I think my burmese just died in its hands

[FloridaHogs]

Gotta say I'm shocked that he's alive!!!


Olive oil does not kill mite eggs, even tho it may kill mites. So you'll have mites again in about 30 days.

I know people have posted links to (PAM) Provent a Mite and where you can buy it from.

I myself use mineral oil. While the oil does not in itself "kill" mites like poison does, it does smother them and the eggs. I also put my animals in a diluted lystrine soak before rubbing them down with the oil. My treatment came from a vet text book on reptiles. This treatment was used before the advent of P.A.M. and such. I repeated the treatment in two weeks just as a precaution, and all mites were gone. Haven't seen them since, and this was several years ago.