where do snake mites come from i want to know so mine hopefully doesnt get any

when a mommy mite and a daddy mite love each other very much....





seriously, mites appear from contaminated sources, eg new additions to your collection, maybe transported on clothes from a mates collection which may have mites, or a pet shop purchase which may have mites on board, just be aware that they are rife and may hitch a lift into your collection on anything you bring in. It only takes one.. just be vigilant and if the problem appears knock it on the head quickly before it gets out of hand.

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I've rescued a really lovely JCP and found out she's brought home mites (BS was my first thought).
I have seen what frontline can do to a snake first habd at the rescue centre plus i have 2 baby boas and that would be plain dumb to use frontline on them so i am going to try the baby oil method as i've heard it has good results. how evcer i shall be using frontline to do the vivs with.
Cheers for the good advice.

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Natural Chemistry De Flea Reptile Relief Gallon, Mites/ Shedding > Health Care, Supplements & Nutrition > Reptile Supplies

De Flea Reptile Relief works by dissolving the exoskeleton of the mite, which causes it's internal organs to burst, killing it. The product can be put directly on the animal. It feels sort of like mild soap. I use it on all the new critters as a routine precaution.
When I first get a new animal, I hold it over a white paper towel and gently scrape any loose debris onto the towel. Then I give the animal a good spraying with the Reptile Relief, and put it in a quarantine tank for a couple of weeks to treat the life cycle of the mite. I do this whether or not I find any mites. In all the lizards and snakes I have gotten I have only found one two mites on one western fence lizard, and of course he was treated with this product successfully. Around their eyes and nostrils I use a q-tip with the Reptile Relief on it.
I also spray the quarantine tank with Reptile Relief and furnish it with just paper towels, a shallow water dish, and a washable hide, such as a pie pan with one side bent up so the animal can get under it.
I have a 30x hand held microscope to look at the mites. They look like tiny little rat droppings with legs, waving feebly (as they are dying from the spray I apply to the towel after I treat the animal!) Just because I have only actually ever seen two doesn't mean there weren't more; the nasty little creeps are hard to see, so I never assume just because I can't find any on a new animal there are none.
Getting rid of reptile mites
I read through this whole thread and didn't see any mention of Reptile Relief, hence my post.
I have California and Arizona Mountain King snakes and Western Fence lizards. No mites, though.
Forever Vigilant, that's my motto!

i think there could possibly be mite eggs or mites in 2 of my bags of substrate so as a percaution i chucked em in a huge metal container of boiling water n boiled em for about 10 mins, would this help in killing them off or have i wasted my time do you think?

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From Cornsnakes.com:

Drowning is another natural danger to a snake mite. Snake mites are not
able to swim and will eventually drown in water.
In a bath, they are able to migrate along a snake's body to the head, which is usually out of water, and at least some of the mites survive. However, placing a clean snake cage on legs in a shallow pan of water will prevent mites from just walking into the cage.

Heat and dehydration are related dangers. Mite Eggs are significantly less likely to hatch successfully in dry conditions than in humid conditions.

Snake mites are killed within a few minutes at a temperature of 55 C (=
131 F).

So I think you successfully killed them by both drowning and boiling with high heat!
RH: Killing DUST MITES Naturally. How to kill dustmites in your home
Here's a link to a product reptile keepers might look into.

My cornsnakes had mites, it took ages for me to find the solution. But what i found to get rid of em was to empty the viv completly freeze all cave, bark, logs etc..... Disinfect the inside of the viv and line the viv with newspaper. Then i soaked the snakes in vegetable oil ( the stuff you cook with ) in a tub you can see the mites left in the oil. Repeat soaking ur snakes until there's no trace of the mites on the paper or the snakes, put the viv back to how it was and i had no more trouble from the little black fella's.... Hope this helps

so hopefully i kicked their asses? lol, also today i took the boa into the vets and she couldnt find a mite or anything on her possibly helped by bathing her twice a day since i found em on friday morning, she gave me a bottle of frontline for her tank and a diluted down version that shes calculated from weighing her. i used the concentrated version on her vivand found a few of the little bads dead on the bottom, added some new clean newspaper and put her back in, i didnt use the frontline on her yet tho as i just fed her, ill try it in 2 days or so.

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Does anyone know how often you can treat mites with Beaphar Insect Spray? I noticed my new Royal has mites, only had him 2 weeks and this was the recommended treatment from the breeder. I've used it once and since then the nasty little blighters have decreased but there are some still hanging on. I'm now bathing him twice a day in water with veg oil (thanks to the fab advice in this thread) and this helping. I was just wondering if one more dose with the chemical treatment may help or could it harm him? I'm a 1st time owner and all the conflicting info i've read in books and on the net has had me in a right old flap this weekend!!!!!!!