Mite / sickness questions.

[MissterDog]

For the hides/bowls I used the reptile spray. I've only put PAM on the paper towels. So you use it on the whole enchilada huh?

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Hides, decor, paper towels and tubs/enclosure (and the stands they are on) yes. I actually don't spray the bowls because I don't want anything I know that will be wet or hold water to potentially absorb chemicals.

Knowing PAM when wet is deadly makes me wanna be extra safe, even if the bowl wasn't sprayed I rather not have a water bowl placed near anything treated with Pam until I know everything is 200% dry. 48 hours have been often quoted and practiced as the safest time frame that I prefer to stick by.

[MissterDog]

Forgot to add: I think you should thoroughly wash your water bowl to get the reptile spray off. Although reptile spray is meant to be used on reptiles it's not safe for them to ingest it and I personally wouldn't chance having any residue (even after it's dried) mixed with water.

[Knowell]

Forgot to add: I think you should thoroughly wash your water bowl to get the reptile spray off. Although reptile spray is meant to be used on reptiles it's not safe for them to ingest it and I personally wouldn't chance having any residue (even after it's dried) mixed with water.

Thanks I surely will do that! So what scare me to death is let's says I wait 48 hours for it to dry. I put it in the tub and within and hour it gets wet. Why doesn't that hurt the snake like if it was fresh sprayed? It would make you think that only the actual vapors were toxic.

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[Bogertophis]

Thanks I surely will do that! So what scare me to death is let's says I wait 48 hours for it to dry. I put it in the tub and within and hour it gets wet. Why doesn't that hurt the snake like if it was fresh sprayed? It would make you think that only the actual vapors were toxic.

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I agree, but if I'm not mistaken, don't the instructions suggest leaving the water bowl OUT of the cage for a few days?* And a few days would NOT hurt the snake.

That's what I'd do, if I had to deal with mites. (*I'm pretty sure they tell you to take the water bowls out so as not to contaminate the water that the snake might
drink, but without the product label, I'm not sure if they also suggest LEAVING the water bowl out...I would, & I agree with you, I wouldn't want to risk the snake
spilling water & absorbing the PAM thru their skin in the wet, ie. "reconstituted" form.)

[Bogertophis]

Forgot to add: I think you should thoroughly wash your water bowl to get the reptile spray off. Although reptile spray is meant to be used on reptiles it's not safe for them to ingest it and I personally wouldn't chance having any residue (even after it's dried) mixed with water.

I really don't see any reason to even expose a water bowl...there isn't any place on a glass or plastic water bowl for mites to hide, so why spray it at all???
Remove the water bowl & give it a good scrub with soap inside & out...put it back in after the cage is treated. Glass cannot absorb such chemicals, but
plastics maybe can to some small degree...I'd never chance that either.

[Knowell]

So that's exactly what I did Boger. I soaked hides/bowls in warm soapy water then afterwards sprayed the hides with reptile spray. PAM is only on the paper towels.

If you would Google "provent a mite label" and click the very first link it is a PDF. For the snake portion I see no reference to water.

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[Bogertophis]

Good job! And if you're worried about the snake needing a drink of water while being treated in cage for mites, just offer water outside the cage & put the
snake back in...not the water bowl. Anyway, that's what I'd do.

[Knowell]

I found this link on a LLL provent a mite page. Although it seems rather fast they are having success with it.

http://www.lllreptile.com/products/391-provent-a-mite

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