treat the cages with Provent-a-Mite when the shipment comes in. Have another ball and a boa that I suppose I should also treat even though I haven't seen any on either, a couple leos, a bearded dragon, and a tegu. Can mites affect tarantulas, too? Probably do the flea powder around the cages, too then, I happen to have some when my dog kept bringing them in a lot earlier this year.

[dr del]

Big warning

I really wouldn't use any mite killer anywhere near tarantulas as it will almost certainly kill them. Seperate room might be ok but caution is never going to be a bad thing.

If you have a lot of tarantulas or feeder insects for lizards then you would be better looking into the biological control system for mites.

I can't spell it for the life of me but I think it was hypostasis mites or something? I will try and see if I can find the link.


dr del

[dr del]

Hi,

I managed to find the link - and I had indeed spelled it completely wrong.

http://www.ball-pythons.net/forums/s...redatory+mites


dr del