I tried to look up if Lavender will affect my BP, but I could only come up with articles about a morph (lavender ball python).

Currently my BP is showing signs that he is about to shed (TERRIBLE TIMING!!!) so he is sniff... licking.... er... snicking?... around like a storm being that he is basically blind for today. His room has been done up with JUST lavender carpet powder. I figure I can get away with just that.

The rest of the apartment has been bathed in 50%rubbing alcohol/fabuloso lavender, Lavender Vanilla Glade, and of course the same Lavender powder I used in the snake room to line the carpet along the walls that lead to exterior areas.

It is 10000000% necessary for all of this, for after moving into our new apartment, we found some tiny pesky little blood suckers notorious for causing hard to control infestations... that's right... Bed Bugs.... -shudder-

I read online that Lavender scented things and Lavender oils are basically like arsenic to them.

We have an exterminator coming Thursday and I have my hopes he will NOT spray the snake room (I'm taking off work for this event... I'll be packing my snake up and keeping him out of harms way... for as many hours as it takes for the chems to settle so as not to kill him... ) but I worry at the same time that reptile blood is delicious to these pests.

As it is... I'm having to skip feeding day until I can be sure that the blood from the mouse-feeding won't attract those little... bugs.

I have only seen a total of three so far. But all three were starving looking (not plump with blood) I killed two. The other got away because I freaked and threw the blanket across the room.

But Cookie is in shed! I can't run a humidifier yet and the spray bottle I use to mist water around is being used for that Lavender/Alcohol solution....

Help.


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