Well, I am inclined to chime in here.
My opinion is that Provent A Mite is worthless.
I have tested it many times in my zoo collection and in my quarantine facility in my private collection.

Nothing beats Black Knight, and I know it has been taken off the market because of the lawsuit by Provent A Mite.(rumour has it, it's coming back).

However, with Black Knight, you could directly spray the snake with it, with no harmful side effects that I could ascertain.
I have used in on wild caught Lachesis, Bitis, Crotalids, etc., without any consquences or noticible effects.

Provent A Mite's label is confusing, It says NOT to spray a snake directly, etc... BUT you CAN spray Tortoises directly! Whats up with that?

However, according to the AZA ListServ I get, the Equate Brand Roach Spray available from K-Mart, NOT Wal-Mart, has the exact same ingredients as Black Knight.
I haven't seen it yet, or compared the contents, but K-Mart has all but closed down in my hometown, but it is worth investigating.
IMO, NUTTIN' beats Black Knight!

I had a recurring mite infestation on my chondro's, and I swear I could open the door on the exhibit,holding a can on Black Knight in my hand, and I'd swear mites would jump off the chondros's BEFORE I sprayed them! LOL!(of course, this was BEFORE the first treatment of the chondro's with BK!)

Randal Berry

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• Mite treatment when it comes to Hots - happysurgeman, Fri Jun 30 03:03:13 2006
• RE: Mite treatment when it comes to Hots - TimCole, Fri Jun 30 10:06:36 2006
• RE: Mite treatment when it comes to Hots - TexasTreeViper, Fri Jun 30 20:16:05 2006
• RE: Mite treatment when it comes to Hots - Carmichael, Sat Jul 1 12:22:44 2006
• RE: Mite treatment when it comes to Hots - texasreptiles, Sat Jul 1 21:10:58 2006
• Whatever works! - TimCole, Sun Jul 2 09:42:38 2006
• I find that hard to believe - Carmichael, Sun Jul 2 10:09:13 2006
• RE: I find that hard to believe - texasreptiles, Sun Jul 2 16:19:54 2006
• RE: I find that hard to believe - Carmichael, Mon Jul 3 12:24:20 2006
• In Randal's case... - TimCole, Mon Jul 3 16:10:26 2006
• RE: Mite treatment when it comes to Hots - MaxPeterson, Mon Jul 3 10:22:37 2006
• As does NIX....about $8 for a 2oz bottle - Matt Harris, Mon Jul 3 14:53:51 2006