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PHLdyPayne
at Sun Nov 22 13:30:20 2009 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by PHLdyPayne ]
Use the Black knight spray your husband uses for snake mites, according to the directions on the can. Wash and rinse the cage and cage furniture, probably best to toss out wooden cage accessories.
Soak your dragon's for about ten minutes, then you can use vasaline or olive oil on the mites lodged under the beard etc. Repeat the BK treatment of the cage in a month, then again a month later, to ensure any hatching mites don't reinfest your dragons.
On a side note, lizard mites are not the same as snake or rat mites, mites are very species specific though some will bite the wrong species if they can't find their preferred 'host', but they don't thrive as well. Thus your bearded dragons most likely had mites on them when you bought them, even if you didn't notice them before.
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RE: Dragons have mites, need suggestions - PHLdyPayne, Sun Nov 22 13:30:20 2009