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    Re: A warning about live feeder mice and rats.....

    Quote Originally Posted by nimblykimbly View Post
    Oh I treated the entire AREA... lol See the Post I freaked out and disinfected every snake, tub, shelf, hole, water dish, the carpet surrounding, the walls, the heat tape, the curtains on the windows... Maybe overkill, but I am super paranoid of parasites.

    Gah! You gave me the willies all over again! lol!


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    You "disinfected" with something that kills both the living mites and lasts long enough to kill any egg's that might hatch? right? Most mite treatment will suggest two or more rounds of treatment because you never know where in the life cycle the mites are..

    Just keep an eye out..
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    Re: A warning about live feeder mice and rats.....

    Quote Originally Posted by Freakie_frog View Post
    You "disinfected" with something that kills both the living mites and lasts long enough to kill any egg's that might hatch? right? Most mite treatment will suggest two or more rounds of treatment because you never know where in the life cycle the mites are..

    Just keep an eye out..
    okay, I'm sorry, I need to clarify. I treat the snake itself with Reptile Spray, and I treat all surrounding areas with PAM. I guess that, rereading it, it does sound like I treated everything with Reptile Spray. I believe that PAM stays active for about a month...? I planned to retreat like I did when I found the mites, after one month.
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    Once a month doesn't seem like often enough
    I think you're supposed to treat once a week for 3 weeks
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    The three young bloods I recently got came with mites for free. I got Reptile Spray and used it for everything. It worked awesome! Killed them first try with one treatment. For a product that is animal safe and easily found locally I highly recommend it.
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    A warning about live feeder mice and rats.....

    Quote Originally Posted by snakesRkewl View Post
    Once a month doesn't seem like often enough
    I think you're supposed to treat once a week for 3 weeks
    I'm pretty sure it's effective for 30 days....


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    THIS exact thing has happened to me. The pet store we were buying our feeder mice and rats from apparently is INFESTED with mites and we couldnt figure out where our snakes got them or why they kept coming back, turns out that was it.

    We are no longer buying from that shop and have picked a better store that supplies better feeders and are starting our own colony.

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    A warning about live feeder mice and rats.....

    Quote Originally Posted by KMG View Post
    The three young bloods I recently got came with mites for free. I got Reptile Spray and used it for everything. It worked awesome! Killed them first try with one treatment. For a product that is animal safe and easily found locally I highly recommend it.
    Yes, it does work really well! I also use it as a preventative measure when I get new snakes in... Hadn't had a problem at all until this incident!


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    A warning about live feeder mice and rats.....

    Quote Originally Posted by pookie! View Post
    THIS exact thing has happened to me. The pet store we were buying our feeder mice and rats from apparently is INFESTED with mites and we couldnt figure out where our snakes got them or why they kept coming back, turns out that was it.

    We are no longer buying from that shop and have picked a better store that supplies better feeders and are starting our own colony.
    Thank you!! I found another (and ironically cheaper) source that separates their live feeders from all other animals, in a separate room. If I need to buy live, I'll get them from them from now on.... Apparently I was paying double for mites! Agk!


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    Re: A warning about live feeder mice and rats.....

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    Thank you!! I found another (and ironically cheaper) source that separates their live feeders from all other animals, in a separate room. If I need to buy live, I'll get them from them from now on.... Apparently I was paying double for mites! Agk!


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    Yep thats how this new store we go to does, the rats and mice are in their own separate room and they have very few reptiles even in the store.. Id never thought that a live feeder could be harboring mites like that, glad we werent alone lol and those mites must be horrible in the store to where that could even happen. Crazy..

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    Re: A warning about live feeder mice and rats.....

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    Yep thats how this new store we go to does, the rats and mice are in their own separate room and they have very few reptiles even in the store.. Id never thought that a live feeder could be harboring mites like that, glad we werent alone lol and those mites must be horrible in the store to where that could even happen. Crazy..
    Yeah, the store is really sketchy and old. I think the guy who owns it means well, but he just can't keep up with it all and also doesn't follow *the best* husbandry techniques. He had a Ball Python and a Red Tailed Boa in one 20 gal tank together, and bearded dragons on aspen chips with no real heat source. All of his snakes look miserable. No heat source, just the regular temp of the store and display lights. But until I learned that this other place carried 3 sizes of rats, I thought this guy was my only choice... and I didn't realize this mite thing could happen either! I don't think it's typical to have mites come in on rats, but if the conditions are bad enough, I think it's totally possible! I've read a bunch that this has happened to others, too - that's why I wanted to share my experience so that hopefully newer keepers can be aware.
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