I discoved mites on my 3 1/2 month old mojave about a week ago. I immediately ordered Provent-a-Mite as well as Reptile Relief. After both products came in, I took everything out of his tub and scrubbed everything with antibacterial soap including the tub itself. I then treated everything with Provent-a-Mite. I let it dry for an hour and a half. Everything was dry to the touch and I could smell no odors. While I was waiting for it to dry I sprayed the Reptile Relief on some paper towels and let him slither through them. I could see the mites dying on the paper towel. I then wiped my BP off with a damped (water) paper towel. He seemed normal at this point. I replaced all of his cage furnishings and used paper towels treated with Provent-a-Mite as substrate. Like I said before...everything was dry before I put him in.

About a half hour after I put him back in the tub, I noticed he had flipped over both of his hides and the paper towels were all over the place. This may not seem too weird to some people, but he had never done this before. He was "exploring" the tub a little more than normal when I went to bed. It didn't seem too far outside of the ordinary. When I woke up, I immediately checked on him and it appeared as if he was "convulsing" or "seizing". Whatever you want to call it...it appeared as if he didn't have control of his body. I immediately took him out and put him in a shallow room temperature soak. I left him in for about 15 min while I took everything out of his tub and scrubbed it to remove any traces of the PAM. I then took him out of his soak and ran room temperature water over his body for another 15 min. I did notice some skin in the tub when I cleaned it, but definitely not a lot....just a small piece here and there. There was no evidence of any chemical burn on his body...it looked completely normal. I then put his hides, water bowl, and a SLIGHTLY damp, soft kitchen towel in his tub as substrate. When I put him back in the tub, he seemed to be convulsing a little less, but not much. I am deathly afraid that he has neurological damage from the PAM and that he will need to be put down. If that happens, there will be no way I will be able to forgive myself and I will definitely have to get out of this hobby which I love so much.

I really did a lot of research on the PAM before I used it and I found nothing negative about using it on baby BP's. Has anyone used it on a baby successfully? Is there anything that a vet can do at this point? i have no problem taking him in immediately, but I can't see what they will be able to do that I haven't done already. If it is neurological damage, is there any recovery from that? Can anyone see anything that I did wrong...or anything else i can do to help him? Thank you all for your time.