In the last thread about mites I added that I had used reptile relief on any newcomers. Well a few months ago I took in a group of lizards that needed TLC and unknowing took in their MITES as well Reptile relief may have killed some but did not do the job at all.

I used Mineral oil, lathered them up, put in rubber maid containers overnight, while they were out of cages I cleaned all tanks, and sprayed with provent a mite, put clean newspaper in tanks, and returned all lizards the next day. You can wash oil off, and repeat if needed, this does not harm them, it can be a bit messy but better than mites.

The oil suffocates the little blood sucking buggers.
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PHEve / Eve

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• getting rid of mites? - apaquet, Thu Jan 17 11:29:12 2008
• RE: getting rid of mites? - negatronix, Thu Jan 17 13:22:26 2008
• RE: getting rid of mites? - apaquet, Thu Jan 17 14:01:47 2008
• RE: OIL does WORK :0) - PHEve, Thu Jan 17 21:42:56 2008
• RE: OIL does WORK :0) - negatronix, Fri Jan 18 21:23:47 2008
• A very important point no one brought - tgreb, Sat Jan 19 09:28:32 2008
• RE: A very important point no one brought - aliceinwl, Sat Jan 19 21:29:49 2008
• RE: A very important point no one brought - apaquet, Sun Jan 20 09:04:57 2008
• RE: THESE THINGS ARE EVIL - PHEve, Thu Jan 31 09:26:28 2008