I used this with some WC easterns that came in covered with mites a few years ago.

Put the animals in a diluted listerine soak (just enough listerine to tint the water) The water drowns the mites, the listrine sterilizes any that happen to survive. While the animals are soaking, completely sterilize and clean the enclosure. Ad back paper towel substrate and water bowl. Next, remove the animals from the soak and dry them off. Here is the fun part, get some mineral oil and grease down your hands. Let the animals crawl through your hands until completely covered. Use a qtip to get around the face, taking special care around the nostrils and eyes. The mineral oil smothers any bugs on the animals. Place animals back in their enclosures. Repeat in two weeks. I got this "remedy" out of a vet manuel. After the first treatment, I did not see anymore mites, just did the second treatment as precautionary.

And before anybody jump on the "meeses up their shed" bandwagon, both animals had perfect sheds after the treatments. One was in blue during the treatment and one was not. Both had completely normal sheds.

Another thing you might do is place an activated flea collar in your vaccum bag/cannister and then vacum around the enclosures. This will kill any mites you might vaccum up. Just make sure the animals are not in the room when you do this and that the room airs out a bit before you bring them back in. (I am a bit parinoid about the fumes that might be put out.)


Goodluck.
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Jenea
Guardian Reptiles

"When your memories are bigger than your dreams, you're headed for the grave" Author unknown

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• help mites!! - kammekammo, Sun Oct 19 07:56:48 2008
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