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My 3.5 foot green albino burmese python has a big mite problem that i have been treating for about a week now, but to no avail, but last night, it started to clear up. I wiped her down in Reptile Relief, and cleaned her cage and bowl. I cleaned the cage with the Reptile Relief, like it said, then washed it down with cold water. I did the same thing with the water. I let them both dry, and put in new aspen bedding. She has been soaking in the water for about a day now, all of the mites on her neck down have died and washed off, but she still has mites under her bottom lip,and some that have gotten in her eye sockets, and she wont let me go near her head. I noticed the mites in her eyes the same day that I noticed them on her body, about a week ago. I was just wondering if you could give me suggestions on how to get them out of her eyes, but I was thinking of using a Q-tip and soaking it in the Reptile Relief, to get the mites on her bottom side of her lip. But how can I get the mites out of her eyes?? Thanks!

FreeMac01

I have same problem before,but after some research and testing. I found using "Hertz 2 in 1 Flea and Tick Dog Spray" work best for me. I remove their water bowl and I spray some on my snake and their cage. Not too much, just some tryin not to get into their mouth. Also i hang 2 peststrap stick in my snake room.

I don't really know if their any side effect or health risk, but i did this twice already and i have my snake for the 9 years. If you want to try it, it up to you. All i can say is it work best for me.

As for tick under the eyes. i spray some on it and wait 1-2 minute and use a toothpick to get under the lid combine with running water; just scape the dead away

i didnt get much success from repti-releif myself, they kept coming bback. provent-a-mite worked, i did use it mildly with repti-relif, i used the releif to spray my own hands and anypart of her she contacted before moving on, as well as to spray nearby cages that were not yet infected. use beauty q-tips to get off the stuck ones, they have a nice pointy tip. and i dont know how good of an idea this was, but it worked, i poked her head under the water for a minute or two if she didnt pull it under herself, to kill of the ones in her eyelids. once you get them all DEAD, the next shed will get the stuck corpses off.
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I"m not sure if a previous poster said they used no-pest strips or not but they are toxic to snakes and without good ventilation is is easy to have a lethal dose in the air. Avoid them.

I havn't used reptile relief, actually, I"ve never had a mite problem so much of what I say is here-say. I do know that there are only 1 or 2 products that actually are FDA approved to kill snake mites. I've had only good reviews of the products (prevent-o-mite was one I think).

If you are unable to solve this problem anecdotely (spelling?), then there is a veterinary treatment available which involves ivermectin injections and a spray plus cleaning of the environment. I've only given this to a few clients and they have all had success with this. Of course, see you herp vet if it comes to this.