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Provent -a- Mite question

Diego Jun 22, 2004 01:59 PM

Pro-products has free shippin on this product right now, for those of you that are in need or just care to have some on hand.

Im wondering for those of you that have used this product.. if you spray this directly onto your animal?? I mean i know how to use it per the instructions and I have never sprayed this directly onto the snake itself.. but i could have sworn some people have done this?? Or was that black knight??

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Biophiliacs Jun 22, 2004 03:38 PM

I have used this product, very happy with its residual effect within an enclosure. But I do use diluted(1:1000) ivermec spray for a topical. Even a short soak and paper towel can get several mites off the body. It does say you can spray it on tortoises, however, the product contains pyrithins.. so reptiles with thinner skin membranes are probably not the best candidates for direct contact. Watch the vent and the eye sockets carefully.. mites can bury themselves deeply and these areas are hard to treat.
Good Luck-
Matt Schubarth
Pet Nebula
2100 Stephens #116
Missoula, Montana 59801
406 541 9929

reptileguy0407 Jun 22, 2004 04:32 PM

I have had good luck with reptile relief, which an be applied directly to the animal.

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