mites are back

[Johnny Hive X]

I see. Well, are they easily identifiable?

[jseber1982]

how long can mites\eggs live with no prey? I might go ahead and just leave all the wood out until i am done moving in 4 days. As hides, i have some small cardboard boxes

[wilomn]

how long can mites\eggs live with no prey? I might go ahead and just leave all the wood out until i am done moving in 4 days. As hides, i have some small cardboard boxes

They eggs can live for weeks. Throw away the cardboard. Soak with dishwashing soap daily. Treat the wood before you move, it only takes 20 minutes and then it's safe but don't put it with the snake until after you get PAM. You don't want to reinfect it.

[jseber1982]

i will order some pam tonight and will have it by the time i move.

so i will cook the wood tonight.

remove everything from the tank and treat it with 10% bleach.

soak the snake in water and dish soap.

use paper towls and cardboard hides until i move and can use pam.

sound about right?

[wilomn]

i will order some pam tonight and will have it by the time i move.

so i will cook the wood tonight.

remove everything from the tank and treat it with 10% bleach.

soak the snake in water and dish soap.

use paper towls and cardboard hides until i move and can use pam.

sound about right?

Yes.

Just don't reuse the cardboard hides. I'd just toss them were I you and let the snake hide under papertowels until you get PAM.

Eggs and/or mites can hide in the cardboard. The soaks will kill most of the mites.

PAM will finish them off.

[jseber1982]

go to the post office online and you can get as many box as you want for free. got about 200 boxes i can use. hell maybe i will just replace them every few weeks and pitch the wooden hides

[Johnny Hive X]

You can get free cardboard boxes? From the Post Office?

Do you have a link, please? I searched on:

http://www.usps.com

and I had no luck finding any free cardboard boxes.

[tigerlily]

I see. Well, are they easily identifiable?

The eggs you won't be able to see, but the mites look like this ----> .

They're little black specks that move. You can usually just wipe your snake with a paper towel and see all the specks.

Here's a link that may help you out a bit more than I can...
http://www.vpi.com/publications/the_...of_snake_mites