Safe this bee in China. Please !

[J.Vandegrift]

Back to the mite issue. As others have said soaking will do nothing to get rid of them. It will provide some temporary relief at best. You really need to either get prevent a mite or, if you can't get prevent a mite fast enough, Lice Bedding spray will work just as well. I don't know if there are walmarts in china, but something like this with the active ingredient 0.50% Permethrin is what you want: http://www.walmart.com/ip/Equate-Lic...-5-oz/10324555

I wouldn't worry too much about the wobble. It sucks that he got a bad wobbler, but if he chooses the keep spiders it is something that he will have to deal with. From his size, it's obvious that he has been eating so I am sure once he gets the mites taken care of he will eat just fine for them

[kitedemon]

Back to the mite issue. As others have said soaking will do nothing to get rid of them.

Mites drown in water, if my guess is correct the importing from the US to communist China is a problem. Soaking in soapy water with intensive enclosure cleaning and the surrounding area. Mites drown and adults need to lay eggs if you drown the adults and kill all the eggs and adults and make sure that they cannot return will get rid of all the mites. It takes a lot of work and effort everyday with out fail. Remember let things dry out some Mites NEED water the snake can manage in drier than normal conditions for the 7 day life cycle of a mite.

Permethrin is a poison, it works but if you can only get higher % than 0.5% you run a serious risk of poisoning the animal. If you cannot get P-A-M and do not have the correct instructions ask before you use it to get exact instructions here. I have seen lice treatment s in Turkey that were 8% Permethrin so be very very careful that you do not have anything that strong! Check the label carefully!!!

[J.Vandegrift]

Mites drown in water, if my guess is correct the importing from the US to communist China is a problem. Soaking in soapy water with intensive enclosure cleaning and the surrounding area. Mites drown and adults need to lay eggs if you drown the adults and kill all the eggs and adults and make sure that they cannot return will get rid of all the mites. It takes a lot of work and effort everyday with out fail. Remember let things dry out some Mites NEED water the snake can manage in drier than normal conditions for the 7 day life cycle of a mite.

Permethrin is a poison, it works but if you can only get higher % than 0.5% you run a serious risk of poisoning the animal. If you cannot get P-A-M and do not have the correct instructions ask before you use it to get exact instructions here. I have seen lice treatment s in Turkey that were 8% Permethrin so be very very careful that you do not have anything that strong! Check the label carefully!!!

Right, Mites will drown in water, but soaking a snake will not completely rid a snake of mites. There are plenty of places on a snake that water may not get to while soaking. Mites can be inside the eye socket and you will never drown every mite on a snake while soaking.

[cinderbird]

Right, Mites will drown in water, but soaking a snake will not completely rid a snake of mites. There are plenty of places on a snake that water may not get to while soaking. Mites can be inside the eye socket and you will never drown every mite on a snake while soaking.

The probablem generally isn't the body of the snake in this case, its all the nooks, cracks and crannies inside the enclosure where the mites have laid eggs. Those eggs hatch in about 30 days and the cycle begins again.