Hello,
I am posting for a friend and also for future reference.
A friend of mine as been battling with ticks.
He had bought a used cage and even with a good clean out, we can
only assume thats where the mites and ticks came from as everything
else has been sterile and mites and ticks were never a problem.
Tank (his 3ft redtail) had mites and ticks, the ticks were picked
off and the snake was treated with Reptile Relief, and the cage was
Provent-A-Mited. Along with all wood was baked at 250 degrees
SEVERAL times throughout a 2 week period. Its a wood cage but
corners were scraped out with a knife and throughally vaccumed.
No substrate was replaced, only paper towels, and now after a good
month or so of being clean.
TICKS are back, mites are not.
Maybe the Provent-A-Mite only takes care of mites? not ticks?
Does anyone have any input or suggestions on how to get rid of the
ticks and keep them away???
I've also heard of using a Pest Strip, can the snake be kept in the
cage with that???
PLEASE HELP
