I am borrowing a male boa from a friend this winter to breed with one of my females. I have had it for two weeks now and is still being quarantined. Today, I was cleaning his cage and noticed a few dead mites. I did not find any alive, probably because the first thing I did when I brought him home was give him a spray of permectrin as a general precaution.

Anyways, the question is, should I keep holding on to this boa in quarantine and keep treating him for mites so I can breed him after...or is it not worth the trouble and just give it back to him?

He is a normal being bred to my normal is it is nothing I have been anticipating for so long, although it would stil be nice to have another pair to breed. What would you do?

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• breeding boa with mites... - bergmantis, Fri Nov 7 20:06:11 2008
• RE: breeding boa with mites... - nickstone, Fri Nov 7 20:36:07 2008
• send it back - Morgans Boas, Fri Nov 7 21:43:32 2008
• Agreed!!!!!!! - rainbowsrus, Fri Nov 7 21:43:45 2008
• Thanks Dave, NP - nickstone, Fri Nov 7 22:11:12 2008
• RE: breeding boa with mites... - okeeteekid, Fri Nov 7 21:46:42 2008
• RE: breeding boa with mites... - LarM, Fri Nov 7 22:04:50 2008
• RE: breeding boa with mites... - BrownsBoas, Fri Nov 7 22:14:23 2008
• RE: breeding boa with mites... - charmer, Sat Nov 8 12:52:30 2008
• RE: breeding boa with mites... - Slithering_Serpents, Tue Nov 11 05:35:04 2008
• RE: breeding boa with mites... - LordDreyfus, Tue Nov 11 09:16:30 2008
• It's a carcinogen - Slithering_Serpents, Tue Nov 11 18:29:54 2008