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What is a good medication? She looks thin too- im worried I had just purchased her too.

ive heard preventamite is good, in the meantime quarentine it
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jake barney

my addiction:
1.1 normal ball pythons
0.2.1 corns
1.0 albino cal king
0.0.1 wc garter

Like already stated....QUARANTINE it!!!!!! IMO all incoming animals should be quarantined.

To get rid of the little nasties, I use a two prong approach.

1) Reptile relief works great to kill on contact and is ok to spray directly on snake.

2) Provent-a-mite works great on the enclosure and bedding. Provides a kill zone the mites can't cross.

While treating and for at least a month after last seen mite, use only white paper towels for a substrate, much easier to maintain and duh, makes it easy to spot the blood fed mites.

Of course, READ and FOLLOW directions carefully!! Really not hard to erradicate from a small zone when you find them soon. What can be hard is if you let them gain a stronghold!!!!! Work fast!!!!!!
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Thanks,

Dave Colling

www.rainbows-r-us-reptiles.com

0.1 Wife (WC and still very fiesty)
0.2 kids (CBB, a big part of our selective breeding program)

LOL, to many snakes to list, last count:
24.36 BRB
19.19 BCI
And those are only the breeders

lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats

To add to what Dave said -

Before you treat the cage with Provent-a-Mite, Clean the cage thoroughly, preferably with a mild bleach solution. Same goes for all cage furniture. While cleaning the cage, you can soak the snake in warm water (about the same temp as the snake's cage). You can put a drop of dishwashing soap (the liquid kind) into the water to help break surface tension. Any mites currently on the snake will drown. If you do these things, use the reptile relief on the snake (I haven't ever used this, just Provent-a-Mite) and treat the cage with Provent-a-Mite, your mite problem should disappear quickly.

Now, if you have other snakes housed near this one, treat their cages the same way!!!! Mites travel! Just because you don't see them doesn't mean they're not there! And quarantine that corn! Get him to a separate room right away!

Steve

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