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RE: Not all species are good with it

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Posted by: markg at Wed May 30 13:19:13 2012   [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by markg ]  
   

Some species are much more sensitive. Zonata can be ultra sensitive, as can rosyboas. Too much of the ingredient in a contained volume can kill a zonata or rosy. Getula and large snakes are not nearly as sensitive.

The trick with mites is to prevent them from spreading. They do not live that long, so if you stop them from spreading cage to cage, then they will die out. They tend to lay eggs outside of the cage many times, so kill them as they leave. That is where spraying POM around the outside of the cages does wonders - it kills any mites trying to spread to other cages, and it does not poison your animals. Do this and the mites will not spread.

For inside the cage, you really only need to treat once to kill any mites that may be there, or any eggs. Empty the cage, spray POM or place a pest strip in there for a few hours. Keep the snake in a temporary enclosure during all of this. Add fresh bedding once the POM is dry or after you remove the pest strip. Return snake and water bowl. That should do it. Safest way. No sense in exposing a snake to the fumes when it is the life cycle of the mite that you are trying to stop.

   

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