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Snakesitter
Rainbow Master
USA
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 Posted - 11/04/2011 : 17:02:19
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| Glad to hear it went well...if long! The muslin is an interesting idea. Just keep an eye on it over the first week to make sure mold does not grow there. |
Cliff Earle
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Edited by - Snakesitter on 11/04/2011 17:02:40 |
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sandi
Hatchling
United Kingdom
150 Posts |
Posted - 11/04/2011 : 20:59:49
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Not trying to be a wet blanket on this but, my local rep bloke (who i trust), said that callingtons only kills active mites but not the eggs, which can then hatch ages after spraying. He advised me to use frontline, it worked for me...well boris!
Hope you sort the little gits! |
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Snakesitter
Rainbow Master
USA
2718 Posts |
Posted - 11/04/2011 : 21:18:48
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| ^^ Highly useful info to know! Thank you ^^ |
Cliff Earle
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Welly
Hatchling
United Kingdom
164 Posts |
Posted - 16/05/2011 : 13:45:48
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I forgot to finish this off.
After a full deep clean, isolation and new substrate he went back into his viv and has been clear since. No more mites have been seen since.
Im happy with the results an no chemicals used.
I am about to help a friend out that has mites but thi time going to use hypo mites. I will let you know how that goes too |
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Snakesitter
Rainbow Master
USA
2718 Posts |
Posted - 16/05/2011 : 20:18:09
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| Woot glad to hear, Welly -- congrats! |
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sandi
Hatchling
United Kingdom
150 Posts |
Posted - 16/05/2011 : 20:46:06
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| Good news! hope it goes well with the hypos too. |
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Welly
Hatchling
United Kingdom
164 Posts |
Posted - 16/05/2011 : 22:00:57
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Originally posted by Snakesitter
Woot glad to hear, Welly -- congrats!
Ta, you'll like the new one im helping. Rare as hell over here. A rofous! |
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Snakesitter
Rainbow Master
USA
2718 Posts |
Posted - 16/05/2011 : 22:55:23
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| Not familiar, sorry? |
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Welly
Hatchling
United Kingdom
164 Posts |
Posted - 16/05/2011 : 23:11:49
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| Exactly, rare as rocking horses. Rofous beaked snake (Rhamphiophis oxyrhynchus) |
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Snakesitter
Rainbow Master
USA
2718 Posts |
Posted - 17/05/2011 : 00:03:28
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| Ohh, one of the beakeds? Very nice! |
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CDN_Blood
Rainbow oddball
Canada
489 Posts |
Posted - 17/05/2011 : 13:14:19
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On this side of the pond we use a Nix solution to take care of mites. Nix is a head lice solution, but if you take a bottle of it and mix it with 4 L of water, you've got a perfectly safe and effective solution which can be sprayed on both the animals and accessories.
If you opt for this, strip the enclosure, spray liberally ensuring you get all the cracks and crevices. Put the reptile in a separate tub without *anything* (no paper, no water, nothing) and give it a thorough spraying also. You can then add paper to the original tank and put the reptile back. DO NOT give it any water for 24 hours and DO NOT put anything back in the tank. All accessories which were in the tank should be thoroughly sprayed and left to sit for a minimum of 24 hours.
After 24 hours, you can reassemble the enclosure and reintroduce water.
Nix does kill eggs, but the hard part is that you're bound to have missed getting spray on a couple of mites, so you should *always* expect a second batch to pop-up in about a month or so. For every mite you do see, there are many that you don't see and you can take that to the bank.
If you've got mites in the house, they're almost bound to make it to other reptiles kept in close proximity to the infected animal, so I recommend spraying the Nix solution on the outside of the other tanks, on any stands tanks are on, walls they share, carpets/floors around infected tanks, etc.
NOTE: Most of the time branches can be salvaged if they've been given a couple of very thorough sprayings with the Nix solution, but substrate will never be safe to use again, so toss it on the garden or something. Don't try to salvage the substrate or you'll be in for a never-ending cycle of this.
I should mention this is also an economical solution. Nix is about $12 (CDN) and makes 4 L of help. Best of luck to anyone with this problem, I think we've all experienced it at one time or another. |
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Posted - 17/05/2011 : 18:29:17
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I bathed my boa in water and a bit of washing up liquid worked a treat.
I have also done this and it worked great. Have cleared one boa of mites and am now treating my new boas the same way as one has mites.
I bath them daily for a week- 10 days then leave then for a week and repeat if I see any mites and keep on like that until they have gone.
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Snakesitter
Rainbow Master
USA
2718 Posts |
Posted - 17/05/2011 : 18:42:28
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Just as an appendum to the excellent ideas above, it's a good idea to put your snake in clean/clear water for about ten minutes before subjecting him/her to any medicated spray or bathing solution. Rainbows *especially* like to drink, so the pre-bath encourages them to get their fill of fresh water and thereby reduces the risk of them ingesting the spray/solution. I have no idea if very diluted Nix or washing liquid would hurt a rainbow, just passing on a tip someone gave me after I did it the wrong way once....
Again, great ideas! |
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gluttony32
New Member
USA
73 Posts |
Posted - 27/05/2011 : 16:35:02
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| I just finished using a cycle of Hypo aspis miles, (defender mites) in the uk, here in the u.s I got them from evergreen growers.com. I have to say this is the best and easiest way of getting rid of mites and I wish I would have known about them 15 years ago. Within a week all the mites are gone and in a moist enviroment they will actively seek out and destroy and mites, their eggs and larvae or other bugs you might have. best 25 dollars i ever spent |
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Welly
Hatchling
United Kingdom
164 Posts |
Posted - 27/05/2011 : 22:38:07
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| Well, hypo mites didnt work in this case. Callingtons on order |
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Mites Diary
