Are These MITES??

[Lulu Bennett]

My snakes have suffered with both but with the pics that you have posted its very hard to tell. try and get a closer pic. if it helps pop him in a small clear plastic container and take some pics that way.

I got a small bottle of mite spray from the pet store cleaned out the tank thoroughly, soaked the snakes in warm water. spray the snakes and the tank with mite spray. best putting news paper or plain paper for substrate. keep cleaning and spraying with mitespray.

If it is scale rot then i cleaned out the tank, wiped the snake down with a slightly damp cloth to make sure it is clean and i wipes it down with inodine wipes from the hospital.

just post clearer pics up so we can let you know which it is.

Lulu xxx

[Garter_Gertie]

Drug store. It's just an antispetic. It's the stuff they 'paint' you with - that's orange? - before they do surgery, or maybe stitch up a cut finger or something.

[infernalis]

The pharmacy section of any store...

Who is that Aundrea??

Keep away from other snakies until we know what you are dealing with.

[GartersRock]

If it's mites all the other snakes in that tank will have it too.

[infernalis]

I just saw the other thread...

Treat them all Aundrea

[Snake lover 3-25]

The pharmacy section of any store...

Who is that Aundrea??

Keep away from other snakies until we know what you are dealing with.

lol look at x-mas present thread lol

[adamanteus]

There appears to be some dorsal 'spotting' on the picture in your other thread (unless it's just dirt). This might indicate scale rot.

[infernalis]

lol look at x-mas present thread lol

look up the list one post Shanley

I just saw the other thread...

Treat them all Aundrea

[Snake lover 3-25]

o lol missed that lol

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

I am going to go ahead and say yes.. those are mites. I found out that is their favorite place to hide on a snake when I had them. Every snake that had mites had them in that fold of skin under their chin.

Aundrea, take out your snake, gently but firlmy grip his head and use your fingernail to move that flap of skin under his chin and look for small black dots. If you see small black dots... these are mites. Usually you can take your fingernail and gently scrape at the and you will see them move or fall off. Also look in around his eyeball.. that is their other favorite place to hide.
I dealt with many a mites at one point and that definitely looks like them using their favorite hiding place!!!