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Ive used PAM recently. just have to be careful, but should be ok. I switched to paper towels when I noticed I had the problem. Bathed the snake in warm water with some dawn dish soap, the blue kind, for 2.5 hours the first day, then 2 hours the next day. The water drowns them, and the dawn dish soap helps make it to where they can't stick. Just want enough water to fully submerge the snake, but allow it to keep its head above water easily. Used enough dawn to make a little suds, but not like dishwater suds, and didn't add dawn until after the tub had the amount of water I wanted in it. then after words I let the snake swim through plain water a little just to rinse off. Completely cleaned the cage and everything both times. keep the cage at a bare minimum. Plastic hides, which are easy to clean, water bowl. When I applied the PAM, I laid out enough paper towel to cover the cage in my basement, far away from my cage. Sprayed the paper towel down (only takes a little bit) and let it sit in my basement for 12-16 hours. Made sure that the paper towel was dry and had no smell to it. Then put it in the cage. As I cleaned the cage I soaked the hides, and the water bowl in hot water with dawn dish soap, then rinsed in hot water, then soaked in hot water, then ran them through the dishwasher. I always waited to put the water dish back in at least an hour after putting the PAM treated paper towel in. I did this every 2 weeks, 3x so total of 6 weeks. Only mites I have seen are dead ones, and pretty sure after the first 2 treatments they were gone. I continued to feed as normal on the PAM treated paper towel. She splashed water on the PAM treated paper towel as well and all is well. Just make sure you DONT APPLY TO THE SNAKE.
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