Ok, so my local reptile show was last Sunday. And I got into a lively debate with a fellow breeder over mite treatments. I had grumped a bit good naturedly about the difficulty in getting Provent a Mite, and how I wished someone who attended my local shows would become a distributor to make getting it easier. He seemed genuinely shocked I still use PAM. According to him, almost all bigger breeders use NIX to treat mites. He claimed it works even better than PAM, is easy to get, and inexpensive. I was shocked he would risk using something designed for people to treat his snakes.

He told me he'd used it for years with no ill effects, and that he never had problems with mites. He treats regularly as a preventative measure. He is a well respected breeder out of Kentucky, and I don't think he'd lie to me. But something just didn't sit right with me. In the end he certainly didn't convince me to use NIX, and I did not convince him to use PAM.

Now, I am a skeptical person. By nature I am stubborn and set in my ways, especially when it comes to the health of my snakes. But I am also a curious person. He seemed to believe most all big and well respected breeders use NIX, and was surprised I did not. So now here I am, the place I trust most when it comes to questions about my snakes. So let's talk.

Do you use NIX to treat snake mites? If so, how long have you used it? What strength do you use? Have you ever noticed anything that might lead you to believe it is harmful? Do you use it as a preventative measure, or have you successfully treated an infestation with it? If so, how long did it take? Meaning how many times did you need to treat and how often to get rid of the mites?

Now, fellow PAM users like myself, I really don't want to turn this into an "I'm right an you are wrong" debate thread. I have no plans whatsoever to use NIX, but as I said I am curious. So let's try and keep the responses to those who use NIX or did in the past, pretty please?

Gale