we've only had mites one time in the last 5 years from a bad quarentine (trusted someone that I had never bought from before, wrong move). Initial treatment envolved jumping up and down cursing for about 10 minutes (very good cardio workout). Next I removed the infected snakes and the rest of the snakes in the rack and soaked in luke warm water while the rest of the treatment occured. Next I took the infected rack outside and emptied the bedding into a garbage bag treated with provent-a-mite. After that I sprayed down the entire rack with POM and allowed to air out. Clean each tub with heavy bleach solution and then rinsed with alot of water until no more bleach smell. Allow tubs to dry out. After tubs were dry, sprayed each tub with POM and allow to dry and vent until no more smell. Placed butchers paper in each tub and sprayed with POM one more time. Air out tubs, dry off snakes and place animals back in rack. Then sprayed all floor in snake room lightly with POM keeping window open to vent fumes. place rack with snakes back in room. During next full cleaning day, every tub and cage treated with POM and flooring sprayed again. After 30 days treated everything one more time and again repeated 30 days after that. Have not seen another mite from first day treated. In fact, have not seen another live mite after soaking the animals. If you cannot find POM around you, equate lice bedding spray has the exact same active ingredient but the rest of the ingredients may not and it is not recommended nor has it been "scientifically" tested with snakes but it is more than half the cost (guess how I know the cost of it, lol).
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Josh & Krysty Hutto

J&K Reptiles



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