Mite Treatments

[vawn]

sodium lauryl sulphate!!! y'all seen that somewhere before?! SOAPPP!!! yes mite off is just like washing up liquid, grrr
so should that mean imperial foamy bo****ks is good for getting rid?!
ah, i'll stick to me foam...

[Darren25]

£8 for bubble bath

BTW don't you guys reply to your e-mail??

[RepGuru]

Excellent information for the most part. I have dealt with many mite cases in the past and can honestly say that the only effective, safe way to get rid of the buggers is to get some FRONTLINE spray from your vet. It will cost about £20, but it's a small price to pay vs losing your valuable pet(s). Yes, everything in the enclosure needs to be removed as said, and treated also. Ideally substrate should be placed in a freezer for 24hrs to kill off any unwanted livestock!
As for all the other treatments, well - Ivermectin works but is meant for farm stock really so dosage can be tricky. Fly-strips and the like have almost gone from the shelves now as they nearly all contained a chemical no longer considered safe for use.
So, from my many years of experience I would strongly recomend FRONTLINE as the primary product in killing mites on snakes.

[Rico]

Originally Posted by RepGuru

Excellent information for the most part. I have dealt with many mite cases in the past and can honestly say that the only effective, safe way to get rid of the buggers is to get some FRONTLINE spray from your vet. It will cost about £20, but it's a small price to pay vs losing your valuable pet(s). Yes, everything in the enclosure needs to be removed as said, and treated also. Ideally substrate should be placed in a freezer for 24hrs to kill off any unwanted livestock!
As for all the other treatments, well - Ivermectin works but is meant for farm stock really so dosage can be tricky. Fly-strips and the like have almost gone from the shelves now as they nearly all contained a chemical no longer considered safe for use.
So, from my many years of experience I would strongly recomend FRONTLINE as the primary product in killing mites on snakes.

The only effective way? How about provent a mite its probably safer than frontline and worked a treat when I used it.

[penfold]

wat about callington mite spray just gone through one room with that just to be sure

[alfies mum]

we have 4 snakes and 2 had mites, our Red tailed boa shadow was always in her water and had a bad shed, the vet gave us a frontline spray, we treated all the snakes now she hardly bathes at all we cant see mites, so we will have to wait till her next shed

[Paul B]

I will second that one too. Had 2 Royals treated and low and behold they started to feed within days. (Couldnt even see the mites)
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[Big_sven76]

Originally Posted by penfold

wat about callington mite spray just gone through one room with that just to be sure

Did my reptile rooms with this product.Cant fault it so easy and simple and quick to use and most of all effective. Did the second course and not a mite in site. I had a real bad outbreak but even after the first time i sprayed them I found loads of dead mites. Now I can happely say I ( touch wood ) am mite free

[paulrimmer69]

iv found a basic organic insecticide from b and q does the trick wiv the vivs, bein organic it doesnt harm the snakes and is cheap and effective, cant beat frontline for the animals themselves

[snake mon]

hey to get rid if mites and ticks ive been told to use sumart called vaponar its like a sort of air freshner that sits inside the viv so ive been told have you heard of it