Well we have a beautiful rainbow boa and decided to upgrade her terrarium to an AP t8. We had an empty terrarium so we went snake hunting. We found a great little mojave ball python with the biggest personality! He's so awesome!
We bought him from a locally owned pet store and didn't think to check him for mites. He started to hide more and his personality changed after a week. After a couple weeks, he started to begin to shed, so I left him to hide and chill out alone. He eventually was spotted out and there it was...A MITE! Ugh.
We took him to the vet and while there she found mites, ticks, and since he pooped while the vet was handling him, she was able to get a stool sample and also found that he has pin worms.
I cleaned the heck out of my other snakes home, his home, all the hides and bowls. Sprayed the enclosures with the mite spray the vet gave us, as well as the snakes.
After spraying him, my bp shed beautifully within an hour of being home from the vet! The mites were caught in the inside-out shed skin. Hardcore cleaning and the spray, along with oral meds for the pinworms, and he seems mite free. I have not seen a single mite on my boa and she seems safe even though they were in the same room.
Took out my bp today and no more mites! Is it possible that I'm 100% mite free after only 2 days?! Changed substrate to papertowels for the time being, to be able to see the mites. Is this too good to be true or is my little buddy mite free for good now?? It's the first time I've ever had to deal with it. I'm continuing the mite spray once a week for at least a month to make sure but is this too good to be true?
Thanks for for help and opinions. :-)
pics of of my new little guy http://imgur.com/a/onnUW
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