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laurarfl
at Sat Apr 5 21:40:18 2008 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by laurarfl ]
The mites will eventually come off the snake, but there's more to the life cycle. The mites spend very little time on the snake--just to feed. The travel through the cage looking for a place to lay eggs, then you have the larva and pupa stages. This is why treating the cage is so important. You want to provide a chemical barrier for the traveling mites that have left the snake. The other mites will die off with the nix treatments and with each shed.
Just be careful with the treatments. Everything you are using has an effect on the snake...nix is a chemical, PAM is a chemical, soap is drying, and oil coats the skin of the snake. My recommendation is to be knowledgeable about what you are using and try not to overload the snake, who is already stressed by previous poor husbandry and a new move.
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