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This whole mite thing is something I'll want to avoid like the plague. Would it be safe to say if I buy snakes from a reputable breeder at a show, if any of their snakes contract mites at the show and I have them take them back to their facility for a later shipping date, that they wouldn't have mites? Sorry for the run on sentence.
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Most keepers will get mites at least once. It happens, u just take all precautions u can to prevent them but it’s not the end of the world
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Re: 2019 Snek Acquisition Plan
Originally Posted by craigafrechette
Ah crap!! Now I feel like a jinx!!
So sorry to hear this, Taylor. Luckily you're a top notch keeper and it's not a huge problem, but definitely a pain in the rear end.
Good luck with treatment! ...and sorry for the jinx...
if you buy enough snakes...
funny enough i bought PAM for the first time at that show; i just had a feeling and it was right there so i bought it.
tubs and snakes were treated immediately (PAM does NOT go on or near any animal except tortoises!) and it seems like ive killed most already, just gotta stay on top of the eggs!
4.4 ball python
1.0 Albino ✮ 0.1 Coral Glow ✮ 0.1 Super Cinnamon paradox ✮ 1.0 Piebald ✮ 0.1 Pastel Enchi Leopard het Piebald ✮ 1.0 Coral Glow het Piebald ✮
1.0 corn snake
1.0 Hypo ✮
1.0 crested gecko
0.1 ???? ✮
0.1 cat
0.1 Maine Coon mix ✮
0.1 human ✌︎
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Re: 2019 Snek Acquisition Plan
Originally Posted by tttaylorrr
if you buy enough snakes...
funny enough i bought PAM for the first time at that show; i just had a feeling and it was right there so i bought it.
tubs and snakes were treated immediately (PAM does NOT go on or near any animal except tortoises!) and it seems like ive killed most already, just gotta stay on top of the eggs!
What is the process with the Pam? Spray on tubs/enclosures, just clean with it? I take it the snakes can't be hurt by it?
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Re: 2019 Snek Acquisition Plan
Originally Posted by MR Snakes
What is the process with the Pam? Spray on tubs/enclosures, just clean with it? I take it the snakes can't be hurt by it?
-remove animal from room as the vapors are harmful
-remove everything from enclosure
-spray that stuff EVERYWHERE, all nooks and crannies in a good mist and even the wall and floor in the surrounding area
-place down paper towel; replace hides; spray them too
-VENTILATE everything until all surfaces are dry and there's no vapors/smell; i opened a window and ran a fan for 2 hrs but that might be overkill lol
-replace water dish and add water; replace animal
-repeat in two weeks
Last edited by tttaylorrr; 12-24-2018 at 12:10 PM.
Reason: grammar
4.4 ball python
1.0 Albino ✮ 0.1 Coral Glow ✮ 0.1 Super Cinnamon paradox ✮ 1.0 Piebald ✮ 0.1 Pastel Enchi Leopard het Piebald ✮ 1.0 Coral Glow het Piebald ✮
1.0 corn snake
1.0 Hypo ✮
1.0 crested gecko
0.1 ???? ✮
0.1 cat
0.1 Maine Coon mix ✮
0.1 human ✌︎
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Re: 2019 Snek Acquisition Plan
Originally Posted by MR Snakes
What is the process with the Pam? Spray on tubs/enclosures, just clean with it? I take it the snakes can't be hurt by it?
MR Snakes,
I just wanted to clarify PAM is the acronym for Provent-a-Mite, a commercially produced mite spray.
Taylor,
So sorry to hear you picked up these pests. I’ve used PAM in the past to good results.
Other Snakes:
Hudson 1988 1.0 Colombian rainbow; Yang 2002 1.0 Corn snake; Merlin 2000 1.0 Solomon Island ground boa; Kett 2015 1.0 Diamond Jungle Jaguar carpet python; Dakota 2014 0.0.1 Children’s python
Ball pythons:
Eli 1990 1.0 Normal; Buttercup 2015 1.0 Albino; Artemis 2015 0.1 Dragonfly; Orion 2015 1.0 Banana Pinstripe; Button 2018 1.0 Blue Eyed Lucy; Piper 2018 0.1 Piebald; Belle 2018 0.1 Lemonblast; Sabrina 2017 0.1 Mojave; Selene 2017 0.1 Banana Mojave; Loki 2018 1.0 Pastel Mystic Potion; Cuervo 2018 1.0 Banana Piebald; Claude 2017 1.0 Albino Pastel Spider; Penelope 2016 0.1 Lesser
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Re: 2019 Snek Acquisition Plan
Originally Posted by Dianne
MR Snakes,
I just wanted to clarify PAM is the acronym for Provent-a-Mite, a commercially produced mite spray.
Taylor,
So sorry to hear you picked up these pests. I’ve used PAM in the past to good results.
Good point!
Please don't use PAM cooking spray
Zina
0.1 Super Emperor Pinstripe Ball Python "Sunny" 0.1 Pastel Orange Dream Desert Ghost Ball Python "Luna" 0.1 Pastel Desert Ghost Ball Python "Arjanam" 0.1 Lemonblast Enchi Desert Ghost Ball Python "Aurora" 0.1 Pastel Enchi Desert Ghost Ball Python "Venus" 1.0 Pastel Butter Enchi Desert Ghost Ball Python "Sirius" 1.0 Crested Gecko ( Rhacodactylus ciliatus) "Smeagol"
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Re: 2019 Snek Acquisition Plan
Originally Posted by tttaylorrr
-remove animal from room as the vapors are harmful
-remove everything from enclosure
-spray that stuff EVERYWHERE, all nooks and crannies in a good mist and even the wall and floor in the surrounding area
-place down paper towel; replace hides; spray them too
-VENTILATE everything until all surfaces are dry and there's no vapors/smell; i opened a window and ran a fan for 2 hrs but that might be overkill lol
-replace water dish and add water; replace animal
-repeat in two weeks
Sounds doable.
Originally Posted by Dianne
MR Snakes,
I just wanted to clarify PAM is the acronym for Provent-a-Mite, a commercially produced mite spray.
Taylor,
So sorry to hear you picked up these pests. I’ve used PAM in the past to good results.
And THANK YOU!!! Hope I'm not the first idiot who thought it was the other Pam! My acquisition plan may have to be moved back a year!
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Re: 2019 Snek Acquisition Plan
Originally Posted by MR Snakes
Sounds doable.
And THANK YOU!!! Hope I'm not the first idiot who thought it was the other Pam! My acquisition plan may have to be moved back a year!
If it’s any consolation, when I first saw folks posting PAM, I also thought cooking spray and was like wth? I’m not usually one to use anacronyms or abbreviations, so I can be slow to pick those up.
As a side note, in the past I’ve pretreated cages before I brought anybody home. If you stick to the plan, even a shorter term modified version, you’ll have your cages set up and ready....so you could also pretreat. I’ve been fortunate this year that I’ve had no hitchhikers on my new acquisitions, but for anyone adding new snakes it’s a possibility. Most of us have dealt with them at one time or another.
Other Snakes:
Hudson 1988 1.0 Colombian rainbow; Yang 2002 1.0 Corn snake; Merlin 2000 1.0 Solomon Island ground boa; Kett 2015 1.0 Diamond Jungle Jaguar carpet python; Dakota 2014 0.0.1 Children’s python
Ball pythons:
Eli 1990 1.0 Normal; Buttercup 2015 1.0 Albino; Artemis 2015 0.1 Dragonfly; Orion 2015 1.0 Banana Pinstripe; Button 2018 1.0 Blue Eyed Lucy; Piper 2018 0.1 Piebald; Belle 2018 0.1 Lemonblast; Sabrina 2017 0.1 Mojave; Selene 2017 0.1 Banana Mojave; Loki 2018 1.0 Pastel Mystic Potion; Cuervo 2018 1.0 Banana Piebald; Claude 2017 1.0 Albino Pastel Spider; Penelope 2016 0.1 Lesser
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Thanks. Learning curve getting steeper.
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