911 i just found a mite in the water bowl

[shelby9189]

OK I just found mites in the water bowl. I have been talking to some ppl on here about my lil man soaking iv had him a week today. I hadnt seen mites till today I was just now changing his water in his dish n noticed them! What do I need to do to get rid of them??

[Freakie_frog]

Get you some Provent-a-mite best stuff I've ever found for preventing or getting rid of mite's

[shelby9189]

http://www.reptilebasics.com/reptile-relief-8-oz.

Here is a link someone gave me.. Can I use it on my lil man and tank and everything in it? Or do I have to buy something completly diff

[Annarose15]

Provent-a-Mite: http://www.pro-products.com/index.ph...d=53&Itemid=59

[Kaorte]

http://www.reptilebasics.com/reptile-relief-8-oz.

Here is a link someone gave me.. Can I use it on my lil man and tank and everything in it? Or do I have to buy something completly diff

You can use that if you want, but you will keep battling mites until you get provent a mite. Do yourself a favor and skip the reptile relief. PAM is the way to go.

[shelby9189]

Ok I can only use PAM on the enclosure and everything in it right? I still need to get the other one to kind of give him relief tho huh?

[Freakie_frog]

Ok I can only use PAM on the enclosure and everything in it right? I still need to get the other one to kind of give him relief tho huh?

What happens is that the mites leave the animal at night to lay their egg's, So Pam kills the mites as they leave the animal to lay their egg's and it kills the eggs as well. The reason people have such a hard time with mites is that they kill the mites they see and don't treat the eggs and the new mites hatching.. Get P-A-M and get them for good.

[The Serpent Merchant]

When I recommended reptile spray it was intended as a preventative measure (mites were suspected but none had been found yet). I feel that PAM is too dangerous to use as a preventative measure but once mites have been confirmed it is time to pull out the big guns and wipe them all out as quickly as possible.

As a preventative measure reptile spray works good enough and poses very little risk to the animal, but PAM is the best choice if there are mites crawling all over your snake. (just follow the directions to the letter)

[shelby9189]

OK!! Thank yall so much. He will be fine till the PAM gets here tho huh? I txt the previous owner to see if he had them before cuz he has been doing that since I got him n my other one never did that.

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O and after I get rid of the mites how do i keep them away for good?

[Kinra]

This may sound weird but I have had success in treating for mites using a combination of treatments. I spray my cages with prevent-a-mite but I also treat my snake to kill the ones on them. To treat the snakes I used olive oil (I assume regular vegetable oil would work too) to coat the snakes. I let it sit for about 15-20 minutes and then wash them off with a little bit of dish soap and water. You need to make sure you get all the oil off because it's bad for the snakes to leave it on. Doing both of these things I've had success on wiping out a mite problem fast. I've had to treat for mites twice now and in both cases I only needed to treat the snakes once and then did a followup cage spray 3-4 weeks later to make sure I got them all.

Edit:
Once they are gone they usually stay gone unless you bring in another snake that has them.