So I noticed Luna soaking more than usual. When I went to change her water, I saw a few black specks in there. I grabbed my jewelers loop and upon inspection it looks like a few mites. So I took her cage outside, cleaned it all the out and the hides, threw the thermometer in a zip lock bag with a shot of PAM. I then took the cage upstairs to a separate room and put down paper towels and her hides and sprayed it all with PAM. Then I went and got Luna. Well when I picked her up, I noticed 1 little bug. I squished it with my fingernail and it squished with blood. So I'm guessing mites.
Anyways it's been a week now and I haven't seen a mite in sight. She isn't soaking and everything looks fine. I couldn't even find a mite the day after in her water bowl or anywhere. Anyone have any idea how this could have happened and how long I should keep this quarantine and treatment up. She is getting a new T8 in a month so I figured i'd keep her quarantined and treated for a month. I just have no idea how she could have gotten mites. The only new thing was ReptiChips but I used that on all my snakes and everyone else is fine.
I checked my other snakes and they all look ok. I do wipe down their cage stack every 2 months with PAM and also spray completely around the AP base/stand for the cage stack as well as spray around the carpet directly around the cage. So I create a triple barrier. Plus I also gave them a treatment on paper towel for a week as well.
I'm just more floored how she had mites with the ReptiChips and was soaking but the day after I threw everything out and cleaned and treated the cage, I couldn't find a single dead mite in the water or on the paper towels and she isn't soaking anymore. Anyone have this happen to them? And like I said, everyone else is ok as I'm kind of OCD about mites and like I said, wipe down the outside of the cages, the table legs, stands and spray the carpet around the cages all every 2 months as preventative.
But I'm guessing it would still be a good idea to keep treating Luna for the next month or month and a half even though I cant find any dead mites anywhere.
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