since I found that my ball python had mites, I completely cleaned out his cage (filled the tank with water plus a little dish soad and tiny bit of bleach...I rinsed it out a ton, and then I cleaned it with 'reptile relief' spray also). I got rid of the bedding and everything else. I have him on paper towels with cardboard hides.

I soaked the snake in warm water for a while, which drowned some of the mites, but not all of them (I could see some still hiding under his scales), so I dried him off and sprayed him down with 'reptile relief'. Now I looked in his cage and could see a few mites crawling on him, as well as some in his cage, and I was wondering...is reptile relief supposed to work fairly quickly, or is it more of a slow death type of thing? Am I going to have to try again in a couple of days?

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• 'Reptile Relief' mite spray.... - -ryan-, Thu Mar 9 21:24:20 2006
• RE: 'Reptile Relief' mite spray.... - d_oagles, Thu Mar 9 21:29:53 2006
• RE: 'Reptile Relief' mite spray.... - toshamc, Thu Mar 9 21:49:46 2006
• RE: 'Reptile Relief' mite spray.... - kylescott, Fri Mar 10 02:38:36 2006
• Prevent-a-Mite???.... - -ryan-, Fri Mar 10 05:35:07 2006
• I use 2 different types of mite killers - Snakebstr, Fri Mar 10 06:23:49 2006
• NIX . . . more - John Q, Fri Mar 10 10:34:12 2006
• RE: NIX . . . more - snakebstr, Fri Mar 10 11:01:37 2006
• cheapest and most effective method - rwoodyer, Sat Mar 11 23:18:54 2006