Disturbing trend.. mites no longer taken care of by PAM!? Also alternate dilution NIX

[MikeYPG]

So, I am not going to name names or anything, but quite a few of my friends have talked to me about how PAM no longer takes care of mites. One person that helped start my own collection, said the one time he's ever had mites, recently, that he took all animals out of the enclosure and put them in pre-treated bins. He then cleaned all enclosures by vacuuming, throwing the bag outside immediately, then steam cleaning all enclosures and the room, let the moisture dry then sprayed all enclosures heavily, sprayed behind the enclosures, on all wires, the baseboards and basically the entire reptile room floor and the walls. Let it air dry for a long time and then put the animals back after rinsing them off.

He repeated this multiple times, about once every 2.5 weeks which is under the month coverage supposedly provided by PAM.. and last week he found some mites. Not adults but mites none-the-less.

That kind of extreme, nuke everything with PAM forever and still find mites is becoming a more common story. I hear it all the time. No corners are being cut, no mistakes, it just seems PAM isn't as effective as it is said to be or the pests are building immunity?

A lot of breeder friends have told me that if I ever have the problem, or if my friends do, that we should use NIX. I'm sure everyones heard of it, 1% 56g permethrin NIX mixed with 4l of water. However, in the area concerned, only NIX 5% 30g permethrin can be found. What would the dilution for that be? It's a much stronger concentration so no one is willing to play games and they want to know how to properly dilute it to be the same strength as the original safe NIX method.

Any help appreciated, thanks