Advice needed, newbie Royal owner.

Jo81 · #1 (**permalink**) 05-08-2008, 10:03 AM

I know there has been loads of posts about Mites and treatments but I wanted to know if anyone could tell me if they know for sure how often you can use Beaphar insect spray? I got my first snake, a Royal 2 wks ago and he's got a mite infestation. After talking to the shop I bought him from I bought this spray and have used it once and the spray for the viv but the mites are hanging on in there. There appears to be no directions with the snake spray as to how often it is safe to use and I can't find any info on the net. Any advice would be appreciated.

JustThisGirl · #2 (**permalink**) 05-08-2008, 05:14 PM

Soak your Royal for a few hours, with warm water.
Get a tub big enough for your Royal to lay comfortably in, something with a lid and some vent holes, so you can leave him there bathing, soaking him with drown most of the mites.

When you've done this, put a tub into his viv with him, so when it gets irritable he can bathe, as for the spray I've not of it before.

The bathing is just a good solution for irritation until someone here knows about the spray.

Jo81 · #3 (**permalink**) 05-08-2008, 05:55 PM

I've been bathing him twice a day for a couple of days now as well nd wiping him down with veg oil which he seems to enjoy. It's feeding time this evening so I won't be able to much with him the next few days, I hope this won't undo what I've acheived so far :O(

Think i might leave the spray though for now till I can some advice on how often it can be used.

Thank you!!

ratking · #4 (**permalink**) 05-08-2008, 07:05 PM

just a note when UV put veg oil on make sure its off B u put snake back in Viv and its no good what so ever just treating the snake mate as u can get them all off but as soon as u put him back in Viv he will be infested again start off by taking snake out put him in a bath of Luke warm water while hes in bath totally empty Viv burn every thing or microwave it freeze it get some bleach to clean out out Viv throughly in the corners around vents every were then get some warm water and wash out all traces off bleach put newspaper down and put the snake back in with nothing but water bowl get to the vets and get some front line spray and follow instructions on here ull need to do this once a week for at least a month to break the mite cycle

Jo81 · #5 (**permalink**) 06-08-2008, 07:47 AM

I've taken everything but the hide and the water bowl out of the tank and both are boiled daily, the tank is being cleaned every day when he's being bathed and substrate has been chenged to paper towels which are changed twice a day. All the branches from the viv are in the freezer at the mo. Is it usual for them to go really quiet when they have mites? Up till a week ago he was out and about most of the time but at the mo he's uninterested in anything other than food!

Jo81 · #6 (**permalink**) 06-08-2008, 11:37 PM

Well the mite problem seems to be coming under control, I've removed sheet after sheet of paper today with dead mites on. Will keep up with the baths and the tank cleans a while longer tho and anything thats goes in the viv from now on will be either frozen or boiled first! We are now also on our first shed. Is this what it feals like to b a neurotic first time mum??!!!!

I'd still like to know if anyone has any info on how often the Beaphar Insect Spray can be used. Seems strange it's being sold all over the place but no info around on how often it can or should be applied.

Thanks.

blackdragon · #7 (**permalink**) 13-08-2008, 02:29 AM

good way to get rid of them is to move the snake into a plastic rub and just have the bare minimum in there water bowl and two disposable hides, give the snake a bath every day and totaly clean out the rub every day eventually you will kill them all off most of the time when people have them for along time is because the mites are in the viv when they put the snake back in

slither61 · #8 (**permalink**) 14-08-2008, 02:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Jo81

I know there has been loads of posts about Mites and treatments but I wanted to know if anyone could tell me if they know for sure how often you can use Beaphar insect spray? I got my first snake, a Royal 2 wks ago and he's got a mite infestation. After talking to the shop I bought him from I bought this spray and have used it once and the spray for the viv but the mites are hanging on in there. There appears to be no directions with the snake spray as to how often it is safe to use and I can't find any info on the net. Any advice would be appreciated.

Hi all,

I use the Beaphar spray in conjunction with frontline.

I was told not to use beaphar with pythons as they react to it.

The frontline method will work well without beaphar just use F10 disinfectant.

Compleatly strip out the viv disinfect hides and pots plus plants with F10 disinfectant.

Spray the viv with beaphar and wipe out, get some paper and spray with beaphar and let it dry.

Get your infected snake a sponge and frontline, I buy the spray bottle and spray the sponge with frontline.

Get hold of your snake avoid the head and vent, and then rub the sponge down the snake so you get a good coverage keep hold and let the frontline dry.

Put the snake in a holding tub.

Put the paper in the viv or rub leave the water bowl out for 48 hours and then put the snake back in.

Change the paper every couple of days again spray the paper let it dry, remove snake to holding tub clean viv and put paper in you only remove the water when you use the frontline.

I frontline 3 times in the month split it up, clean the viv/ rub and change the paper every couple of days.

Only remove water for 48 hours when using frontline rest of time water as normal.

That is why I say do it for a month this covers the mite life cycle, frontline does not kill eggs it stays active in the snake under its scales feeding mites are killed when feeding, when eggs hatch that have been missed they feed and die.

This is my method and has worked for me.

Hope this helps

slither61

Jo81 · #9 (**permalink**) 14-08-2008, 09:19 PM

Thanks, I'm still cleaning the viv every couple of days and bathing him (it's helping him with the shed as well). I hope I've got them all and thats it but will keep this up till I know for sure.

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