Nightmare Strikes Back Again

[stephanbakir]

Originally Posted by KORBIN5895

I would put the whole farm on this. ↓↓



I would also take it further and say I guarantee you didn't get them all. I go to my local pet store often and I just won't touch the snakes anymore. I have stopped getting random mite infestations. My kids do hold the rodents though.

This.... I've never gotten mites in my main collection and I REGULARLY receive import shipments that are loaded with mites... Learn to quarantine and treat them and you don't even need to worry about it...

[Mark Taylor]

One thing is for sure I don't ever want mites.

I get the whole thing about how they get mites but they didn't just appears on snakes that are not born with them.

Do they come from trees, plants, land, sea, river, lake the moon?

[KBHicks2012]

Mikey has been in a seperated room from the rest of my collection for quarantine reasons. I do not doubt that I missed one or eggs that hatched after, but I have now treated the enclosure with NIX and will most likely take a precautionary measure and treat my other enclosures just to safe. I do appreciate all the help and advice given today

[shaunyboy]

PROVENT A MITE.....

has always worked first time,everytime for me

it remains active for 30 days,so its good for preparing quarantine tanks for new arrivals

its easy to use...

put snakes and water bowls in a different room

take out and spray all tank contents

spray tank

leave for 2 hours to let the fumes dissapate

wash water bowls with hot soapy water

then return tank contents,water bowl and snake back into the tank

job done,mites dead

DO NOT SPRAY THE SNAKE OR WATER BOWLS

PUT SNAKE AND WATER BOWLS INTO A DIFFERENT ROOM,FROM THE ROOM YOU TREAT THE TANKS IN

cheers shaun

[Aaron_S]

Originally Posted by Mark Taylor

One thing is for sure I don't ever want mites.

I get the whole thing about how they get mites but they didn't just appears on snakes that are not born with them.

Do they come from trees, plants, land, sea, river, lake the moon?

It's literally a man made problem.

Sure mites can be in the wild but snakes can shed their skin and leave them behind whereas in an enclosed space they are stuck with them so it's compounded.

I highly doubt mites come in off all the rats/mice people are feeding live with. Unless they are rodent mites (they won't bother eating your snakes). The likelihood of snake mites traveling and then hopping on rodents (which are constantly being used and more brought in for feeders) and then bringing home probably talks more to having an issue at home that hasn't been properly taken care of.

To have consistent mites come in on feeder rodents then it would have to be quite the infestation upon the countertop, the boxes the rodents travel in or in the colony itself. Highly unlikely they are snake mites if it's the latter.