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I have a collection of eastern Indigos and was wondering what would be the best treatment of mites. I understand they can be sensitive to certin treatments. can anyone help?
thank you

I have found that a good soaking will kill many of the mites. Also a thorough cleaning of the cage, spray the cage with pest/ insect spray & leave overnight then clean again & re introduce the snakes.

Another method is to place a small piece of pest strip in a sealed perforated box & leave in the enclosure for a few days. The vapors from the pest strip kills mites. Just make sure the snakes cannot get to the piece of pest strip & remove the water dish while the pest strip is in the cage.

Repeat the process over the next few weeks or each time you see mites. LLL reptile sell a mite spray that you can wipe over the animal also.

Hope this helps,
Andy.

Until recently I was a huge fan of 1cc of Ivomectin in a gallon of water, shaken well and sprayed over the entire enclosure including the animals, kills mites and I've never had any ill effects to my animals. Recently I was told by other keepers that you can order paracitic mites online that will eat snake mites and die off once all snake mites are gone. I did the research and sure enough its true! And they have no I'll effect on reptiles, they only kill off snake mites and die. I guess folks that have used them swear by them. They are sold by garden supply companies online. Just Google parasitic mites .. only downfall is they are shipped live and require moderate temps for shipping.. Good luck! Jeff Kuhl. www. kuhlexotics.com

Cool, i have heard of those parasitic mites but never occured to me for use with reptiles, great idea.

Andy.