What your husband is doing with his snakes is risky, as inhalation of the 'fog' could end up being toxic. Black Knight may not be as potent as PAM...but from what I have heard of it, its nearly identical, or is the exact same product under a different label. I am not sure with.



The mites still on your dragon will die after the cage is treated. Any that don't fall off on their own, will need to be carefully pulled off so you don't leave mouth parts embedded in the skin between the scales. A vet can remove these for you so infections don't get into the skin. If your dragons are near to shedding, all the dead mites etc. may come off with the shed.



There is no mite spray that will make every single mite vanish in a couple days, you have to wait a few months, maybe more, to completely eradicate mites, especially if there's been a heavy infestation. Mites have many stages in their life cycle..about 4-6 stages only one which feeds on a host. Once they past the feeding stage, adults drop off the host and go find a place to lay eggs. Even if every single adult is dead, if any had time to lay eggs, they will hatch and mites will return to a host once they enter the feeding phase. Hence why I recommend repeating the PAM treatment every month for 3 or more months.
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