New and need help! Please!

[chasethorn]

I took it there and they treated it for free and they said they will until they are gone for good. They said they had a small mite issue a couple months ago and I know for a fact it had mites before I brought it home. I just didn't have time to take it back last night. I have her home now and in a quarantine tank with a disposable hide and glass water dish. I soaked her in some warm water and mites did fall off that were dead.

Should I still take her back? What are the chances of her being TOO stressed out, she is a baby? Also, I have no other snakes and have never owned one. I only have a leopard gecko and some tortoises.

What is the best thing too do? I do have some money but I would have rather wanted them to treat it, not me.

[chasethorn]

Heres the plan. I have no money now. I do not get paid for another week. I do have a "Herp Savings" in my account. I recently drained it to get my tortoise a new bulb and light fixture which got me down a lot. I put ever so much back when I can for my animals. This was kind of on a whim as he just gave it to me for free for helping out as I kind of showed in interest in them. I am going to take it back tomorrow so they can just re sale it and focus on my other animals till I get back into it. I'm sorry for some of this confusion and possible typos as I am on an iPhone most of the time, A little hard to type on that

I will let you guys know as I do try as hard as I can with these things. I did have an Ideal enclosure for the BP. Perfect temps, hides, water, food plan, etc... But I was not ready for this possible infestation. They did treat her and they did offer to keep treating and give me some tips. But I am going to do the right thing and return her and possibly provide a better home. They have treated the store before and had great success with mites. This was just a flare up as this does happen to some of the best shops. I feel good about letting them know about this to help stop the problem till it got worse.

Thank you all for your help and I will be back for more info, BEFORE I ever get another snake of any kind and just do some more research.

[chasethorn]

Took her back today :'( They were also treating all the reptiles in the store... I was impressed! I am upset I had to do so but I know for sure she is in good hands as they called to check on her today and I told them the plan. I'll be doing some more research her though for the future, just not ready for now.

Again, thank you all who helped!

[Capray]

Good for you! The snake will be fine, and you saved money because you did the right thing. Stick around the forum if you're interested in getting a BP, also there is a Leo forum and Tortoise forum here as well.

[chasethorn]

Awesome! I am apart of a leo and tortoise forum as well on other sites Ill check these ones out!

But to reassure myself and not worry tonight, will my leo and tort be ok from mites?
I vacuumed and simple greened everything and changed all my bed stuff as well as wiped everything down!

[Capray]

I think they can get it too but it's unlikely seeing as you had her there one day and weren't like rubbing them all together.. Check them daily...but they should be fine.
Well, the loe/tort forums are allot less active, you can always browse. Hope your other reptiles are alright!

[I-KandyReptiles]

Awesome! I am apart of a leo and tortoise forum as well on other sites Ill check these ones out!

But to reassure myself and not worry tonight, will my leo and tort be ok from mites?
I vacuumed and simple greened everything and changed all my bed stuff as well as wiped everything down!

Was the Bp put into qt when you received it, or was it near your other reptiles?

I don't know if they will be okay, but I'd keep an eye on things just to be sure.

[chasethorn]

Same room for about an hour before I discovered then instant Q!

[Capray]

Just keep checking the. It's unlikley.

[chasethorn]

I went over board on the cleaning. I could have killed anything (not my animals though ).

It was a slight infestation but could have gotten bad pretty fast... I did not see any adult mites but some smaller ones... about this small ( . ) So not to big and some a little bigger.

I am planning on getting another bp after I move to a new house. I live in a pretty large apartment but not large enough. I AM able to keep these animals as I do have a job, even though I am 17, this makes it easy as I pay no Bills! hehe

I will be on here asking questions every now and then.