ok just got a albino burm in NEED HELP...

[Charlet_2007]

I know this isn't a site for burm's but he's a snake and needs help so im looking at it that way.. ok got in a 5 foot albino burm from a guy that didnt know what the heck he was doing with a burm.. but he's got a MAJOR MAJOR MAJOR infestation of mites.. i got rid of over half of them with water but there some stuck way down in his scales.. it's been like 4 or more years since I've had a snake to have mites.. other then water what kills them fast is there like something i can buy but not that high in price to get rid of these??

[Snake lover 3-25]

ok what you do with a snake that big if you have no mite killer on site is hold a part of the snake under water..... completely submerged for a min or so then you get some tweezers and pick them out of that part...... then you go to the next part

[Snake lover 3-25]

o also what may help get them out take a credit card and run it down his side firmly with the scales...... it should push them out

[Snake lover 3-25]

o right good luck!!!

don't forget to keep him isolated!!!!! it would suck to infect your whole colection!!!!

[infernalis]

Zoo med "Mite Off" spray is inexpensive, and they have it at petco.

It works great, all natural and I use it when I treat WC.

Wow, a Burm!!! Nice...

My BP darn near crushed my hand tonight, and he's only about 4.5 feet long, but very thick.

Rescued him from a party house

Good luck

PICS!!!!

[drache]

if you want to go for inexpensive, try vegetable oil
it's the old-fashioned way
it does make the enclosure a bit smeary, but it works okay
I've done it with more fragile snakes that I didn't want to expose to harsh toxins, but it's been awhile and I don't remember how often you have to do it
perhaps someone else knows
good luck with that

[Lori P]

A natural mite/lice treatement is also to dust an animal with diatomaceous earth-- HOWEVER, I have no idea about using it on snakes so I'd check with the vet first to make sure the dust couldn't irritate their respitory system. And this is not the swimming pool product, it has to be the agricultural product. It's also a natural dewormer and can be fed to larger animals but again, check on using it for snakes... it would be great to be able to dust his enclosure with it tho.

[enigma200316]

I alway took my pythons and boas to the vet for a shot if when I got them they had mites real bad, its the easiest and fastest way to get rid of them,however the sprays and stuff work it just takes a little longer....

[zooplan]

If the infestination is that serious you shoild change clothes atfer working on it!
A drop of soap in the water, will make bathing more effective, and it might help to egalize the irritaion of its skin when you give an extra bath with
Betadin, Betaisodona or any other jodid-desinfection.
Thats what I do except mite-killers.

[jitami]

The vegetable oil works. I actually used olive oil, but veg oil is cheaper and probably works the same. You need to do it every other to every third day to get the hatching mites and super clean his cage at the same time. The mite spray has got to be easier, especially with a large snake. Good luck!