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    10% Permithrin works great on ALL kinds of mites...... rodent mites, snake mites, wood mites, etc. Dilute 1-2oz per gallon and you can mist this mixture from a garden sprayer right on your animals and enclosure. There are no fumes to deal with such as with PAM.

    Just remove water dishes for 24 hours so they don't rinse it off their body in the water dish. A 32oz bottle of 10% Permithrin is available at any Tractor Supply store for less than $20. That goes way farther than PAM or any other mite treatment product. You will find it in the horse supply section at Tractor Supply.

    My rodents had mites last summer. Treated 3 times 3 days apart and they were gone.

    Let your snakes soak in their water dishes after treatment when you replace the water dish the next day. Drain the water through a coffee filter after a day or so and you should see plenty of dead mites on the filter
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    PAM is the easiest to use. Just take a paper towel, spray it with PAM. Let it dry for about a half hour. Toss it in the enclosure. Repeat in 2 weeks. DONE.

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    Re: mites wont go away...

    Quote Originally Posted by coreydelong View Post
    10% Permithrin works great on ALL kinds of mites...... rodent mites, snake mites, wood mites, etc. Dilute 1-2oz per gallon and you can mist this mixture from a garden sprayer right on your animals and enclosure. There are no fumes to deal with such as with PAM.
    This, though I've never used it on the snakes, I use Reptile Relief for that, as some species are more sensitive to permethrin than others and I keep more than just BP's.

    If you don't want to mix up a whole gallon for just 1 snake, 3 milliliters (about 1/4 teaspoon) of P10 in 2 liters of water is effective. TSC sells the 8-oz bottles of P10 for $8.
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    i'm having a bit of a mite problem as well

    i'm in the middle of washing tubs out using water with bleach added

    i already moved just about everything out of the room and sprayed it down with reptile spray


    since my snakes seem to hate water, what's the best way to soak them w/o causing them undue stress?

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    Soak the snake in water just deep enough that the water only comes about half way up the snakes side. You don't want the snake having to swim to keep its head out of the water.

    Also make sure the water is a good temp for the snake.

    Once those two things are accomplished just leave the snake to soak and it should settle down fine.
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    Re: mites wont go away...

    Quote Originally Posted by KMG View Post
    Soak the snake in water just deep enough that the water only comes about half way up the snakes side. You don't want the snake having to swim to keep its head out of the water.

    Also make sure the water is a good temp for the snake.

    Once those two things are accomplished just leave the snake to soak and it should settle down fine.

    got it

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    Re: mites wont go away...

    Quote Originally Posted by KMG View Post
    Soak the snake in water just deep enough that the water only comes about half way up the snakes side. You don't want the snake having to swim to keep its head out of the water.

    Also make sure the water is a good temp for the snake.

    Once those two things are accomplished just leave the snake to soak and it should settle down fine.
    with a few drops of Dawn

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    Re: mites wont go away...

    Quote Originally Posted by Rickys_Reptiles View Post
    PAM is the easiest to use. Just take a paper towel, spray it with PAM. Let it dry for about a half hour. Toss it in the enclosure. Repeat in 2 weeks. DONE.
    That's a lot easier than what I did.
    Where can I buy PAM in Toronto, Rick?

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    Re: mites wont go away...

    Quote Originally Posted by The Golem View Post
    That's a lot easier than what I did.
    Where can I buy PAM in Toronto, Rick?
    I think that AllReptiles carries it. I ordered it through their website when I needed it. It took about a week to arrive.

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    Re: mites wont go away...

    Quote Originally Posted by Rickys_Reptiles View Post
    I think that AllReptiles carries it. I ordered it through their website when I needed it. It took about a week to arrive.
    Thanks, the store is about 5 km from where i work, will have to check it out soon.

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