Mite Treatments

[ez4pro]

Just found out through another forum member where to get Prevent-a-mite in the UK

Jungle Phase

Chris

[Morgoth]

Olive oil, bring the snake out, wash it down, clean the viv, rub olive oil all over the snake and put him back in. Might take a couple of goes but it works.

[boots_n_braces]

one of the best ways to clear vivs - NOT PLASTIC VIVS - is with a hot air gun being vareful not to burn the melamine by keeping it moving.

It has a 100% success rate and its grat fun watching them shrivel up and die

[VdubS]

Originally Posted by boots_n_braces

one of the best ways to clear vivs - NOT PLASTIC VIVS - is with a hot air gun being vareful not to burn the melamine by keeping it moving.

It has a 100% success rate and its grat fun watching them shrivel up and die

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Interesting! lol i imagine a hot air gun would kill any dormant mites too. incase there were any eggs sitting in the inside of the corners of a viv?

[boots_n_braces]

Yea that was why i originally tried it (started with a blow torch but you have to be very quick lol) The other way is to seal up all the gaps around the viv stick a heat mat in and turn that and the bulb right up with the thermostats outside the tank. normally 65+ degs is enough to sterilise any hidden eggs

[VdubS]

Originally Posted by boots_n_braces

Yea that was why i originally tried it (started with a blow torch but you have to be very quick lol) The other way is to seal up all the gaps around the viv stick a heat mat in and turn that and the bulb right up with the thermostats outside the tank. normally 65+ degs is enough to sterilise any hidden eggs

Cool, ive just aquired a a 4x2 wooden viv with lots of places you could have dormant mites, so this weekend ive been sanding stain/varnishing it! (i went round all the gaps with a hot air gun first then varnished. Will be sealing up all the corners tomorrow with a clean silacone sealent then will wack the heat mats and lamp on for a day. Will help kill anything that may be in there and will help cure the varnish, bonus!
I must sound so paranoid going to all this length just INCASE theres anything in there lol. Better safe than sorry though eh!

[struvas]

Hypoaspis mites have done the trick for me its taken just over a week to sort the problem out on by Boa and Milksnake but they seem to have gone. Just keep the environment humid.

I purchased the mites from Defenders - Safe Effective Natural Biologist Pest Control for Gardeners
they are a natural predator of the Sciarid Fly, but also eat snake mites!
Great little beasties

[struvas]

Hypoaspis mites have done the trick for me its taken just over a week to sort the problem out on by Boa and Milksnake but they seem to have gone. Just keep the environment humid.

I purchased the mites from Defenders - Safe Effective Natural Biologist Pest Control for Gardeners
they are a natural predator of the Sciarid Fly, but also eat snake mites!
Great little beasties

[Dextersdad]

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