Mites in eyes and heat pits.

[Abouse]

She put her head under water? I dont understand, did you soak her in the lice medicine with water?

If you find the post "sand in bp mouth" you can see her condition and everything. She's got a mess of issues...and with her mouth being so pale we really want the mites give asap

[zina10]

What you did was sanitize the cage. Not treat it for mites

The way the "cage treatment" works is by taking the water bowl out of the cage (or tub) as well as the snake, but leaving everything else in. You then spray LIGHTLY.

Its been about 10 years or so that I had to treat a tub, so I'm not sure anymore how much you spray. But it was not much at all.

You then let it dry. (doesn't take long). After dry, you put the water bowl AND snake back into the cage. As the snake slithers through the cage, it comes into contact with the "stuff", there is a light coating all over and that seems to be enough to kill the mites in the enclosure and on the snake. It seems to be somewhat in the "air" as well.

I remember it was important not to go overboard with how much you use and it was important to leave the snake and water OUT until everything was dry.

That is the "cage" treatment. Those sprays contain permetherine's . Which is safe, as long as you use it exactly as you should, and also don't double up by using different products at the same time, esp. if they use the same ingredients.

With that method you use nothing directly on the snake, yet it seems to work wonderfully. And it keeps working for a while , so no need to re-apply often.

[zina10]

http://pro-products.com/provent-a-mite/

Here is a link to show the product as well as explain it.

[Gc99]

Yes, i would say do it again, bleach the cage and scrub the cracks, boil anything that your bp uses, and then do the lice treatment. Can you tell me how you did it? I still reccomend spraying the body, rubbing the head carfeully, and then placing the snake in a deli cup (if she fits, if not get something bigger) but it has to be small so that she cant rub off the medicine and all the mites get exposed to it. When u mix the water and lice medicine it should be strong enough to kill the mites but you dont want it pure, when i did it the mix looked kind of soapy, with some small bubbles, and i only had to do it once and all the mites are gone. I dont reccomend soaking, because the mites will keep going to the head

[Abouse]

What you did was sanitize the cage. Not treat it for mites

The way the "cage treatment" works is by taking the water bowl out of the cage (or tub) as well as the snake, but leaving everything else in. You then spray LIGHTLY.

Its been about 10 years or so that I had to treat a tub, so I'm not sure anymore how much you spray. But it was not much at all.

You then let it dry. (doesn't take long). After dry, you put the water bowl AND snake back into the cage. As the snake slithers through the cage, it comes into contact with the "stuff", there is a light coating all over and that seems to be enough to kill the mites in the enclosure and on the snake. It seems to be somewhat in the "air" as well.

I remember it was important not to go overboard with how much you use and it was important to leave the snake and water OUT until everything was dry.

That is the "cage" treatment. Those sprays contain permetherine's . Which is safe, as long as you use it exactly as you should, and also don't double up by using different products at the same time, esp. if they use the same ingredients.

With that method you use nothing directly on the snake, yet it seems to work wonderfully. And it keeps working for a while , so no need to re-apply often.

Ha ok. Well boy i guess always having to learn something.

Ok so ill double check with the vet and make sure i can use the prevent a mite (correct?) And then do that..cause he has me doing basically the same thing but with this other stuff but i havent seen anything in the cage.

Im sorry im a dipstick with this..i havent had to deal with this before. 😔 and i get the heebie jeebies with bugs so yea its not helping ive been thinking about mites for days now.

When i was at the vet tho he did say i got very good advice on here as far as what to do with her until i got her in to see him so keep the good stuff coming !!☺

[Abouse]

Yes, i would say do it again, bleach the cage and scrub the cracks, boil anything that your bp uses, and then do the lice treatment. Can you tell me how you did it? I still reccomend spraying the body, rubbing the head carfeully, and then placing the snake in a deli cup (if she fits, if not get something bigger) but it has to be small so that she cant rub off the medicine and all the mites get exposed to it. When u mix the water and lice medicine it should be strong enough to kill the mites but you dont want it pure, when i did it the mix looked kind of soapy, with some small bubbles, and i only had to do it once and all the mites are gone. I dont reccomend soaking, because the mites will keep going to the head

I did it exactly How you instructed. But maybe the tub was a bit to big? Shes a good size lady so hard to find stuff to put her in that will be tight but not to big...

As far as the soaking goes we have to do it .. She has about 3 eye caps left on her eyes...so the vet instructed me to soak her 15 min a day until her next shed because we have thw humiditiy so low in the cage for the RI.... He wants her to stay at about 20-30% humiditiy so idk i guess.

[Gc99]

Well, i didnt know about the eye caps, keep the soakings going then. When i had to deal with mites my baby fit in a deli container so it was pretty easy for me. What was the consistency of the mixture you used? How did it look? If you going to treat her for mites, make sure not to soak her for 24 hours and just leave her with the treatment on her (get the ones on her head)

[Gc99]

Also, just my opinion, if my bp had mites, and retained eye caps, and an RI, i would leave the eye caps as my last priority, focusing more on the RI, because for an RI you need low humidity and for eye caps you need high humidity, its kinda conflicting to treat them at the same time, and as we know, eye caps are not life threatening, an RI is.

[Abouse]

Also, just my opinion, if my bp had mites, and retained eye caps, and an RI, i would leave the eye caps as my last priority, focusing more on the RI, because for an RI you need low humidity and for eye caps you need high humidity, its kinda conflicting to treat them at the same time, and as we know, eye caps are not life threatening, an RI is.

Yea. I've never had to deal with any of this before.. So took her to the vet and this is his plan so idk what is best for her at this point... I think im just thinking about everything to much and letting it overwhelm me😔

[Gc99]

I know how that can be. I was dreaming of mites killing my snake for a straight week, i was going crazy. Just keep treating her, and i hope she recovers