no pest strip question

[Neal]

Good points neal. Up until your earlier posts I didn't realize that PAM created a barrier. Your argument for not cutting corners on myself or kids is flawed however. I would, and many others will and do, cut corners with themselves and family. That is why there are so many alternative medicine type books, teaching, threads and so on out there. In fact lice shampoo is a clearly accepted treatment for lice but I have heard of people suffocating lice instead by using greasy type products, and it works just fine. Of course that is just one example but I'm sure everyone here has there own knowledge of home cures for things. I'm not making an argument against PAM and in fact already ordered some. The argument I make is against your ---only one product should be used for mites and all others are garbage---type statements. If that's not what you intended I apologize for my assumptions. Again, I don't want nor do I have any ill feelings, I just wanted to put in my 2 cents on your response, hehe. Have a good day.

I'm not saying all the other stuff that can be used to treat mites is garbage. I'm stating that like rid and nix aren't meant for mites. While they have permethrin, what people don't understand is permethrin is a broad descrption of chemical compound basically. It's not meant for mites and there could be long term side affects. I'm saying that when you spend $200 on a snake, you shouldn't cut corners in treatment for a snake regardless the price. A pet owners responsibility should be the animals health first because that animal is relying on you to take care of itself. The other stuff they sell doesn't work, it's that simple. I've used reptile relief/spray before and while I've had luck with it before I'm not this go around. It's not the best thing on the market either, PAM is.

The cutting corners for children thing was meant more towards treatment. If your kid almost cuts off his finger, are you going to just tape it? NO, you would seek the proper help to remedy the situation. If not then that's irresponsible. That's all I meant.

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And I'm not calling people who use nix or any of that irresponsible. I was saying that if your kid almost cut his finger off and you wouldn't seek medical help that makes you irresponsible.