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Old 05-18-13, 08:00 PM   #1
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You treated with bleach? I wouldn't use it at all now. You don't want bleach on your snake.
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Old 05-18-13, 08:31 PM   #2
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You treated with bleach? I wouldn't use it at all now. You don't want bleach on your snake.
I thought many people treated reptile bedding that way. 1:30 water to bleach solution and then when it's done being cured you soak it in hot water and rinse the bleach off.
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I thought many people treated reptile bedding that way. 1:30 water to bleach solution and then when it's done being cured you soak it in hot water and rinse the bleach off.
Once a bad idea goes "viral" too many people blindly follow.

I never boil or bake or bleach logs or rocks from outside either.

Think about it, Snakes and lizards eat some of the nastiest things on earth, including rancid carrion, Boas and Pythons frequent caves that have six feet deep guano (bat poop) all over the floor.

People who do a sloppy job on their husbandry tend to blame it on anything they can but themselves.

I have one cage set up here that has dirt from outside in it, I never clean it either. The cage is fully bio active, complete with all the bugs and germs, and those two animals are the most vibrant reptiles I have.

I also keep my gecko on lawn sod, and he is doing awesome.
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I never boil or bake or bleach logs or rocks from outside either.
You don't worry about ticks?
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Once a bad idea goes "viral" too many people blindly follow.

I never boil or bake or bleach logs or rocks from outside either.

Think about it, Snakes and lizards eat some of the nastiest things on earth, including rancid carrion, Boas and Pythons frequent caves that have six feet deep guano (bat poop) all over the floor.

People who do a sloppy job on their husbandry tend to blame it on anything they can but themselves.

I have one cage set up here that has dirt from outside in it, I never clean it either. The cage is fully bio active, complete with all the bugs and germs, and those two animals are the most vibrant reptiles I have.

I also keep my gecko on lawn sod, and he is doing awesome.
So what other way than keeping a "dirty" cage would cause a mites infestation? In other words, what other "sloppy jobs on husbandry" would bring in/harbor mites?
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So what other way than keeping a "dirty" cage would cause a mites infestation? In other words, what other "sloppy jobs on husbandry" would bring in/harbor mites?
Mites feed on blood, not soil. Soil is nothing to be afraid of.

Sloppy husbandry would entail lack of YOUR hygiene.

First of all, I don't handle other peoples reptiles, I keep my hands off mine unless I'm taking care of them.

Wash your hands if you simply must handle someone else's reptiles.

Mikoh4792, you don't know me yet, but I have photo galleries dating back years from me getting up close and personal with hundreds of snakes in the wild, I crawl around on the ground shoving my camera right up on them, 4000 pixels wide HD, and in all of those animals, not one displayed mites.

Reptiles have a natural defense against mites, they will shed the skin off, and leave the mites behind with the shed.

However, in captivity, we keep the snake locked in a cage WITH the shed, so the mites just go back home on the snake.

Mite infestations usually originate in hoarders and sloppy breeders collections, and then spread from there.

#1. rule, inspect any new animals very closely before bringing them home, quarantine new purchases before placing them in the same room.

I was not trying to sell anyone on the bio active cages, although you would do yourself a favor looking into it.
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Mites feed on blood, not soil. Soil is nothing to be afraid of.

Sloppy husbandry would entail lack of YOUR hygiene.

First of all, I don't handle other peoples reptiles, I keep my hands off mine unless I'm taking care of them.

Wash your hands if you simply must handle someone else's reptiles.

Mikoh4792, you don't know me yet, but I have photo galleries dating back years from me getting up close and personal with hundreds of snakes in the wild, I crawl around on the ground shoving my camera right up on them, 4000 pixels wide HD, and in all of those animals, not one displayed mites.

Reptiles have a natural defense against mites, they will shed the skin off, and leave the mites behind with the shed.

However, in captivity, we keep the snake locked in a cage WITH the shed, so the mites just go back home on the snake.

Mite infestations usually originate in hoarders and sloppy breeders collections, and then spread from there.

#1. rule, inspect any new animals very closely before bringing them home, quarantine new purchases before placing them in the same room.

I was not trying to sell anyone on the bio active cages, although you would do yourself a favor looking into it.
Very informative. I never thought about that(snakes having a natural defense against mites/parasites). Wish snake mites would just go extinct. They really are a nuisance.
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