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internal mites??!?!?!?!

Leisson

Leisson

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ok my friend got a few snakes a while back now... they had mites to start with... so we nix'd them out the yin yang mites where gone! then like 3 weeks of being clean they came back again mroe mites... so we nix'd again they where totally clean, time goes onand bam again more mites... can mites infest a snake internally and how do you cure that? please help i dont want to see my friends snakes die.... i've never seen mites come back like this even after nix treatments and keeping their tanks clean as a whistle and so where they... HELP! PLEASE i'm stuck and not sure how to fix this for my friend... and i havent heard or seen of anything like this befor... the only thing i can think of is they are internal...
 
I don't believe mites are ever internal. It comes down to not completely eradicating the tiny microscopic eggs that mites lay in every little nook and cranny of a tank. Try buying some Provent a Mite if you can get it where you live.

Mites can come back like your friend is experiencing simply because they were not eradicated completely in the first place or the method used didn't work all of the way on the eggs.
 
Also, mites and their eggs can live in a carpet or a blanket or drape curtains on a window....so you really need to do a lot of cleaning when dealing with mites.
 
thats the thing though i'm the one who came and nix'd and picked off all the mites i did the baths and nix'ing tanks are spotless i gave him 6 of my extra tanks... to use untill the issue is gone, they are on papper towel thats getting changed daily... tanks are getting bleached so they are clean clean, and i even tooth brushed nix'd them cause they had the mites that bad
 
The only way to eradicate them completely is to break the life cycle. Nix will work but a product with a bit more residual effect like Proventamite used correctly is more effective. If you want to stick with Nix, treat them every two weeks for two months regardless of whether you are seeing mites and you should be fine. Or, pony up for a can of proventamite and treat them twice.
 
not sure where i can get this near me... i havent heard of preventamite befor called a few places near me and they havent even heard of it either :(
 
well i'm in Alberta Canada a few hours away from Calgary even called a few places up in Calg. and no one has heard of it :(
 
I know that there is a place in Ontario that carries it last time i was in there. Reptilia in Toronto. So it is available in Canada
 
hm.. i'll just have to keep looking or talk to people i know and see if they can find it where they are and ship it to me...
 
I think three weeks is roughly the lifecycle of mites. So if you kill all of them and they reappear three weeks later, that means there are eggs somewhere that have somehow been left behind by the cleaning process.

A few ideas... As well as the snake and the inside of the tank & fittings, you need to clean the outside of tank and all the nooks and crannies of the lid, plus the stand, any equipment like feeding tongs, handling gloves etc. Make sure you throw away any cleaning cloths and don't re-use them. If there's carpeting or a rug nearby, I guess it's possible they may even be harboured there as well.

If you can't buy Proventamite from a shop near you, buy it online from the States.

I wish I could tell you how as you were so thorough, but from the three week gap it seems that the first lot of cleaning missed some eggs. I think the advice above to clean fortnightly for a couple of months, might be the way to break the cycle. Make sure you clean all of the snakes out at the same time, otherwise you're just chasing the mites from one tank to another.
 
Some things you can do that will/could help....Get the snake into a brand new rub or something similar....Put a film of Vaseline around the top inside and out. (mites cant get through it). That will isolate the snake from any invasions and stop any getting off the snake and hiding somewhere else.
Get the soft furnishings to another area and use a good insecticide on them....
And while your snake is in it's new home, get a insect block (The type that waste away giving off vapours, while killing insects in the house). Put that in the viv (after cleaning) and leave it for a month....
TBH ..... It's easier to get the latest cures from a vet....LOL
 
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