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sandi
Hatchling
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 23/02/2011 : 09:00:50
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Boris, my new BCI has mites, poor wee man! I'm heartbroken as he also had been kept in poor conditions so generally not been a happy chap.
I've just spent a night reading everything i could find on the subject and decided to go down the biological warfare route. I have ordered hypoaspis mites to eat the snake mites. There is a lengthy and very informative post on this on the royal python forum which decided me.
I will also bath him today to try to drown a few! Only seen about 4 or 5 on the viv walls and squished them between my nails but he obviously has them on him as he is sat in his water again this morning.
I am also going to build his new, bigger viv now rather than wait, so he will have a clean house to live in when the mites have done their work.
Anybody used Hypoaspis mites before? How successful were they? any other tips? |
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Snakesitter
Rainbow Master
USA
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Posted - 23/02/2011 : 19:28:51
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I'm not used them, but am aware of them and have heard good things.
If you build the new viv, do it in a separate and isolated room of the home, and do not move him over until treatment is complete. Also, bleach-bomb any decor you move over, just be sure.
Good luck, mites are tough! |
Cliff Earle
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sandi
Hatchling
United Kingdom
150 Posts |
Posted - 23/02/2011 : 19:45:32
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| That was my plan, and just to be sure im gonna destroy all the contents of the viv he came in when the new viv is done. Typical cos i just bought him loads of new stuff!Grrrr! |
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Snakesitter
Rainbow Master
USA
2718 Posts |
Posted - 23/02/2011 : 20:18:26
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| Sorry to hear that. :-( I always keep a new snake in pretty basic/furniture light housing for the first few months, just to make sure nothing is wrong. Good luck! |
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sandi
Hatchling
United Kingdom
150 Posts |
Posted - 23/02/2011 : 21:34:21
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| I hadnt put new stuff in but it was in the same room and very close to the viv so dont feel like taking the risk. |
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Snakesitter
Rainbow Master
USA
2718 Posts |
Posted - 23/02/2011 : 23:25:41
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| Depends what the "new stuff" is. But if decor, you could treat with bleach followed by hypoaspis. |
Cliff Earle
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New Boa with mites
