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i found a small mite crawling on him, but didnt think much of it cause i could only find one.
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Thats the problem with mites, where there is one there are many more. These things are basically born pregnate and all it takes is one to start a colony of thousands!
Strip the cage down and wash it well. Put the snake in the tub and give it a good long soak to drown as many of them as you can. When you reassemble the tank use only the bare essentials. Paper substrate, hide, water bowl.
Get a good spray like Reptiel relif by Natural Chemistry. Its the safest most effective thing out there and follow the label instructions.
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Then i started noticing flies in his tank and could see two types of mites little white ones which i think are fruit fly mite and small black ones on the water dish.
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Fruit flies and mites are two completely different things. If your bugs are flying then they aren't mites.
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In the book i have it says to get a plastic container make holes in it and put a piece of fly paper in it, wait a couple of days, and repeat.
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This is a new one on me! What book is this? This is NOT going to work.
They used to suggest using No Pest Strips outside the cage to combat mites but they descovered the insecticide caused neurological damage, particularly with young snakes.
Unfortuanately with mites the pesticide route is the only way to get rid of them.
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Originally Posted by caudalis_sa
the only way snakes in your collection really get mites is from other snakes...
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Not true. Mites can come in by any number of ways, including on your clothing or supplies that you bought from a shop where they were at.
They are sneaky little beggers!
