Nix pam or frontline

[sattva]

Originally Posted by SWDK

Nix without question. Used it with great success. I treat my snakes every time I clean the enclosures as a preventative measure. I go to reptile shows, pet shops and visit friends with reptiles so you never know when a more can be picked up.

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...

[Andy_G]

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...

You let it dry. Don't rinse anything off.

[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.

[jay's reptiles]

Originally Posted by SWDK

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.

So you don't rinse the nix off the snake.?

[Andy_G]

Originally Posted by jay's reptiles

So you don't rinse the nix off the snake.?

You don't rinse the nix off anything.

[jay's reptiles]

Originally Posted by Andy_G

You don't rinse the nix off anything.

thanks for letting me know.