Fnnnnnnnnnnnnaaaaaaarrrrrrrr!!!!!

[jeffstu]

not happy.

ok.

new royal came in,
Day later discovered he had mites,

Cleaned disinfected bathed and miteoffed, soaked and baked for nearly 2 weeks using kitchen roll till no sign of mites.

lkeft for 2 more weeks no sign
great so soaked substrate in boiling water over night.
baked it for an hour, now nice and dry.
Then froze it. for 3 days,

left it defrost,

Put in,

Humidity got high, now mites are back.

Ok so take it all out again.

disinfect,
this time got some defender mites.
that was a week ago,
Last night still mites wandering round.
not the defender ones, i saw what they looked like.

still little pac man ghosts running round.

how the hell do you get rid of these things?

[Freeman]

you dont put anything but newspaper in as substrate and maybe a hide and water. You also use beaphar insect spray once a week until you dont see mites anymore. This process will take around 3 weeks to a month of persistant cleaning vivs to get rid of them.

There are other treatments but I do this and it works for me.

[a-jones1324]

mite 0ff, is rediculously bad. i only use it in the shop i work in cuz its hard 2 find anything that does not effect fish or inverts.

i find it must be applyed directly on the snake AND in the viv every day for 3 weeks to get any result what so ever

[Freeman]

Originally Posted by a-jones1324

mite 0ff, is rediculously bad. i only use it in the shop i work in cuz its hard 2 find anything that does not effect fish or inverts.

i find it must be applyed directly on the snake AND in the viv every day for 3 weeks to get any result what so ever

Its total garbage, beaphar insect spray works but it will wipe out any aquatic life it goes anywhere near I think, which might not be the best thing to do as you will likely get sacked.

[Samanthaa]

Me and the OH had more or less this happen

In the end we thouroughly disinfected the viv a couple of times a week, had it set up with newspaper substrate, a water bowl and a hide and soaked and oiled the snakes every day (to drown /suffocate the mites) and hey presto, about 3 months later the problem was solved...

They are persistant little buggers!!!!

[Golgarth]

Ardap and frontline are your best bet

[bex81]

Had the same with my royal, mites appearing after buying. Found Ardap worked v.v.well. As well as disinfecting the vivs & decor with vircon & putting the snakes on paper towels they were gone after about 9 days. Touchwood they have not made a reappearance.