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I feel your pain. A couple years ago I had a friend take one of my BP's to a herpetologist to have him sexed - came back loaded with mites. I was furious.
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Re: Mites make me sad :(
Originally Posted by LeviBP
I feel your pain. A couple years ago I had a friend take one of my BP's to a herpetologist to have him sexed - came back loaded with mites. I was furious.
ouch that sucks. I find it very irritating that breeders will sell them covered in mites. Such irresponsible people out there
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Re: Mites make me sad :(
Mine had a case of mites I still don't understand. I had had my little girl for 4 months and there was never a sign of mites. She has never been around other snakes, I only have one, then I came home one day to her soaking in the water bowl and I saw the little brown specks in the water. I ordered PAM online but did not want to wait for it to be shippede so then I went to the local pet store and found a mite killing spray there. I used it and they went away immediately so now I have the PAM in reserve. I just have no idea how she got them in the first place.
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Re: Mites make me sad :(
Originally Posted by TomC
Mine had a case of mites I still don't understand. I had had my little girl for 4 months and there was never a sign of mites. She has never been around other snakes, I only have one, then I came home one day to her soaking in the water bowl and I saw the little brown specks in the water. I ordered PAM online but did not want to wait for it to be shippede so then I went to the local pet store and found a mite killing spray there. I used it and they went away immediately so now I have the PAM in reserve. I just have no idea how she got them in the first place.
Did you ever handle other snakes like at a pet shop (or even go to a pet shop?). Its also possible she had them the whole time and you didnt notice.
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Re: Mites make me sad :(
We picked up mites a couple of weeks ago as well. The *only* place it could have come from is the local pet store where we currently buy our rats.
I had to order P.A.M. and I guess we'll be doing monthly sprays as preventative maintenance just like everyone else :/
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Re: Mites make me sad :(
What's PAM? and can snakes get mites from being outside in the grass?
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PAM=provent-a-mite, a must have if you own snakes.
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"The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated." - Gandhi
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Re: Mites make me sad :(
PAM is Prevent A Mite, I had to order it online. From what I have heard it is the best thing going for mites.
Yes I am in and out of pet shops all the time buying rats and when I go in sometimes I handle the other snakes I did not know humans could carry snake mites. I am well equipped to handle it now so she should not have to worry about it any more.
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Re: Mites make me sad :(
Originally Posted by TomC
PAM is Prevent A Mite, I had to order it online. From what I have heard it is the best thing going for mites.
Yes I am in and out of pet shops all the time buying rats and when I go in sometimes I handle the other snakes I did not know humans could carry snake mites. I am well equipped to handle it now so she should not have to worry about it any more.
Yep, the mites can crawl on you and then onto your snakes. Breeders must be very careful at shows for them
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