mites becoming really annoying.

[SRMD]

when I got my ball about 3-4 days after i found out he had mites from something i may have put into the cage.
about a week after I thought the mites had gone because I had been treating them and i carried on treated them afterwards.

then about 2 days ago I took my ball out to find he had mites again its becoming frustrating and I feel sorry for him, I am literally thoroughly cleaning the cage like with boiling hot water on everything then hoovering it then spraying mite off over everything, and over the snake as the instructions say, and i still see one or two crawling over him and its stressing me out I am going on holiday in about 7 days and i don't want to leave him with him having mites etc... this may sound stupid but is their nothing you can put in the cage that would draw the mites towards a certain item or something that would keep the mites away? i know that sounds stupid but...


thanks I am also from the UK so i cant buy many products.

Thanks a lot

[Stewart_Reptiles]

Are those snake mites or wood mites?

What have you used to treat for mites?

Either way you can use those http://www.surreypetsupplies.co.uk/c...pray-100g.html ,http://www.reptilica.co.uk/Ardap-750...in-spray.phtml

[SRMD]

i see them on my snake mainly, and i just dead ones two and he got the snakes when i bought him a log but ive literally boiled it in water.

are them sprays super effective?

thanks

[Stewart_Reptiles]

are them sprays super effective?

thanks

All I can tell you is that the first one is the one that UK keepers seem to recommend, I have no first hand experience with it since I live in the US

[SRMD]

oh okay thanks for the help any will have to order it, but would you recommend anything else with the mites?

thanks

[gsarchie]

Are you keeping him on paper towels right now or are you using something else for a substrate? Keep on paper towels and I would clean everything twice daily and also soak in water twice daily to get the mites off in addition to any sprays that you are using.

[Kara]

To really be proactive in eradicating mites, you need to treat for at least 45 days, if not 60. Some keepers treat for 90 days to ensure all mites are gone. A snake mite's life cycle is approximately 30 days, so if you just treat for a couple of days and stop, you aren't killing any new mites that are hatching out in the mean time & reinfesting your snakes. Mites can travel very quickly - up to 50 feet in an hour, so this is the "space" you need to think in terms of when treating them. Using a spray for treating the cage & surroundings works well. You should also vacuum the room thoroughly to get any wanderers. Wash hides & water bowls in a solution of hot water (110 degrees+) & bleach, to a 10% dilution. Mites are not a "treat once or twice & you're done" sort of thing - you really, really have to stay on top of them if you're going to get rid of them all.

Good luck!

[Slim]

Sounds like what ever you used last time killed the mites, but not the eggs.