Quote Originally Posted by Courtney281 View Post
ok I just HAD to get in on this. I got a bp from someone a while ago and I had no idea it was INFESTED with mites So I asked around and heard that the mite treatmenst you buy in the stores take forever and don't really work. So someone told me about the dish soap and betadine bath.

You get a tub and add just enough betadine to turn the water a light orangish color. You add 2-3 drops of Dawn dishsoap (what they use to clean oil off of birds, which have extremely sensitive lungs) and soak your snake for 20 minutes. While your snake is soaking, clean the tank thoroughly. Repeat the following 2 days, or until you are mite free.

This worked perfect for me and I would recommend it to any one. I have had NO mites since doing this.

Good luck!
And how long have you been mite free? It can take 6 weeks or longer for mite eggs to hatch and NOTHING kills mite eggs. If you don't have something on hand that will kill them you can end up reinfested quite easily. Yes, I'm sure that this betadine treatment will work well for some people, but it's more the exception then the rule. If you want to be absolutely sure you got them all, you need to use poison.