Ticks don't live internally at all.



Ticks, however, do migrate and only have one stage of their many stage life cycle when they actually bite and feed off snakes. They could have migrated and laid eggs in the incubator from last year...when it was nice and warm, they hatched and moved to the eggs, were in the incubation medium etc. before you noticed them on the eggs themselves.



It may be necessary to remove all snakes form the snake room, treat them individually and their cages, then the room as well, then repeat again in a month for a few months. I don't think its safe at all, to treat the eggs themselves. Maybe carefully dab vasoline on the ticks you see on the eggs... can kill them without harming the eggs...if the eggs are just covered with mites...then leave them and treat all your animals once the hatchlings have eaten a few times...
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• Ever have TICKS on a clutch of eggs? - steve_harrison, Tue Mar 25 16:22:28 2008
• RE: Ever have TICKS on a clutch of eggs? - brhaco, Tue Mar 25 16:31:22 2008
• Problem is, all externals were gone! - steve_harrison, Tue Mar 25 16:42:58 2008
• RE: Problem is, all externals were gone! - NoahHart, Tue Mar 25 16:53:23 2008
• RE: Problem is, all externals were gone! - PHLdyPayne, Tue Mar 25 17:10:00 2008
• A few problems here... - steve_harrison, Tue Mar 25 17:33:20 2008
• Steve- - brhaco, Tue Mar 25 17:53:03 2008
• Brad- thanks, but see J n J's post! n/p - steve_harrison, Tue Mar 25 17:56:40 2008
• I did-and agree with him! - brhaco, Tue Mar 25 17:57:51 2008
• Lets Clear this issue up. - WALL2WALLREPTILE, Tue Mar 25 18:14:23 2008
• Thanks Harlin - brhaco, Tue Mar 25 20:40:39 2008
• RE: Thanks Harlin - WALL2WALLREPTILE, Tue Mar 25 21:13:19 2008
• Harlin, - RoyalVariations, Tue Mar 25 23:44:46 2008
• RE: Harlin, - WALL2WALLREPTILE, Wed Mar 26 08:51:19 2008
• RE: Harlin, - RoyalVariations, Wed Mar 26 20:22:01 2008
• RE: Ever have TICKS on a clutch of eggs? - EricIvins, Tue Mar 25 17:11:03 2008
• RE: Ever have TICKS on a clutch of eggs? - jnjreptiles, Tue Mar 25 17:50:54 2008
• Correct! - brhaco, Tue Mar 25 17:56:45 2008
• I just thought it was so weird!!!! more. - steve_harrison, Tue Mar 25 18:02:48 2008
• No worries - brhaco, Tue Mar 25 18:05:31 2008
• RE: No worries - WALL2WALLREPTILE, Tue Mar 25 18:24:38 2008
• Harlin- couple more q's - Steve_Harrison, Tue Mar 25 22:04:01 2008
• RE: Harlin- couple more q's - WALL2WALLREPTILE, Wed Mar 26 09:25:44 2008
• Steve..I didn't see this in another post - JP, Wed Mar 26 08:21:09 2008
• RE: Steve..I didn't see this in another post - WALL2WALLREPTILE, Wed Mar 26 09:35:03 2008
• yeah...thats what I said... - JP, Wed Mar 26 13:20:21 2008
• By inside, I clearly thought that meant. - Steve_Harrison, Wed Mar 26 16:23:30 2008
• RE: By inside, I clearly thought that me - brhaco, Wed Mar 26 16:51:55 2008
• I wonder if those sucks get enough O2 - Steve_Harrison, Wed Mar 26 16:55:04 2008
• RE: I wonder if those sucks get enough O2 - WALL2WALLREPTILE, Wed Mar 26 20:47:55 2008
• RE: I wonder if those sucks get enough O2 - JP, Thu Mar 27 16:17:51 2008
• Great post.. - zefdin, Wed Mar 26 19:23:41 2008