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i have several snakes and i recently got a suri from lll that had mites i didnt quarantine expecting more from lll my mistake i know so now my whole collection has mites it was bad but i got rid of them with provent a mite now im seeing signs of them coming back snakes soaking in water etc the first time i did the provent a mite i left the snakes out of the cages for a week just wanting to be safe im curious when a safe time to put them back in this time is i sprayed last night... also any other suggestions to help keep the mites away are greatly appreciated this is the suri shes a pretty girl i got a male to but he became very lethargic and sadly died thank you for any suggestions

lets try this

this shows her pinkish coloration

I had a mite problem, and for me using Provent-a-Mite on the cages in addition to using Reptile Relief on the snakes fixed my problem immediately. You can put the snakes back in the cage after the Provent-A-Mite dries completely. Reptile Relief safely kills the mites already on the snake, and keeps them from reintroducing it into their enclosure.
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0.1 Het Albino
1.0 DH-Sunglow
1.0 TH-Moonglow
0.1 Poss. Het Albino

A few years ago I went to a seminar given by Dave Barker of VPI. He told the the group that mites go through a nymph stage where they become air born. If I'm not mistaken incubation for mite eggs is 17 to 21 days. This means that to prevent another outbreak you need to use provent a mite on a continues basis.

Since then I have used provent a mite every three weeks. I have a pretty sizable collection, but I can honestly tell you that I have not had any sign of mites for at least five years.

Mites can also be an intermediate host for some nasty internal parasites. This means that mites have eggs of other parasites inside of them. They suck the blood of our snakes and inadvertanly deposite eggs of other types of parasites into our snakes blood stream. Hook worms and whip worms are two types of endoparasites that can be deposited into our snakes when they are bitten by mites. When there is an ecto(outer)parasite and endo (inner) parasite issue your snake will ussually become anemic. This can lead your snake to go into a weakened condition, which can allow for other problems to arrise.

Another change I have made in the last five years is to go to using newspaper as the substrate. I think this is lessoning the possibility of mites comming into my facility via other types of substrate such as pine shavings or other types of wood shaving products.

Good luck

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Brian Gundy

www.for-goodness-snakes.com

i also use reptile relief and provent a mite. I usually soak my snakes in a mild solution of reptile relief and water while their enclosures are being dried from the provent a mite. Havent had any mites for a few years now. Later.
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1.3 BCI
0.2 White Spot Geckos
0.0.1 Marbled Gecko
0.0.1 Flowerhorn
0.0.1 Green Terror

thanks igot reptile relief ive treated all the cages with provent a mite and sprayed all the kids down with reptile relief thanks alot guys for your input and help