Quote Originally Posted by Adam_Wysocki View Post
Betadine/water is worthless for mites .... It may rinse the mites off of your snake, but it won't kill their eggs. Many many years ago, keepers used it as a method for treating them, but now we know better.

Like Christie said ... Provent -a- Mite is currently the most effective method for treating mites.

-adam
betadine solution is supposed to be used when treating mites for the healing aspect. its an anti septic.mites bites. that causes wounds. u need to treat wounds or else they can get infected. thats why you use betadine. all these ppl talking bad about it has me shaking my head.....