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by yoyoing on February 8, 2009
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I know this is a general topic but I have specific questions.
My history is only dealing with these once, in a single snake away from a collection. My brilliant teenager decided to babysit a boa constrictor for a friend. She brought it home late, so the next morning I discovered a mite infested animal in the house.
Considering interevention is this early for my collection, what is best, Provent-a-mite or No Pest Strips (using the Klingenberg method)?
If PAM is used, are there any considerations if newspaper and paper towels are used as the substrate? How far away will I need to put my roach colony and arachnids?
Thanks for any advice.
Jim
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by Rob_Carmichael on February 8, 2009
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I have always used PAM and like you, have been very lucky in not dealing with more than one or two infestations over the years. Assume you now have mites and every cage will need to be treated. With PAM, just follow their directions and you'll get them eradicated in no time. I would move your roach colony away from the treatment area. It happens to all of us so don't get too upset. The key is to act quickly. I also recommend not only treating the cages, but also treat around the perimeter of the cage, the bases of cages and even along the baseboards of the rooms that they are in.
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by Cro on February 8, 2009
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I will assume that PAM is Prevent A Mite, and not the dishwashing liquid detergent.
Go ahead and spend $24.00 a can for you PAM if you are wealthy, or go to the camping section at walmart and buy Repel Permanone Clothing & Gear Insect Repellent, which is found right next to the insect repellents, and costs 1/4 as much per can, and is exactly the same thing as PAM, in exactly the same concentration, made on exactly the same assembly line, etc.
Throw out all of the old substrates in your cages, clean the cages with 10 % clorox solution, and set the snakes back up on newspaper or paper towells. Spray some of the PAM or Repel on the inside bottom of the cage, turn the cage on its side to air out for a few minutes, put the news papers on top of that, and put the snakes back in.
Change the cages again in a week or 10 days, and treat again, as any residual mite eggs will have hatched by then, and you want to kill them off before they reach breeding age. Mite eggs are usually Not killed by the spray, they have to hatch out to be killed.
Keep checking the water bowls for black dots of drowned mites, and if you see any, then treat again.
Move the "bugs" to a different room, and cover any aquariums when using these products.
If a snake is heavily infested with mites, you can also spray a light misty spray directly on the snake, just be carefull doing that, and do not spray it so much that the snake gets wet from the spray.
Hope this helps.
Best Regards
John Z
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by jay72 on February 8, 2009
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Jim,
Make sure that before you put the snakes back in their treated cage that you cant smell any fumes.
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