ECLARK - mites

[Shelby]

Hey all, sorry I left this logged in (I was out of the house for a few hours)

Yes, I contacted Ed first. I will post the PMs I sent and Ed's responses:

April, did not know I had mites in the baby rack, have been buying some rodents from the pet shop the last couple of months and maybe thats what happened?


the black ate on sat and the pastel last weekend. small rats, sorry about giving you the gift that keeps on giving.

Hi Ed, the snakes arrived about an hour or so ago, they were still warm and all, however, I found mites on them.

Needless to say, that does not please me. I suggest you remedy that situation ASAP.

So, right now they are chilling out in PAM treated tubs, and I sincerely hope none are spread to any of the rest of my collection.

April

And my second PM which Ed did not reply to:

Hm.. well considering that snake mites have no interest in rodents, it'd have to be a pretty unsanitary pet store for the mites to be on the rats.

Either way.. I would suggest if you want to keep happy customers that you check over every snake before you ship it out.

Also I'm going to have to post what happened in the feedback forum.. I believe potential customers have a right to know. Mites are a bane to us all, but fortunately they are easily prevented with a bit of care.

My issue is.. the mites were clearly visible.. quite a few under the scales on the sides and belly of the cinny, and a few crawling around over her face and back. I treated the tubs right away with PAM, however the risk is real that one or more escaped the PAM. Unfortunately my quarantine room is right next door to the main room (I live with my parents so I don't have the luxury of a quarantine room that is further from the main collection) so there's only so much I can do.

Yes, everyone sooner or later is going to come across mites, but there are ways to easily prevent them from being sent out to your customers.