maybe mites? - Page 3

Freebody · 09-16-10, 05:04 PM

ah *%&^ i knew it was mites i seen,but still never found anything after checking several time a day and each snake cage nothing until today. well i clean all my cages 2 time a week and spot clean when ever needed ,and today i finnaly found a victim, i found mites on one of my womas, not many but they are mites. i washed her off and got her in quarentined, i then pulled every snake out, washing my hands after handling each snake, and found 1 mite on 3 other snakes and noticed 1 on the wall of my adult jags cage, just a fresh hatchling, still clear and color and very small.... so the cages are all washed down spotless hides and bowls all cleaned , snakes that where found with a mite are out of the room didnt see any other mites on them just 1 each - the woma she had a few adult stuck under her scales,so now should i treat them all at this point they were not close to each other so im thinking if 3 snakes in diffenent spots of the room had a mite on them then its possible eggs have been layed outside the womas cage already. the woma had black adult mites like i found in the adult jags water that day all the other mites i found today. i dont get how i found adult mites in the water and found nothing on any snake and in any cage and now today doing another check while cleaning just to because im dumbfounded to what i seen the other day with nothing found after or up till today.....now i find like 6 on the little woma barried under a couple scales and only 1 or so on the other 3 .........im off to get treatment now.

gonesnakee · 09-16-10, 07:40 PM

Crappy well I can personally guarrantee that they did not come from me anyhow.
Nothing here has mites or has ever had mites & every single customer over the last decade I have ever had can confirm that as well.
Any idea on the source? Don't post it here of course but feel free to email me & if you need a good link for the NIX treatment I can direct you to the caresheet on the TARAS site, Mark

Freebody · 09-16-10, 08:04 PM

nono im know it wasnt you im not saying that im just sayingone deffinitly has it and the poor woma is it, the others dont seem to have might like they dont have them barried under their scales but my poor baby girl had them sucker her dry

sorry bro i didnt mean it came from you

Freebody · 09-16-10, 08:06 PM

my other woma is clear and my diamonds are also clear

my bad i read my post i typed rather fast and i could see how you could get that , once again im sorry mark i didnt mean that at all. honest

im very happy with buy the snakes off you they were deffinitly mite free and perfect health when i got them

Freebody · 09-16-10, 08:10 PM

you think i should spray all my snakes at this point tho? i just got home with the nix and read the into on this site how to do it but being how i seen other smaller mights outside of cage the snake thats most effected is and the other mites i found were on snakes not deirectly near hers im thinking i better spray all of them and the cages and then the 2 foot barrier around their cages in the room ? what do you think. once agian i feel bad i really didnt mean to point the finger at you, i was not my intention at all, i should have taken the extra time to read what i said and made sure to word it in a way that didnt seem to make that impression. I so happy with my snake i got from you and recomend you to anyone hope your not sore with me

gonesnakee · 09-16-10, 08:11 PM

No worries I did not take it that way, wanted to point out moreso to others in case they did as it is known that the Woma came from me, the mites though did not.
Make sure you kill them all quickly & effectively & may the force be with you, Mark

Freebody · 09-16-10, 08:14 PM

sweet sound good

as for treating the whole room what do you think?

gonesnakee · 09-16-10, 08:14 PM

I would treat all the snakes like they have them for sure yes as well as all their enclosures & the area/room the enclosures are in.
Make sure there are no Scorpions or Tarantulas or any other "bugs" in the area as NIX will kill them dead too.
Not around amphibians or any torts or turtles either, bad news for them. Mark

Freebody · 09-16-10, 08:16 PM

kk thx i took all my scorpions out of the room the seconds i noticed their were living mites. i can just remove my geckos from their and not treat them as they have no scales right?

gonesnakee · 09-16-10, 08:19 PM

Really check over anything removed very closely as you don't want any to be moved around with them & then moved back in later to reinfest.
Might not hurt to replace all the substrate in both of them (geckos & scorps) as well & give them a good clean just in case. Mark

Freebody · 09-16-10, 08:24 PM

sweet thx , im going to clean all scorpion and gecko substrate and keep them out of the room this month.

Freebody · 09-16-10, 08:27 PM

oh yeah the post i read here said make sure to spray their heads and then leave them with the nix on them for how many days?

gonesnakee · 09-16-10, 08:35 PM

A couple anyhow & be sure to remove the water dishes prior spraying of course & pretty much during the course of the treatment other than to offer them a drink.
Like just place the bowl in & "show" it to the snake by placing its head right to it.
If it is thirsty it will drink.
Don't want them soaking in it & then drinking it, plus it washes it off.
Basically gut the enclosures ditch all substrate & spray everything. Mark

Freebody · 09-16-10, 08:49 PM

sweet thank again, i just wanted to be sure. im going upstairs right now to kill all those bugs. i can believe after looking and looking i didnt see anything last week when i seen the few in the water bowl. i honestly keep my room spotless and i clean it all the time. i wonder how i got them so i can avoid what ever it was i did to get them. sorry again mark, its 100% not you i hope every one understands that. i do feel bad, being how i think so highly of your breeding.

Freebody · 09-16-10, 11:43 PM

ok well my snakes are all sprayed down head to tail , hides are all sprayed, water is taken out, the cage has been sprayed i put newspaper in and sprayed that, sprayed a 3 foot perimeter around al the cages, so now im waiting, im really scared my snakes might die on me

i took the 57 ml bottle and mixed it with 4 gallon of distilled water like im supposed to but im still worried. damn i hope this never happens again. 1 or 2 days should i leave them before cleaning all the Nix off of them and everything else? a few?i might not make it that long lol