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i have a small mite promblem from what i see. i sprayed provent a mite and 1 day later still see some live mites? is this normal for mites to still be alive the next day after spraying? i used it accordingly? any posts is appreciated.

I personally have never had a mite problem, but alot of people keep talking good about provent a mite. I would do a forum search and use your keyword as mite

damn i feel so stupid! i never even seen that search forum feature? thanks a lot!!

I had mites for a short while. I bought some equivalent Provent-a-mite from Walmart and also some mite treatment from Petco. I cleaned the cage like normal , then sprayed the provent a mite all over everyting in the cage except the water bowl. Then i sprayed the snake with the petco mite treatment as directed. After a week I couldn't find a mite as hard as I looked. I'm not that experienced, but adding a treatment that you can spray directly on the snake may get rid of the mites more rapidly.

PS. The chemicals in provent a mite and in the stuff I bought at Walmart are the same, but the Walmart spray only costs about 5 bucks. It's in the camping section.

Hope this helps.
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1.1 Normal Ball Pythons (Snakerton and Mathilda)
1.0 Het Albino Ball Python (Walter)
0.1 Albino Ball Python (Perrie)

Hm.. I used PAM for my mite problem, and have not seen any of the little boogers back yet (it's been about a month..) Is this a tank or a tub? Only thing I can think is, maybe one or two hitchhiked on the water bowl, or from being on the snake before treating; did you soak the snake while spraying the cage?
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1.3 normal BPs
1.0 Pastel BP (Graziani, from the Sutherlands)
1.0 Boa Constrictor Imperator
0.1 albino Cranwell's horned frog
1.1 breeding Clawed frogs
1.0 black cat
0.2 paint mares, 1.1 paint foals
Also have fancy goldfish, african cichlids, and rats.

its a rack system and i sprayed all the tubs and cleaned the water bowl of course. no i didnt soak them but they are always soaking themselves to drown the bastards. but i just spoke to provent a mite and they told me wait 36 - 48 hours i only waited less than 24 so i will see in a few days! thanks for your post.

NIX,used to treat head lice on children works good .Kills mites and eggs and can be sprayed on snakes.Mix one tablespoon to 16 ozs. of warm water,Terry