Quick question about mites

[That_One_New_Guy]

So Sasha is due for a shed some time within the next week or so. And I'm battling mites, here's the question: if there are dead mites stuck to her will they come off with the shed? Or what's going to happen? I have reptile spray and PAM so I'm working on the mite problem just wondering

[T_Sauer]

Yes they would come off with the shed ... Also be careful using the mite preventatives especially the Pam right afterthe shed. I'm not for sure but I would imagine that a freshly shed snakes skin would be a lil sensitive for the first few days. I could be wrong but wouldn't hurt to be on the safe side is how I've always looked at it

[Sonny1318]

Yes they would come off with the shed ... Also be careful using the mite preventatives especially the Pam right afterthe shed. I'm not for sure but I would imagine that a freshly shed snakes skin would be a lil sensitive for the first few days. I could be wrong but wouldn't hurt to be on the safe side is how I've always looked at it

I could be wrong, but I agree. I'd play it safe. But the last time I had mites, everyone was still using no pest strips.

[That_One_New_Guy]

Makes sense for the PAM not to be a good idea. I wouldn't use it right after anyway.

[pbyeerts]

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[Tsanford]

I keep no pest strips in my snake room all the time as preventative. I also use reptile spray, not pam, and it says on the bottle to wait 6 hours after a shed before applying.

A shed is great to see how bad your mite problem actually is. If you catch the snake right after its shed within a few hours while its still fresh you will see the buggers crawling around on its face and such because they haven't had the chance to burrow between the scales yet.

[That_One_New_Guy]

So I would assume that a few hours after shed would be a good time for a soak? As the mites would probably come? I realize that it takes a while to make mites go away but I can't help but hope