Prevent O Mite Experience (Not a good one)

[wendy8882]

I have used provent o mite in the past for my boas and balls, but I had a very scary experience the last time that I used it. It wasnt on my ball pythons, it was on my boas, but I HAVE used it on my ball pythons as well. I will try to upload a video, or link to it. The video shows 100% improvement from when I originally pulled them out of their tub. My room mate brought in a new snake, and didnt Q it, and used all my tubs for feeding, etc and didnt tell me. Mites transferred to MY boas. Anyway, I put the babys in my rack, and treated their tub. The tub was allowed to dry for about 4 hours before we put them in. All they had in the tub was a water bowl. The next morning when I checked on them, they were flipping over uncontolably, convulsing, with their mouths open wide, twitching. They were not able to control their bowels, and i was pretty sure they were all going to die. I immediately pulled them from the tub and called my vet and Prevent o Mite. My vet advised to rinse the snakes in warm water, but the prevent o mite dude said that would not help, that this was a rare reaction to the spray, and that the next 48 hours were critical, that they would die, or not. He said that if they made it past the 48 hours, they would be fine. After removing them from the tub and letting them be exposed to "Fresh air" for about 45 minutes, the improved substantially, and that is about when I took the video. The dude on the phone said that the snakes may or may not twitch for the rest of their lives. They all seem to be doing fine now, although they havent eaten since then which is not normal for them, but there is no twitching. I just wanted to share my experience, since this kind of reaction is not listed on the side of the can as a side effect.

Here is the link for the video:
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?s...=3453734341494
If the link doesnt work, I can always email it if you would like to view it.

[SRMD]

doesn't let me view the video, can't you upload it to YouTube?

[Skittles1101]

The only time I've ever heard of a reaction such as this is when it's not used correctly. I could understand ONE maybe having a "rare reaction" to it, but not all of them. Were water dishes and basically everything removed before treating?

[Ogre]

yeah I would really like to see the video and that sounds horrible. I would be extreemly pissed like shove that can up some ones... well you can guess where.

[mackynz]

How exactly did you treat the enclosures? In detail. It sounds like improper use, there have been other threads with the exact same thing, neurological damage I think...

[LLLReptile]

How exactly did you treat the enclosures? In detail. It sounds like improper use, there have been other threads with the exact same thing, neurological damage I think...

As suggested here, it sounds like the provent a mite might not have aired out completely from when you used it, or it got into the water, something along those lines. It's not clear from your description if you let the tub air dry outside the rack (was it even in a rack? You talk about all your tubs and just one tub kind of interchangeably, its a little confusing) or if you put the tub into the rack to dry. It is really easy with baby snakes especially to over-do exposure to POM, and that's what this sounds like.
At least, that's my take from the description - there could always be something else going on as well.

-Jen

[TheWinWizard]

Can we see the video. Youtube it please.

[Zombie]

Was the water bowl in the enclosure when you sprayed? Was there substrate in the enclosure when you sprayed?

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