Quote Originally Posted by Panic2336 View Post
Sad but true.
That's correct, I found mites on my guy. I have never mites on him first time and they were adult mites, glad I have a petshop a block away from my house so I went and got me a bottle of reptile spray.
That's exactly what I did, I put water bowls, perches, background and everything I had in my set up in the bathtub and ran really hot water over it for about 15 minutes after that I treated everything with reptile spray, I did the exact same thing with my exo terra washed it as best possible treated with reptile spray inside, corners, sides tried to do a good job which I hope I did.
Now he's back in his enclosure and seems very stressed because he be breathing heavily so I'll leave him alone for a few days hoping for the best.

QUESTION:
1:what do you mean I'm lucky to have a well mannered ETB?

2: how did I get mites? He's my only reptile my g/f has hamsters but I don't think they transmitted mites (I can be wrong) could be from branches I picked for perches maybe?

3: How many times did you treat your snake/s and enclosure with reptile spray to fully get rid of the mites'?
A ETB can have a nasty attitude and with their teeth being so large if you had one like that you were trying to handle and treat for mites you would have had a lot of fun dealing with it. When I say fun I mean a p.i.t.a.

Mites can be brought in by you after a visit to a place with mites. They could have been on something you brought home from the pet store. You should always clean anything you are going add to a snake cage before placing it in with them.

I was lucky and got them killed quick. After the first treatment I did the second treatment and have not seen a live mite since. That was years ago. The three Bloods I bought online arrived with them. I was not pleased.