Not sure what to do anymore

[Joshyboy]

My advice, go to the upcoming super show in Pomona this January and stock up there. I go to a breeder in Temecula with decent prices, but honestly I don't really see anything wrong with the texts you posted. He was a little abrupt, but it is the holiday season and even small business owners sometimes like to take vacations. I know my rat guy has been abrupt lately in texts, but I just assume he's on vacation since hasn't been in the last week or two either. Don't take it too personally, they're just trying to make a living.

My issue with Petsmart was that I got a mite infestation that I traced back to their frozen rodents a couple of years ago. You could try ordering from lll reptile if you're in socal since their distribution center is in Vista, but their rodents tend to be small.


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How could you get mites from frozen rodents? Now I'm worried about my babies ahhhhhhh. They can survive the freezer?


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[gaitedappy]

How could you get mites from frozen rodents? Now I'm worried about my babies ahhhhhhh. They can survive the freezer?


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The eggs can survive the freezing process and be, for lack of a better term, jump started on the other side of the digestive tract. I periodically spray my enclosures with zoo med mite off (it isn't chemical) as a preventative. If mites happen it isn't the end of the world, it's just annoying to get rid of.

I did buy from Kahoots for a while and didn't have issues, besides their feeders being small.


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[Joshyboy]

The eggs can survive the freezing process and be, for lack of a better term, jump started on the other side of the digestive tract. I periodically spray my enclosures with zoo med mite off (it isn't chemical) as a preventative. If mites happen it isn't the end of the world, it's just annoying to get rid of.


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Yea I've had mites before and they were definitely annoying to get rid of. Lol understatement of the year


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[gaitedappy]

Yea I've had mites before and they were definitely annoying to get rid of. Lol understatement of the year


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lol I think mine took a grand total of 4ish months to finally be rid of, luckily only one snake at the time haha


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[Joshyboy]

lol I think mine took a grand total of 4ish months to finally be rid of, luckily only one snake at the time haha


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Mine took around that same time and about 5+ bottles of mite spray.


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[gaitedappy]

Mine took around that same time and about 5+ bottles of mite spray.


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I don't even know how many mite products I went through, but there were weekly tank deep cleans.


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[Joshyboy]

I don't even know how many mite products I went through, but there were weekly tank deep cleans.


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I sprayed the mite off or whatever product I used in water and soaked the snakes. I didn't even want to hold them I didn't want the mites on me. Even though I know they can't live on me it still made me itch. I feel bad on that time missing out on my babies


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[gaitedappy]

I sprayed the mite off or whatever product I used in water and soaked the snakes. I didn't even want to hold them I didn't want the mites on me. Even though I know they can't live on me it still made me itch. I feel bad on that time missing out on my babies


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I went with the soaking a paper towel and then wiping down method since my boy is a butt when I put him in any holding tub.


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[Joshyboy]

I went with the soaking a paper towel and then wiping down method since my boy is a butt when I put him in any holding tub.


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Mine were too but I just had to look away. I stayed in the room and just filled it low enough to where I felt safe enough to let them soak. I hope to god I don't get hem again from these damn petco mice


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[gaitedappy]

I don't think I had a problem with petco, but I do know Petsmart for sure. I just didn't like the quality of petco feeders.


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