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John Q
at Sun May 18 12:54:17 2003 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by John Q ]
I've just been through mite hell and it started very similar to your experience. I inspected the ball, no mites, let it slide through my hands several times, no mites on my hands. Then a week later they showed up. I cleaned them up once and thought I had it taken care of and then they showed up again. Eggs!!! The medication, a mite killer for dogs and cats,worked great at killing mites but did nothing to their eggs.
Here's a few tips that helped:
Quarantine the snake and its cage. Once the cage, sterilite/rubbermaid box is clean, wipe vaseline around the top edge, vent holes, etc. This prevents them from crawling out and spreading.
Nix or the house brand of Nix works AWESOME and it does destroy the eggs. Make sure your snake is well hydrated because if they drink the water/nix that they are soaking in, it may kill them. I found that a mix of 2 ounces of nix to a quart of water sprayed in their housing with paper towels as the substrate worked fine. That was strong enough. I also sprayed the same strength mix onto a sponge and wiped down each snake as I returned it to its sterilite box.
Water bowls were left out for a day or two.
Good Luck
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RE: My 1st Ball Python - John Q, Sun May 18 12:54:17 2003