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Mite treatment
So I have used provent-a-mite and natural chemistry reptile spray successfully for treatment, but was wondering if folks have used nature zone mite guard powder as either a treatment or preventative?
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You do not need preventive treatment with your collection and I would not recommend subjecting your animals to pesticide long term or on a regular basis. The only truly effective mite treatment is PAM as it treats all stages of development, nature chemistry is great for instant relief but will not kill eggs.
If you have strong husbandry practices all you ever need to do it pre-treat new arrivals for mites and that's it.
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Re: Mite treatment
Originally Posted by Deborah
You do not need preventive treatment with your collection and I would not recommend subjecting your animals to pesticide long term or on a regular basis. The only truly effective mite treatment is PAM as it treats all stages of development, nature chemistry is great for instant relief but will not kill eggs.
If you have strong husbandry practices all you ever need to do it pre-treat new arrivals for mites and that's it.
What is your process for pre-treating new arrivals?
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Re: Mite treatment
Just curious, is there any material (ex. Acrylic, glass, metal, etc.) that snake mites cannot climb?
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Re: Mite treatment
Originally Posted by chosen2030
What is your process for pre-treating new arrivals?
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Starts with proper quarantine, new snakes should be kept in a different room at the opposite of your established animals.
Treat the enclosure that you will use for AT with PAM, than treat again 2 weeks.
I do not recommend home made brew unless you have the knowledge as it could cause neurological damage and it death.
Mites jump and can hitchhike on you, so again proper quarantine and working with established animals first and QT second is a must, that means once you deal with QT you do not go back were your established animals are.
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Re: Mite treatment
Originally Posted by chosen2030
What is your process for pre-treating new arrivals?
What I do is make sure my quarantine area is set up and about 3 days before I bring the new arrival home, I spray the empty quarantine tub with PAM (Provent-a-mite). Then the day new arrival is here, set up the tub with paper towels, water dish and disposable hide (like a cardboard box). That's it. Then after 60-90 days if all is well, new arrival moves in with the collection. I've brought in snakes that had mites before and this worked great.
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Re: Mite treatment
Originally Posted by Deborah
Starts with proper quarantine, new snakes should be kept in a different room at the opposite of your established animals.
Treat the enclosure that you will use for AT with PAM, than treat again 2 weeks.
I do not recommend home made brew unless you have the knowledge as it could cause neurological damage and it death.
Mites jump and can hitchhike on you, so again proper quarantine and working with established animals first and QT second is a must, that means once you deal with QT you do not go back were your established animals are.
Just to make sure I'm clear, you don't spray the newspaper/paper towel directly with PAM, right? If it's a current animal I'm treating, how long should I let the PAM dry in the tub before I can safely put the liner and animal in there?
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Re: Mite treatment
Originally Posted by chosen2030
Just to make sure I'm clear, you don't spray the newspaper/paper towel directly with PAM, right? If it's a current animal I'm treating, how long should I let the PAM dry in the tub before I can safely put the liner and animal in there?
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You spray everything, remember a little goes a long way, all you have to do is remove the water dish, you let PAM dry which should take about 30 min.
When I prepare an enclosure for QT I have newspaper and I usually do it the morning of the arrival giving it plenty of time to dry (an hour or more)
I you are currently treating an animal do the same but remove the animal as well for 30 min to an hour.
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Re: Mite treatment
Originally Posted by Deborah
Starts with proper quarantine, new snakes should be kept in a different room at the opposite of your established animals.
Treat the enclosure that you will use for AT with PAM, than treat again 2 weeks.
I do not recommend home made brew unless you have the knowledge as it could cause neurological damage and it death.
Mites jump and can hitchhike on you, so again proper quarantine and working with established animals first and QT second is a must, that means once you deal with QT you do not go back were your established animals are.
Deborah... can a baby snake (2-3 month old) get mites too?
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