Nix pam or frontline

[SWDK]

Originally Posted by sattva

Hey Dave... That brings up a question from me if you don't mind... When you treat a snake with it do you leave it on and let it dry or do you rinse them off... I've been rinsing them off to be on the safe side but I wanted to know the proper procedure...

Definitely don't rinse it off. That defeats the whole purpose of actually treating the snake.

For the preventive applications, I put my snakes in a holding container and spray them liberally, let it sit while I clean the enclosure, spray down clean enclosure and put the snake back. I replace water bowls the following day.

For treatment of mites you'll want to spray the snake in the same way but also the enclosure, hides and paper towels every 3-4 days. I did this process for 3 months on 1 snake that got shipped in with mites and have been mite free since and not a single other snake on my collection got them as a result.