Ugh......Mites

[Bones]

I noticed my snake was soaking in his water dish a lot, which he normally didn't do, and that's when I found out he had mites. If he gets mites again, I'm not even going to bother soaking him. After all the stuff I went through to get rid of the mites, it is just another pointless step that didn't really do anything for my snake. I'm just going to bust out the PAM and let it do the job for me.

[Vypyrz]

The only time I had to deal with mites, I just changed the paper towels and water out each night and soaked the snake for about 10 minutes each night to help drown off as many as possible until the PAM arrived. Just make sure the water isn't too deep and supervise the swimming. Also when mine would finish soaking I would dry him off with paper towels and immediately put them in a plastic bag, toss in a little flea and tick powder and tie the bag up and toss it in the can outside. That may have been a little overkill but... meh... It made me feel better. Then I would go throw my clothes in the washing machine and take a shower...

If you are in Jersey, It shouldn't take but a day or two to get the Provent-A-Mite since it is shipped from New York...

*Edit* I forgot to add that, like Loonunit said above, I did use a a few drops of dishwashing liquid. Just enough to mix in with the water but not create any suds.

[AussieSnakes48]

The outbreak seems minimal at the moment luckily, they actually seem more at ease. I also saw it was being shipped from NY, I was so happy! Thanks for everything, everyone!

[NNJExotics]

Sorry i didn't see this sooner but i have a can of PAM i would of let you used. Im in Bayonne,NJ 07002. Not sure of your location in jersey.

[AussieSnakes48]

Thank you very much! I ordered it from NY yesterday so I expect it in a day or so. The outbreak isn't too bad and the snake is its hide so I think Im ok for now. Thank you very much for the offer though, Im in Oaklyn, NJ. About 10 minutes from Philly.

[slitheryz]

wow, woah on the dish soap, and the tick powder. NONO that's waaaay to harsh. I've had friends that did that and the end result wasn't good. A warm water bath with couple drops of betadine in it is perfectly fine. By now you already have the p.a.m. so your probably already good. But, nono tick powder and dish soap is way too harsh and can cause u.r.i. and other respiratory problems. I've treated mites before they are gross but nothing to freak out about.

[Vypyrz]

wow, woah on the dish soap, and the tick powder. NONO that's waaaay to harsh. I've had friends that did that and the end result wasn't good. A warm water bath with couple drops of betadine in it is perfectly fine. By now you already have the p.a.m. so your probably already good. But, nono tick powder and dish soap is way too harsh and can cause u.r.i. and other respiratory problems. I've treated mites before they are gross but nothing to freak out about.

Let me clarify that. I put the flea and tick powder in the plastic bag with the used paper towels that had mites on them and were being thrown out. Not with the snake. And the dishwashing soap was about 4 or 5 drops that was mixed in with about 4 gallons of water...

[AussieSnakes48]

Grrrr.......didnt recieve my PAM yet, their only one state over. Gonna try contacting them.

[AussieSnakes48]

Wow, they answered the phone and were extremely polite. They sent it out yesterday.

I ordered from: http://www.pro-products.com/