This Mite Kill Me!!

[Tyrel26]

thanks for all the replies guys. I have to call it a night as I have work in the am. I will post again tomorrow on our progress/status.

Thanks again!

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

Use provent-a-mite. I would recommend nothing else! (unless you want to use predatory mites, which will eat the snake mites and then die). No home remedies or human treatments... doing so puts your snakes at un-needed risk. There is no need for lice treatments when there is a safe proven-effective treatment specifically targeting these mites. I have had to deal with mites twice now in my collection. Sadly, the last instance was like two months ago! Suppose I brought something home on me from a show... But like I said, provent-a-mite wipes them out overnight!

[Lance Portal Reptiles]

i have been using no pest strips, i just cut them into 1/2inch squares and put them in a camera flim plastic box with holes in it..works for most mites, provent-a-mite 1st everything and use the no pest strips as a back up.

Like so...

[infernalis]

That picture

Locking 2 pythons in a tote with toxic pesticide strips, not good advice.

a product which vaporizes a nerve poison 24 hours a day

The strips are almost entirely composed of a vaporizing chemical called DDVP

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

No pest strips?!?!?! ACK! those are not good for any animal, or people, let alone being in the same container as a snake! I think the two pythons are together for breeding purposes... I see the tails are alongside one another, it appears the spider is courting the larger one. BUT, I would especially never expose a breeding female to those things! imagine what damage those toxins could do to the unborn little ones

[infernalis]

A friend from another forum inadvertently killed a sub-adult anaconda doing this.

[guidofatherof5]

I think with relatively safe products like Provent-a mite and others, pest strips are far too dangerous.
I did a search on the web and found both pros and cons for using them. The con that was most prevalent was death to the animal it was used with.

[Lance Portal Reptiles]

Tons of people have used this for years without a problem. I have been doin it for awhile with any problems. If you know what your doin everything is fine. I had my best eggs this year with all my breedings 20 eggs from my carpet, 7 more eggs this year with my macklots. Geckos are going egg crazy. And 0 mites or any other bug. It was just to helped....not to be jumped on about. Alot of people after hearing what they did, like useing alot in a tub, useing new one, and so on, is not good. Everything needs to be done at the right dose, even provent a mite, which i use. Heard about people using it on their reptiles and almost killing them....lol oh, I would like to read the anaconda story and see that that person did.

[infernalis]

Oh sorry, it was his Burmese, Chuck is into the big snakes. His new Yellow (Anaconda) is beautiful and fresh on my mind, but here is his quote after I showed him your photo...

Worst yet i noticed a water bowl in there. Which means if they drink it their as good as dead. 13 years ago i killed a green patternless burm, because i was told to treat mite that way, but to make sure to take the water out. I left the water in with the no pest strip. A day later dead burm. I would just PM him and tell him a different way he could treat them very politely and how it could kill them.

I'm not out to start an argument, but Lucifer himself will be serving ice tea before I would do this or endorse it in any way.

[drache]

there's no reason to use anything else, once one uses provent-a-mite - it's effects last for over a month