mites

kane · 01-10-08, 01:37 PM

hi can skink get mite? my baby fire skink has little black bugs on her.

gonesnakee · 01-10-08, 03:41 PM

Yes they can. There are snake mites that only go after snakes & reptile mites that choose any reptile as a host. Mark

Herpkid101x · 01-10-08, 06:57 PM

any animal can get mites and ticks and stuff

gonesnakee · 01-10-08, 07:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Herpkid101x

any animal can get mites and ticks and stuff

Yes but some mites are "host specific" meaning they only "feed" off of certain animals. A snake or reptile mite will not "feed" off of a mammal for example. There are also things such as wood mites that don't feed off of animals at all, Mark

kane · 01-10-08, 07:19 PM

would they make her stop eating?

gonesnakee · 01-10-08, 07:46 PM

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Originally Posted by kane

would they make her stop eating?

Being infested with bloodsucking parasites would have an affect on her appeitite yep. Mark

cedwards · 01-10-08, 09:39 PM

My best friend Reptile Relief

. I use it every time I get a new reptile in from any where.
Cheers
Chuck

gonesnakee · 01-10-08, 09:55 PM

I'm a NIX man myself. Available at any pharmacy, link is to NIX treatment for snake mites. Mark

http://www.albertareptilesociety.org/caresheets/nix.pdf

kane · 01-10-08, 11:40 PM

yea i use reptile relief plus.

kane · 01-11-08, 10:36 PM

i don't know what happen i just went to check on her and she was deid she was ok this morning and is only wiped the reptile relief on her one

DILIBOAZ · 01-16-08, 02:44 AM

I just used NIX.. I must say it is VERY effective. I got these damn mites from an expo (of course) and finally got rid of them. The scary thing is that there were ALOT more than I expected. I used a small bottle of it and diluted it to a gallon of water. I emptied the whole cage, sprayed down all the trees and hiding rock. I got a topper ware and made a small pool of the diluted NIX and put the snake in so that it would get them from the belly up. Sprayed down the cage and left it moist to kill the eggs I cant see around. Just put newspaper in the cage for acouple of days and noticed all the dead mites all over the place. Its a good way to see how bad the problem was. The whole crew is happy now. Make sure you don't touch your eyes or skin. The stuff is abit toxic to skin, burns abit. The snakes seem ok. Might not be the best suggestion to everyone but it works great for me.