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Can anyone give me info to the results of reptile relief spray ?
I'm putting together a collection and with the new snakes I'm also recieving a bonus I'd rather not have..Mites, and with one animal in question the mites seem to be tolerant to the no-pest strips we purchased..So we soak and change containers regulary.
I have my step son asking a OSU where he's attending to become a vet but that'll take some time since school is not in full swing..Your help would sure make our animals more comfortable..
Thanks,
Tim..

Reptile Relief worked great for me as far as killing mites. Out of 40 snakes at the time (some didn't have them..just treated everyone to make sure) one of the had a seizure following treatment. Never felt quite right about that stuff after that..

I had a mite issue that I finally stopped dead. I’ll post the product I used after I look at it tonight. What I did was a big pain but it worked:

I treated the snake and put it in a clean container wile I washed the whole enclosure with a bleach solution. After it dried, I rinsed it with clean water and dried it as best I could. I then treated all corners and bottom of the enclosure with the mite stuff and waited for it to dry. I also sprayed all around the enclosure. I put in a terry cloth towel in the bottom and DID NOT put the water back in for two days. I found the snake would go I the water and rinse off the spray if I didn’t remove the water.

I did this one a week for three weeks and then one a month for two months. The towels were easy to change and wash (when my wife wasn’t home). I also put the water bowls and accessories threw the dishwasher and dried them in the oven.

Paranoid? Maybe….mites gone!

PS: You can bring home mites from a pet shop or a show. I don’t get food from any one that has reptiles with mites. They are F/T just in case.

Check this out!WOW!

http://www.rodentpro.com/qpage_articles_02.asp

Purchase NIX at walmart (for human lice) mix with 1 gallon of water. Soak the animal (s) in question for 5 minutes before hand (rather them drink water if they are thirsty). Remove the water bowl. Finally spray everything, the animal, the cage, I mean everything! Repeat untill the mites are gone(usually within 1 weeks time). I was told this secret by someone well respected in the hobby. Only had to use it once on a hell of an outbreak, very happy with the results!
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John Light
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I only use provent-a-mite. Check this forum for a long thread about mites and how we get rid of them. It is probably about 5 pages back.maybe 4 months ago?
Nick

I had about with mites brought in with a new snake a few months ago. I was ad ised to be "ruthless"

I used Provent a mite in conjunction with reptile relief.

I changed all the substrate and P.A.M.ed everything in site, including rugs, and around cages/rack.

I soaked the animals and treated with reptile relief.

Careful with the reptile relief that you don't spay it on too heavily. It shouldn't be dripping wet.I found it easier to saturate a paper towel and then wipe down the animal. Make sure the animal is dry before putting it back in it's enclosure as the fumes are pretty potent. I had one animal come down with a mild case of RI.

I'd treat everything regardless if you see mites or not. I made the mistake of not treating one distant cage...sure enough, the persistent little buggers showed up in the one cage I didn't treat.

Repeat the process in 10 days to catch any new mite hatchlings that avoided the treatment.
So far so good We've been mite free since the last treatment. (3 months)
Good luck!
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Thank's all, John I'll check out the ingredients in the nix
Thanks again,
Tim.

I run a reptile rescue, so I am NO stranger to mites. If I vary from my pattern of treatment, we have problems. Also I have noticed that larger pythons are far more suseptable to mite issues.

Assuming the snake is not a hatchling, this is my process. Upon intake, snake is placed in a Provent A Mite Treated bag and left there for a minimum of 48 hours. Once that passes, they are bathed, and wiped down with a WHITE paper cloth. I look for any mites. My treatment bags are white so I check in there as well. They are wiped down with a Reptile Relief treated papertowel. Once dried they are set up in a Provent A Mite treated cage. Once the PAM dries, it is safe to the animal. I make it a point to treat the room (carpeting, shelves where the cages are, rescue animal cages) on a monthly basis. Once the animal is released from the quarentine room it is safe to go in my provent a mite hyperbarric room. I have been doing this successfully for 3 years now. No mites live in that room.

I do see a lot of mites incoming. Oddly enough I have never seen them on a colubrid. As I stated before, they are really prevalent on larger bodied pythons, primarily burmese have a harder time getting rid of them.
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