Mite Treatments

[Elmodfz]

Lol! Fair enuf I'll give it a go and hopefully I won't burn the house down :P

Hiss is still sitting in his bath, but when I pick him up and examine him, I can't see any mites so I don't understand it.

Do Royals like sitting in water? If it's nice and warm?

[icehazard]

i used bye bye mite, my baby corn did not seem to like it for like 5 mins, it looked as if it was stinging it, but after it was ok,

[Zak_Attack300]

there are also reptile shops that carry a certain type of mite treatment
that prtects a snake 4 about a month (long enough 4 mites and eggs 2 die off)
its applied once the snake has had a fresh shed
i had a red tail boa that got mites
(really really bad)
and i had to rinse her off a few times just 2 get most of them off
and there were still more on her
and i got the treatment done and havent had a problem since
idk what its called but u can try adding that it if u like

good post BTE

[Zak_Attack300]

Originally Posted by icehazard

i used bye bye mite, my baby corn did not seem to like it for like 5 mins, it looked as if it was stinging it, but after it was ok,

u really live in greece?
thats fucking tight

[timberwolf]

Originally Posted by vawn

we discovered it by accident! you know what it's like trying to find hides for bigger snakes, we found a large fish box made of the stuff when we got our titch and she came with mites but she was self medicating by soaking the mites off herself so we bathed her and when we came back, all the mites were on the box, digging in head first like they really couldn't tell the difference! bonus so we kept putting in a clean bit and after a few days the mites were completly gone.

well, on a snake thats been clean for months, I have discovered mites, and as this one lives on my desk at work, its got to be that the mites came in on something introduced, but... I tried this polystyrene trick and am highly amused to find it works! very satisfying....

[rich-88]

damn!!! have noticed my adult male boa has mites. time for the cleaning to begin. 6 vivs 2 completely clean out

[bret1789]

provent a mite all the way its great stuff and keeps your viv mite free for 1 month after use.

[chubz]

wow this was help so time to kil some mites

[the new be]

so how do you get mite then as both of mine was clean and one day i went up there and they both had them? they both fine now but i dont understand how they come out of no where?

[csscazzy]

If you come into contact with mites or eggs somewhere you can take them home so if you are at a reptile shop/show/meet a person who has snakes it can happen. Maybe even brush against someone who you don't know when out & about who keeps snakes who have mites. I think I got mine when I bought something from an on-line reptile shop. All it would take is one egg stuck to the packaging, or whatever, that could hatch and I understand that the baby mite has a built in tracker for finding snakes (maybe some smell the snake gives off?) and off it goes. They usually have lots of baby mites off the snake in some dark courner, not necessarily in the viv. They can travel a fair distance but go in straight lines so you can put a barrier in the way to stop them. I now use Provent-a-mite sprayed on a cloth and wiped around all entries to the vivs (inc. vents etc) with the snake and water removed. I then return the snake and water once it has dried and all the fumes are gone and then have protection for a month.