hi there. i have 7 snakes. one is a small soloman boa. i would like to get a bigger boa. anyway i had a small mite problem on my jungle carpet python when i first got him.

what i did was tore apart his entire cage. i had reptile bark in there and also a piece of cork bark. all that got trashed. then sprayed his cage well with prevent o mite. let it air out really well. in the mean time i did soak my python with veggie oil and it worked very very well in killing the mites on the snake. the oil will get under the scales where the mites are. soaking in h2o will not drown them all. so i can tell you the oil did work for me. i soaked him in it the whole time i was cleaning his tank out. like 1/2 hour to hour. then rinsed him very well and saw the mites wash off him. i just put him in a glass tank (you could use what ever. just so he doesn't get away) with oil on bottom. as he moved around he got all the oil all over him.

now i use very basic newpaper for most if not all my 7 snakes. i read to many people getting mites from packaged substrates like that. plus newpaper is way cheaper. my smaller baby corns i just use paper towels. hope you get rid of those mites. if you have a big problem you will probably have to treat more then once. good luck.

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• Mites on my boa - Jamaal, Mon Jan 30 23:11:12 2006
• sounds good to me - NUCCIZ_BOAS, Mon Jan 30 23:46:49 2006
• RE: Mites on my boa---Use Repel Permanone - bsaffron, Tue Jan 31 02:21:54 2006
• RE: Mites on my boa - janome, Tue Jan 31 03:57:46 2006
• RE: Mites on my boa - bsaffron, Tue Jan 31 11:27:16 2006