How serious of a problem are mites to a snakes health?

[cinderbird]

Well than whht should I do? PAM is out of the question for now.

why is PAM out of the question? its the single best product out there to treat and eradicate mites.

do you live in NY state?

I voted "very serious" my rationale being: these are our captive animals. Any ailment they have is OUR responsibility to fix. Mites can cause stress and anemia which can lead to other worse conditions. I wouldn't leave my cats with a flea or two because "they aren't doing a lot of damage." And i take snake mites just as seriously. and i have had a case. I got a bitty honduran milk snake that had the worst case of mites i've ever seen. Soaked her (in a tub with some water and a drop of dish soap) and PAM'd her enclosure. Within a minute of putting her in there 80% of the mites were dead. Within an hour 100% of the mites i saw were gone. I never saw another mite again.

That 16.00 can of pam is one of the single greatest things in my snake tool kit. worth its weight in gold.