Betadine soak?

[Slim]

Maybe I've just been lucky so far, or maybe I'm a cancer resistant mutant, hard to say...but I hope it's the latter

[kitedemon]

All i am saying is be careful. I would 100% were gloves that is too easy not to. Eye guards also are very easy sunglasses that are small and snug fitting will help with micro droplets. I have a number of respirators but a pair of dust masks will help a little from keeping droplets from getting into your mouth. I would also suggest using it outside or at least with as many windows open as possible. I hope it isn't a problem but the evidence is not looking that way. The MSDS system I use at work stats this about Cic residual pressurized insecticide no. v

"KEEP OUT OF REACH OF CHILDREN. Harmful if swallowed. Avoid spraying in eyes. Avoid breathing spray mist. Avoid contact with skin. Wash hands thoroughly after use. Vacate rooms after treatment and ventilate before reoccupying. Avoid contamination of feed and foodstuffs. Cover or remove fishbowls. This product is not for use on humans. Consult either your physician or pharmacist for a product for use on humans. Do not spray directly in/on eyes, mouth or genitalia of pets. Do not cause exposure to puppies less than four weeks old. Do not allow children or pets to contact treated areas until surfaces are dry."

I have no idea what is on the re-labled product has on it but this is the paid msds sheet I have access to says.

[ArachnoWolf]

Looks like everyone has different methods...not sure whether to be paranoid about P A M or not. I've been doing to the Dawn warm baths. Those are helping. Thor got the mites from the pet store, not here, but I did give his/her house a thorough wash down and have been using paper.

Guess I'll continue the baths for a while then.

[kitedemon]

Remember the enclosure too. mites leave the snake to lay eggs the enclosure must be cleaned daily to insure all the eggs are killed. That is the advantage of PAM it kills eggs. the adults die in a few days and with dead eggs there are no more mites.

[The Serpent Merchant]

Baths alone will not solve you problem. Mites are a serious problem and the longer you wait the worse it will get. You need to use something to kill the mites/eggs in the cage. If PAM is too strong for you try this stuff.

http://www.reptilebasics.com/reptile-relief-8-oz.

You can't just sit and hope for the best.

[ArachnoWolf]

Baths alone will not solve you problem. Mites are a serious problem and the longer you wait the worse it will get. You need to use something to kill the mites/eggs in the cage. If PAM is too strong for you try this stuff.

http://www.reptilebasics.com/reptile-relief-8-oz.

You can't just sit and hope for the best.

Wasn't about it being to strong, just got paranoid. I hear from different people, equal amount, not just on here, some say their Ball Python dies from the chemicals. Either way I'm gonna get whatever I can find.

[kitedemon]

Using heat to kill the eggs and isolating the enclosure (mites walk up to 2m away) works just fine. Kill the eggs, drown the adults, and end of mites. It just takes lots of work. I have treated mites on rescues a number of times this way, often with ill snakes it is preferable to using chemicals.

[Rickys_Reptiles]

This is how I do it.

I take the tub outside, wash it very well. Then I take paper towel (outside) and spray it with PAM. I let it dry outside.

Then the snake goes in it, I don't even both soaking the snake.

3 days later, I remove the snake, clean the tub, add fresh paper towel using the above procedure.

100% success rate.

[ArachnoWolf]

Thank you everyone

I'll get either the P A M or Reptile Spray. We don't have it in stores around here so I'll have to order it from somewhere.

[Rickys_Reptiles]

Thank you everyone

I'll get either the P A M or Reptile Spray. We don't have it in stores around here so I'll have to order it from somewhere.

You can buy direct from them - it ships very quickly.

In the meantime, clean out the tub and line it with paper towel. Change the paper towel daily.