Red 'cat' mites on my feeder mice!

[Rhasputin]

Yeah I have wood mites in my savanna monitor enclosure. They're irritaing to look at, but they don't hurt anything.


Little red mites could be tropical rat mites, which are the most common mite to be on rodents.

[RichsBallPythons]

Yeah I have wood mites in my savanna monitor enclosure. They're irritaing to look at, but they don't hurt anything.


Little red mites could be tropical rat mites, which are the most common mite to be on rodents.

Tropical ones bite, And thankfully mine arent that. Considering i spend 80% of my time next to my rodents I never get bit, nor does anyone in the house even my cat who sleeps under the rodent racks.

[Rhasputin]

I meant that the OP might have tropical rat mites. They are tiny, black, brown, red, or white (depending on growth stage, and when they last fed).



I hate tropical rat mites. How does something SO SMALL hurt so much when it bites!

[snake lab]

Have ya ever dealt with chiggers? Those lil bugs tear ya up

[Spyderco1116]

http://www.ralphdavisreptiles.com/ma...ack_knight.asp

[RichsBallPythons]

I dont think Black Knight is sold anymore as many places that did sell it, dropped it from their inventory

[Spyderco1116]

I dont think Black Knight is sold anymore as many places that did sell it, dropped it from their inventory

I wouldn't use the BK anyway. I posted that more for the ProvaMite. I should have said that I guess. See what I'm saying?

[SlitherinSisters]

Don't ever use treatment on your rodents, you never know what kind of effect it will have on the snake that ingests the treated rodent. Spraying the tub/tank the rodents are in would be about the only thing I would feel comfortable with, and I would use PAM for that since it's safe to spray in the snake tubs as well.

Are you breeding the mice yourself, or just keeping them until your snake eats them? Do you have a lot? If you don't have a big colony, I would just feed them all off. Clean everything out really good, and get some new stock. I have some flea spray for the house I got from the vet that I use during flea season in areas the cats/dogs spend a lot of time in. The spray kills mites as well, I would get something like that and spray it in the area the mice where in. Just make sure you get the snakes far away from any fumes from the spray. I usually go room by room, close the door, and wait 2 hours before letting the animals back in.

[Rhasputin]

Don't ever use treatment on your rodents, you never know what kind of effect it will have on the snake that ingests the treated rodent. Spraying the tub/tank the rodents are in would be about the only thing I would feel comfortable with, and I would use PAM for that since it's safe to spray in the snake tubs as well.

Are you breeding the mice yourself, or just keeping them until your snake eats them? Do you have a lot? If you don't have a big colony, I would just feed them all off. Clean everything out really good, and get some new stock. I have some flea spray for the house I got from the vet that I use during flea season in areas the cats/dogs spend a lot of time in. The spray kills mites as well, I would get something like that and spray it in the area the mice where in. Just make sure you get the snakes far away from any fumes from the spray. I usually go room by room, close the door, and wait 2 hours before letting the animals back in.

Treating the tank and bedding is still treating the rodents. They come into contact with the chemicals that you've sprayed. That's why it's effective, because it gets on the mice, and they are treated.

[RichsBallPythons]

Which is why i dont feed live out of the racks for 2 days after treatment This way the chemical is dry and wont harm the snake