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How Common Are Mite Infestations...?

Drdan

Drdan

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I'm interested in knowing how common mite infestations are in collections of just several snakes. I've never had problems with kingsnakes, but then again, I only had two at a time, and never handled other reptiles before handling the ones kept in my home...

Thanks!

Dan :)
 
I think the greatest risk is when you bring a new animal home, especially if it has come from a pet store or a show. That's why isolating new animals rooms away from the collection is so important. Mites spread like crazy. I've heard of people losing small snakes to a heavy mite infestation. I guess I would call mite infestations of a new animal not uncommon.
 
Thanks, Nancy; I kind of thought that contamination would be the biggest threat to an isolated and healthy group of animals. One of my friends used to request that I clean my hands with a disinfectant before entering his snake room even if I didn't handle reptiles prior to entering, and I was impressed with his strict protocol.

Dan
 
Nanci said:
I think the greatest risk is when you bring a new animal home, especially if it has come from a pet store or a show. That's why isolating new animals rooms away from the collection is so important. Mites spread like crazy. I've heard of people losing small snakes to a heavy mite infestation. I guess I would call mite infestations of a new animal not uncommon.
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Ours came from a new animal, and they do spread fast. We were doing pretty well and thought we had them beat with these instructions from LLL Reptile: http://lllreptile.com/info/library/care-and-husbandry-articles/-/dealing-with-snake-mites/

Then we noticed our ball python Seth, lying in his waterdish. We checked and he was covered again. We're going to hit all the snakes bedding with spray, and we de-mited Seth and will do so again in another week. Hopefully this time will really knock them out. One of the things I want to do is set up a quarantine area in a room without snakes (probably our bedroom)
 
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