maybe mites? - Page 4

Freebody · 09-16-10, 11:44 PM

4 liters i mean :P

Lankyrob · 09-17-10, 01:10 AM

Keeping fingers crossed for you mate, let us know how it goes.

Freebody · 09-17-10, 01:42 AM

thx rob, I really hate the idea of using nix on them being so young and never using it before, the idea of poison on my babies kills me. im sure all will work out fine and turn into another chapter of herping but im worried about it. ill let yall know for sure.

marvelfreak · 09-17-10, 03:44 PM

My BRB got them from a rock in my back yard. I found it, rinsed it off, and put it in it cage 4 days later i see mites. So i checked all of my snake and my bredli had one. So i treated all of my snakes to be safe as their cages are stackable so they're one right above the other. The rock had a bunch of litte holes and it was the only thing new in it cage. So i threw it in a bucket of bleach water and let it sit over night. 20 or more were in the water the next day, so i pitched the rock. Leason learned the hard way even with rocks soak them to be safe. Also if you have or can get a steam cleaner with a hand tool use it on the cages. It will help kill any mites hideing in small crack. Have you figure out where they might have come from? The not knowing is always the most frustrating icon_frustrated.gif part. Hope all turns out well.

Freebody · 09-17-10, 04:09 PM

no i cant figure it out, i had the window open in my snake room LOL maybe thats it, i got it pretty early, i only have a few mites but where theirs mites their eggs theirs a big problem around the corner..... it dont makes sence how got them, maybe a trip to a pet store and got one on my cloths for the ride or somthing,or one of my dogs went out back and ran into the snake room with a hitchhiker or somthing... i dont know, maybe from now on ill have one of those wash tent like in a science lab that deals with hazerdous viruses LOL you know like the movie outbreak, lol wash off put a suit on tape the cuffs......LOL i got the mites real early i only found like 7 tops yeasterday, its the nix im most worried about in the treatment process,sounds stupid but i never used nix,so im checking my snakes all the time and thinking, Oh good the snakes are still alive..couple more days of this will be eventfull :P

marvelfreak · 09-17-10, 04:18 PM

It could have easily been a hitchiker.

gonesnakee · 09-17-10, 04:26 PM

Always remember for every one you see theres likely 100 you don't.
If they are not adults they are pretty hard to pick out afterall, Mark

Freebody · 09-17-10, 05:50 PM

i have my snakes in rubbermaid plastic containers for my babies and the adults are in mallemine cages all corners are sealed with silicone, the floor is hardwood and all my tanks are stacked up, spotting the little mites when they are black is real easy but i have very few of them, its the tiny tiny lilttle clear ones that are so hard to see, i got Great eye site but its like looking at one of those magic eye things, im looking at the floor dont see anything then i see somthing move and i got to watch the erea for a while and then its like AH i though i seen somthing move, and its 1 clear bug the size of half a pin prick. i had mites like 10-12 years ago and i knew nothing about them the vet took me for a ride and gave the snake a shot and didnt tell me anything about how to reall treat them and the snakes almost died after months of this, i already posted the story but mites scare the crap out of me to say the least now.

Freebody · 09-18-10, 03:13 PM

ok so its been about 30 hours or so since i sprayed everything, should i take them out today and give each snake a bath to clean them off and whipe and rinse all the cages down today or wait until tomorow morning?

gonesnakee · 09-18-10, 03:29 PM

I would do so today & keep a close eye on everything & keep setups to a bare minimum with only papertowles or paper substrate etc.
If a single live mite is spotted repeat the treatment ASAP, Mark
P.S. be sure to have a really good look around their faces in the heatpit & nostril areas & edges of eyes

Freebody · 09-18-10, 06:34 PM

sounds good im going to go upstairs right now and clean them all and whipe everything down and check them all real good like you said. im going to spray the floor and a good perimiter again where i put the cleaned cages.