Ok, question about mites, and some stuff...

[HognosedCornSnake]

i know how to check for them, and none of my snakes have them.

but i am possibly picking up 2 large female red tail boas as a rescue... they come with the cage, they are housed together, and are around 6 foot... handleable, but she just cant care for them properly... im guessing cause of the economy and crap...

any way. i wouldnt mind getting something to treat them for mites as a precaution, they will be on a 3 month qt, in the sunroom, away from the other snakes....

and as soon as i find a new exotics vet i will be taking them... but scenic hills dropped us after the dog sitch... so i have no snake vet...


anyway...
is there a good mite treatment i can get? soon as i call a couple vets around town im going to get them checked for parasites lol

thanks
-Sara

[FloridaHogs]

Sara, give them a nice mineral oil rub and use a Qtip around the eyes. That will smother any buggies on them. Now if you really see mites, give them a diluted listerine soak first. Repaet in two weeks. That is a good chemical (poison) free way to treat for mites that works. To clean the tank, vaccum it and dump all substrate. You can get a dog or cat flea collar, activate it, put it on a piece of foil in the cage, and then seal the cage off (minus the animals of course and all substrate). Leave it for at least three hours. After the three hours, unseal the tank and let it air out for several hours. Then you are good to go. Or you can just use provent a mite on the tank and the listerine / mineral oil for the animals themselves.

[HognosedCornSnake]

Thankss!
do you know where i can get provent a mite?

otherwise i'll go with your route till i find some... =D

[HognosedCornSnake]

Jenea, give me a call on my cell if you know where i can get the provent a mite, we are running to get some stuff before we get the snakes =D

thanks!

[Chandler Rep]

Get BKII from pro exotics, I treat everything except for hoggies that comes into my house no matter where it came from. It is pricey but so is all new bedding if you get mites ever, just follow the directions on thier site...

[HognosedCornSnake]

i'll check that out, thanks Jeff