OMG Pick this thread i need a lil help!!!!

[33takkun33]

Alright i know this has probally been done b4 but when i searched nothing came up that i was looking for.

I think my little guy has Mites!!! There are little bugs in his cage and crawling on him. I already know what i am going to do about that but i have only had 14 days, how did he get them?? And in the furture what can i do to prevent them??

Thanks
-BILL-

[JLC]

http://www.pro-products.com/miteandtemp.html


Provent-a-Mite ....best thing you can get to treat him.

In the meantime, you can get Reptile Relief from a local store. Or a soak in a shallow tub of water with a drop of liquid dish soap. And wash out the cage thoroughly. That will kill the adult bugs you are seeing. The PaM will take care of the eggs as well.

Chances are, the snake had eggs on it when you brought it home and they've hatched and just now become big enough for you to see.

EDIT: And for future purchases, always treat the newcomer's enclosure with PaM...that will kill off any existing bugs and prevent new ones from hatching.

[Shaffer]

I was a reptile shop today that specializes in snakes. She told me she uses Ivory Soap, because it kills the mites, and can coat the eggs and kill them as well. Anybody ever hear this?

[Liquid Snake 06]

oh man. i dont know much bout mites, but i sure as hell know i dont want my bp to get them! if ivory soap works, that would help me out financially! how do you get mites in the first place???

[recycling goddess]

i use provent-a-mite (or P.A.M.) and it takes care of the mites and it's just so darned simple to use.

i spray the cage, put in the aspen, water dish and hides and then the snake and VOILA no more mites.

you don't have to do anything else. i always use P.A.M. on every new snake coming into the house and i know that IF they had mites (as two of my new additions have) then they don't have them for long!

(the other reason i love using it is because i know it's safe - unlike some other treatments)

[JLC]

I was a reptile shop today that specializes in snakes. She told me she uses Ivory Soap, because it kills the mites, and can coat the eggs and kill them as well. Anybody ever hear this?

I've never heard of that. It might be ok to use Ivory in the cage, but I sure as heck wouldn't risk putting it right on the snake unless it had been suggested and verified by a highly experienced person that I seriously trusted.

(Working in a "specialized" reptile shop comes nowhere near making me trust someone....many of them are just as bad as "regular" pet stores.)

[33takkun33]

Ok thanks that helps out a lot!!

[Nate]

i use provent-a-mite (or P.A.M.)

LOL thanks for clearing that up..here I am making a check list and i almost write down "pam" on the grocery list...i'm thinking..."why am i buying cooking spray for my snake?"

[Adam_Wysocki]

I was a reptile shop today that specializes in snakes. She told me she uses Ivory Soap, because it kills the mites, and can coat the eggs and kill them as well. Anybody ever hear this?

total BS.

-adam

[elevatethis]

oh man. i dont know much bout mites, but i sure as hell know i dont want my bp to get them! if ivory soap works, that would help me out financially! how do you get mites in the first place???

The soap idea is just a little something extra you can do to drown more adults mites faster in a soak. It does not kill any of the eggs and won't even get every adult. Its just something you can do to keep the # of adult mites on your snake down while you wait on a better treatment, such as Provent-a-mite.