I noticed a few black spots on my snakes a couple weeks ago, noticed that some were soaking, and today I saw a couple black bugs crawling across my snake! Looks like mites to me, just like this photo below (I didn't take this photo but this is what they look like).
So I have a few questions, I have 17 snakes in an ARS rack with 20 tubs. I see it on several snakes but not all, I have ball pythons and king snakes and a Woma python in the rack, looks like it's on at least a few ball pythons, didn't notice it on one of my black and white CA king snake...
- What kind of medication should I use? Are some better than others?
- Is there any risk to my snakes with the medication?
- I currently have aspen bedding, should I change it to something else during treatment?
- How long does it take to treat? Do you need to do several treatments?
- Do I have to soak my snakes in medication or spray it on or spray it on the bedding?
- Should I treat every snake even though I don't see mites in that tub?
- I also have mice and rats in that room as well, can they catch the same kind of mites?
I feel like I'm a bit over my head...
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