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PHFaust
at Sat May 9 21:39:54 2009 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by PHFaust ]
>>Freaking MITES!!! made it through last year with no problems. I just found them on my albinos and I'm going to war!!!! I been here before and know the routine. Anyone got any tips/tricks to share in dealing with the tiny scourge????
Oh how I love this. I get nailed once or twice a year.
My first step is to bag everyone in white bags that were treated with provent-a-mite (PAM). They remain IN THE BAGS for 24 hours, they are removed and inspected for mites. Then everyone is separated. Infected and uninfected. During this 24 hour period every cage is bleached, cleaned, taken to bare bones (water bowl and thats it) and treated twice with PAM. A separate room is set up with rubbermaids for infected. Rubbermaids are treated twice with PAM. Animals are set up in proper rooms. Infected animals are sprayed down completely with Reptile Relief daily for 7 days.
After 7 days everyone is rebagged in white bags that have been treated and the same process is repeated. During this time, non-infected snakes are treated with Reptile Relief mid week around day 3.
This has worked for every out break I have. I do quarentine, but no matter what, I always get an outbreak or two having the rescue animals. For some reason, pythons tend to get mites faster than any other species with Burmese showing the worst infestations. The joy is having albinos, because they give you a TON of advance warning.  Mites stand out there FAST before they have really spread.
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Cindy
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RE: Attack of the Mites!!!!!!! - PHFaust, Sat May 9 21:39:54 2009