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    Telling it like it is! Stewart_Reptiles's Avatar
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    Quote Originally Posted by dryates View Post
    So here's what I've done so far, about four days ago I soaked him in betadine/ water, and cleaned his cage with listerine as it is suppose to kill 99% of germs. Two days ago they weren't gone so I did the nix treatment on him and the cage changed substrate to paper towels took water bowl out for 24 hrs and cleaned it good to, well today I pulled off like two mites but I can only notice one or two more I couldn't get to on his neck to head transition that I couldn't get but they might be dead and be stuck but I can't tell, he's albino green so mites are relatively easy to see, and I just feed him an hr ago, so what do I do now just wait for the Pam or should I try the mineral oil, I've had him for almost a month and he hasn't had any signs of shedding, I was told the antibiotics might make him shed but he had his last shot today out of seven, so I am going to go back for a re eval in a few days, so what should I do
    You have done enough wait for PAM given the snake history you want to limit his stress, also I would not recommend oil as a mite treatment either it will contribute to nothing but loosening up scales which can result to scale loss.
    Last edited by Stewart_Reptiles; 01-06-2011 at 11:23 AM. Reason: Typo
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