Ball Python with perasite?

[davo]

There's lots of ways to treat mites, I haven't heard using headlice removal products though... guess it's possible though.

 

[ryanc2106]

frogot about this thread but the ball was treated with head lice remover and is looking good now, and no more mice from the lil pet shop over here damn people have mites and fleas, so thats how i think they got it.. anyways

thanks for everyones help!

 

[lovespunaround]

There's a product called Provent-a-mite which does the job extremely well. I had a recurring mite problem and tried various things, and PAM worked in one does. Plus, it's pretty safe when used exactly as directed:

Take out the snake and water bowl. (I put the water bowl in the dishwasher.)
Spray the cage surfaces and substrate until slightly damp, and let the cage air out until everything is dry. (I would completely remove particulate substrate and use newspaper.)
Put your snake back in the cage when it's dried out, and replace the water bowl.

Don't spray the snake, and don't spray the cage when the snake is in there. And it's probably a good idea to leave the snake's food items on a paper towel, lest they come into contact with the pesticide.

If you don't want to drop $25 on a can of Provent-a-mite, Wal-mart sells the exact same product in the exact same concentration (.50% permethrin), labeled as Equate brand bedding spray, for about $4.

 

[ryanc2106]

There's a product called Provent-a-mite which does the job extremely well. I had a recurring mite problem and tried various things, and PAM worked in one does. Plus, it's pretty safe when used exactly as directed:

Take out the snake and water bowl. (I put the water bowl in the dishwasher.)
Spray the cage surfaces and substrate until slightly damp, and let the cage air out until everything is dry. (I would completely remove particulate substrate and use newspaper.)
Put your snake back in the cage when it's dried out, and replace the water bowl.

Don't spray the snake, and don't spray the cage when the snake is in there. And it's probably a good idea to leave the snake's food items on a paper towel, lest they come into contact with the pesticide.

If you don't want to drop $25 on a can of Provent-a-mite, Wal-mart sells the exact same product in the exact same concentration (.50% permethrin), labeled as Equate brand bedding spray, for about $4.

thanks good to know ill tell him to pick that up this weekend.. t