Dawn mite treatment

[rabernet]

Ok just to clarify... Lice the lice spray they are talking about is the exact same ingredient, in the exact same percentage, as PAM..

Go ahead. Read through the thread where the person who created PAM speaks about the differences. Draw your own conclusions.

I'm sorry but the same place manufactures these products and puts them in different cans. Of course PAM supposedly was proven to last on surfaces longer. Longer residual effects. Kills longer then the NIX, equate, or Walgreens lice spray. Ok. And?

I'm just saying, I will still use nix for preventative treatment around borders of cages, floors, walls, etc. Because it works so damn well, it's the same active ingredient with less "sticky" additives, and costs a lot less.

I make this argument only for those who say things like I will NOT use something, before they have any idea why people are even recommending it. In fact, I was going to tell the OP to get some and while waiting for the PAM, use it around the snakes cage and floors to prevent the mites from getting everywhere in the house. It's more than safe and very effective this way.

That's like the member that freaked out and said pine is poison! Get all the facts, read up on it, draw your own conclusions.

I beg to respectfully disagree. The ACTIVE ingredient, which makes up 1/2 % of the combined ingredients is exactly the same. No one can make the claim that Equate and PAM are EXACTLY the same, because neither list what the other 99.5% of the ingredients are.

I posted this on Fauna last year in a similar discussion:

What I find truly baffling is that a can of Provent A Mite costs $20 and shipping. Equate costs $5 from what I'm told. How much money have many of us spent to get a desired morph? And yet decide to be cheap when it comes to their safety and well being.

A can of Provent A Mite can last me over a year.

I always read "they're the same thing". How does anyone know that? The only active ingredient listed on either is Permethrin at 0.5%. What about the other 99.5% ingredients NOT listed? Can anyone say with authority that they're REALLY the same? My can of Provent A Mite lists "Other Ingredients" as 99.5% of the rest of the make-up of the product.

Isn't your collection worth the extra $15? How much would it cost you to replace a prized animal that was the one animal that had a reaction to Equate? That's a rhetorical question for anyone considering using a product NOT approved for reptiles.