How to Treat Snake Mites
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- Jen shows you how to treat the dreaded snake mite! www.LLLReptile.com
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This worked for me, and I just want to thank you LLLReptile, because my snakes had it pretty bad. I followed EVERY step, and POOF the mites were instantly gone. I bought the two products you used, and I never have had mites again. All the other crap I bought in stores, were just that, CRAP. Thank you so much! One day I did research, and found this video, ordered it, and saved my snakes lives. Thank you again!
And I only had to do this treatment 1 time! :) ty
Thank you so much! I really appreciated this, especially the break down of "temperature for mites/snakes = you're probably doing it right." New snake owner here.
I just treated my rescue baby spinner ball exactly like she did THEY FELL RIGHT OFF!!!! now all I see is his owies from where he was bit. I will continue to treat if I see anymore so far I havnt seen ANY!!! I must have caught the early stages 👍🏽Thankyou LLL REPTILE I APPRECIATE U GUYS 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽☺️
Wow. I didn't realize how serious cleaning your hands before and after you handle your snake. Thx for this video, I will definitely be cleaning my hands 24/7!
Extremely informative video, Thanks!!
This was so helpful! Thank you
Do you have to use the pro vent a mite all over the cage outside as well or only on the inside?
So with prevent a mite after removing the snake and water bowl I can get rid of mites without having to take out the bedding or other products as long I follow the steps in the video?
thanks soo much for ur help. i cant really tell if my ball python has mites or not because what i see crawling on my ball is white and its the size of like a grain of sand and im just not sure if it mites or springtails there were about 4 or 5 crawling on him also i suspect that it might be spring tails is beacuse i have a log hiding place and a large piece of drift wood and cypress bedding and i spray down the take like 3 to 4 times a day to keep the humidity up.
If you notice a couple of black specks on your snake that aren't moving, is it still mites? They just stay in the same spot and everywhere I've read it says they are supposed to move.
So I got my first snake a month ago. When I first got him I didn't see any signs of blood mites, but he is a Cali king snake so most of him is black so it'd be hard spot them.Then today (a month later) when I went to clean out his water bowl there were probably twenty black little bugs floating in the water. I don't really know what else it could be but it's odd how I only notice now. I never saw him soaking or anything on him when I take him out to hold him. I got Bandit from snakes at sunset (there aren't any reptile places that sold king snakes by me) so maybe he had them from the beginning? Also it could only really be blood mites, right?
what if there on beardeddragons because my dragons have them i got rid of them but there in the tank again and my little beardie is always laying down but hes really bright and tame all the time so i dont know if its the mites.
Do you follow the one second per square inch of spray method as on the can ?
Should i feed my snake per its normal schedule when it is quarantine?
I decided to get a redtail boa last week and noticed a few days later she has mites :( i have had my boa in a "boaphile" enclosure with plastic hide and water bowl but i have gone to having no substrate now since i first noticed the mites. My normal substrate is going to be an astroturf/carpet like material. My question is do you recomend that i put the carpet back in the enclosure for this treatment ? Thanks. great channel btw !
Thanks I like what you said about, having mites actually means that enclosure conditions are what they should be. I bought a ball python from Petco, and the poor thing had mites, and I pulled a tick of of him. So he is on his way to being a happy and healthy guy.
Are these stuff safe to use on a baby corn snake? In smaller quantities obiously, but is it safe? I bought these from you at your website to have just in case for my normal corn snake, but there is this little albino corn snake in a pet store that i want but i saw mites on it. It is a hatchling and i would like to buy it and treat it's mites. So i need to know if it is safe for a hatchling. Thank you.
also my python is not soaking so one more thing that make me suspect that it might not be mites. but i just want to be safe than srry. so like you said i should keep it pretty dry untill the problem is gone but how do i know if the mite is gone i search but i cant seem to spot any out in the enclosure so should i rinse out all of the vines and log and change the bedding before i start misting it again? or do i just mist the cage and it would be ok even with the pam inthere as long as its dried?
Before getting a new snake, I always put the tub in the freezer for a day or two (I use a rack system), then soak the tub and its hide it hot hot water and spray provent-a-mite once a day until my snake gets to me. After I receive the snake, i check it for mites and whether I can see the mites or not, I treat the snake and keep them away from all my other reptiles for at least a month. It's worked perfectly for years
just today after we put him in the clean tank we noticed he had SNAKE MITES... at one time on his body i counted 5 different mites... is that sighn of a bad infection? do u think its safe to treat him for mites w/ somthing like prevent a mite? or should i wait tell he recovers a lil frm his infection?? hes beng forced fed once a day, and geting a antibiotic injection once a day...
Just got a rescue covered in mites and those little whirte spidery lookn things (wjat are those btw?). I use olive or mneral oil to treat snakes but sounds like PAM is also in order. Thanx. Also plz tell.me.what thw white bugs are. They're almost like down from pillows but MUCH MUCH SMALLER.
I have a little problem look i think i have mights but i have plastic cave hides and a few plants cant i just rinse the hides and the plastic plants and i throw away the bedding and i use reptile relief for the snake do i still use provent a mite too for the cage cant i just rinse my cage in my tub and fill it with water so they can drown ??? please reply ASAP
I just want to say, my ball had mites when I first got her from the breeder (I let the breeder know...)
I used the stuff in the tan spray bottle that she has displayed. I sprayed it in the 4 corners of the aquarium and along the edges and under the water bowl (just pretty much anywhere my snake doesn't go directly) and the stuff worked like a charm! After about 2 weeks of spraying I never saw another mite again.
i have a ball python and it has a mite in one of its heat pits, how do i get it out once its dead? will it fall off?
After using it can i still handle the snakes?
Is this still the best way to do it
Could the reptile spray cause eye injury?
dose the spray work for tarantula cages?
I found out the hard way that if you use wood products for bedding, treat the stuff before you put it in the enclosures. I opened a new bag of Reptibark when redoing my boa's tank and noticed it was wetter than normal. Few days later, I noticed she is soaking in her pond a little too often. I found 6 tiny dead mites at the bottom and 1 live one on her head. I freak out but this video calmed me down. Guess this is more common than I thought.
Same here, thanks for the tip. Both bags of Reptibark I've bought were wetter than normal.
when is the next time i can mist the cage after using provent a mite, like a day after, or never again? I misted (spray water bottle) it just 2 days after the use of provent a mite and want to make sure my guy is safe. thnx for ur response in advance :)
very helpful... thanks
Is there any danger of the snake getting sick from licking the stuff you put on them or drinking the water when you're pouring it on with the mite stuff mixing with it?
Good Video.
Do I keep her in the cage with the spray with the cage
is it harmful for me to mist my ball python's enclosure after the prevent a mite is all dried and aired out? im scared too because its said not to put the reptile back into the enclose untill it is all dried out so im scared that misting the cage is contradicting everything and will hurt or kill my snake??
Can this apply to lizards also?
thanks for helping!!!!!!
Thank you, I just didn't want him to get dried out but in the long run there wont be any mites, thnx again :)
I saw one red mite crawling on my snake, and haven't found any others. Should I still be concerned...
when could i put the water bowl back in the cage? after it is safe to put snake back in? I watched the vid like three times, if u mentioned it in the vid i just cant find it :( everything else was very informative tho :)
I would recommend scrubbing out the water bowl too, as there can be mites on it, esp as the snakes with mites often soak in the bowls (obviously don't put pesticide on the water bowl.)
kittysparkleeyes They work. You have to keep this up for about 3 weeks though, as yes, eggs hatch again, and if you don't keep up constantly, they will breed more.
whats in the spry?
how do they get mites
I got a 9 foot boaijust bought,it has THOUSANDS of mites and don't think the cricket keeper will work lol I need help on this ! Please
what would i do with my full adult carpet pythons cage that is in a huge exoterra
I just ordered both these products because I just recently brought home a rescue ball python who I was unware had mites and though it was in isolation I found a mite on my other ball python so I'm not a very happy camper right now. This just goes to show how bad it could be to have a snake with mites :(
can repti work on lizards
I'm in the UK and I can't find Provent-a-Mite anywhere.. What is the UK version or a similar product which works in the same way as Provent-a-Mite? Please reply as soon as if you have an answer
Connor Bush don’t get that product!!! Get frontline spray!!! It’s the best!!!!!!!
Hello - thanks for this video. There are many stories of reptiles being harmed by mite treatments. I am one of those stories (and no it has nothing to do with any advice given in this video. All responsibility is mine).
Do you have any advice on treating snakes for permethrin poisoning? I understand that it is serious - my Liasis mackloti is under observation at the vet. I am just looking for any advantage that I can from people with extensive husbandry experience and who care for reptiles.
I doubt I am the only one who could benefit from this kind of advice.
thanks in advance
@darknesssnake300 i have never heard of that but prevent a mite is know to be toxic to hognose. i lost one from using prevent a mite on a neighboring tank. check some forums and u can find quite a few losses of them from it
Is it not ok to dump the bedding, bag it up, and get it out of the house? I'd prefer moving mine to paper towels until I'm sure things are cleared up, and then I was gonna switch from cypress over to aspen anyway, as it seems cleaner all around from the tubs in which I've already experimented with it.
+nickthestick26 What I do is this: remove the bedding, put in in a plastic bag, spray a quick shot of Prevent-a-Mite in there, close it up and throw it in a garbage can outside the house. Then I wash the snake gently in room-temp water to get rid of mites that are visibly on the snake.
While treating a snake cage, remove water bowl, bedding, hides. Spray the cage floor with just enough Prevent-a-Mite to fog up the cage just a bit, no more needed. Let it dry 100%, may take a few hours depending on ambient temps and humidity. When dry, I wipe the cage sides with a paper towel. Then I put in either newspaper or packing paper as bedding, then hides (wash the hides with soapy water 1st). Do not put back a water bowl for at least 24 hours.
Spraying a little Provent-a-Mite around the outside perimeter of the snake cages once a week for 3 weeks will take care of any mites that are outside the cage and try to come back in. A little goes a long way. Typically, doing the one treatment inside the cage plus the spraying around the cage perimeter a few times after is often enough. If you see mites again after 2-3 weeks, treat the cage again.
nice to know when i buy my snake thanks lllreptile :D.
i recsued a ball python that hadent had a heat lamp or anything just a towel in a 24" by 12" in tank since he was baby hes inbetween 6 months to a year, i took him to the vet they told me he had pnemonia, and a 50% chance of living, i went and bought him beding and a heat lamp and had him in it for a couple days and noticed it was making the tank really moist and i figured that wouldent be good for a respatory infection, so i took out all the beding and cleaned the tank out...
yea if you use it on the bedding and let it air dry like for most snakes the permethrin in the spray is still toxic to hognose. if you read the companies disclosure it says safe to use on boas, pythons, and most colubrids if used as directed. but if you email the company they say it should be safe but was never tested directly with hognose. and i have found dozens of cases that hognose were damaged or killed with permethrin sprays
I'm doing this. I already cleared everything out of his cage except for his hide, water dish and a paper towel. I have eco earth that I was gonna add once were mite free. Should I wait to add it or should I add it before I bomb the cage?
I'd wait until mite free before doing bedding
Great thanks alot.
Oh I know. So I ended up getting them, it sucks. They almost killed one of my pastel babies. Probably like 3 days after I typed that comment I noticed something in my pastel male's eye, after a closer, I noticed it was mites. Luckily, I started using more frequently the Prevent a mite, and I haven't seen them for about 3 weeks now. I think I got them from the pet store where I get my feeders.
I couldn't find this reptile spray, or maybe I just didn't look good enough, but I did find a blue bottle called (mite off) would that still work? Also this is a helpful video, but when you spray the snake with the reptile spray can I get on it's head or is that something I should get on? Because I'm seeing some mites around its head also?
luis aguilar It's in this section right below the wipe out. You can carefully spray a small amount on the snake's head, or just get some on a q-tip and gently wipe around the snake's head instead. www.lllreptile.com/catalog/165-reptile-medications-mite-sprays-and-cleaners
Is the reptile spray okay to use on baby/juvenile blue tongue skinks? My skink has mites and it’s only about 8-9 weeks old.
Yes. Just make sure to rinse it very well after 10 - 15 minutes with water so no reptile spray is left. Treat once a week for 3 weeks as eggs get buried and will continue to reproduce if only treated once.
LLLReptile and Supply Co, Inc. thank you!!
Hey I do have a question???? I have read online that you should clear out all of the bedding and everything single thing. But did I hear you say that the bedding doesn't need to be removed?
Provent a mite works best when it settles into the bedding, and it also treats all cage furniture. If you're not using provent a mite, then yes, you should remove everything in the cage and clean it thoroughly.
How would I be able to get prevent a mite? Nowhere locally sells them and you can't ship so how would I even get it in the first place?
? You can absolutely order it from us and have it shipped right to your door. You can find it here: www.lllreptile.com/catalog/165-reptile-medications-mite-sprays-and-cleaners
Can you use prevent a mite on croc skink? Would it harm live plants?
It won't harm plants, but you shouldn't need to use it for a croc skink. You never use provent a mite on the animal itself, you only use it for the cage.
What're both of the products called
Prevent a mite (for the tank)
Reptile relief (for the actual animal)
I just brought a baby bald python from petco yesterday and it was infested with mites. I took it back today so they could treat it. I was wondering do they bite on humans? Do they infest the home?
Shavonne Graves no
Shavonne Graves its ball python not bald python
Abinaya Fuun lol apparently he has one lmao
Abinaya Fuun lmaoooo
I handled my red tail in my bed for a couple days. Sometimes for hours. She just sleeps on me. Just found a mite today. Will the mites live on my bed and clotges? Also they were biting me. Do snake mites bite?
No, mites can't survive on human blood. I've never really heard of them biting people.
I used this method to treat my snakes about 2 weeks ago exactly, except I used paper towels instead of substrate. Between my room mate and I, we have about 17 snakes. The mites have been a nightmare, and my room mate has handled this issue with no urgency. Which totally sucks because out of 17 snakes, I only own 3 of them. I seriously and as immidiately as possible want these mites gone! 2 days later my juvenile milksnake started twitching and was not responding normally. I figured that because I used paper towels that I accidentally poisoned him. So I worked him back to health by removing him from the enclosure and giving him warm baths for the next few days. He survived but I knew I would have to treat all of the snakes again soon so this time I used substrate and followed all of the steps. Now my room mate's mexican king snake is showing similar signs. What am I doing wrong? And how can I get rid of these mites without killing my reptiles?
It sounds like you're not letting the cages air out enough before putting the snakes back in, or that you are using too much of the reptile relief when treating them. Smaller snakes are extremely sensitive to both types of mite treatment, and it's easy to overdo it with them. You could try letting the cages air out for a full hour or more with the provent a mite, and soak the smaller snakes first before treating them with reptile relief. A 15 minute soak in plain water, then dry them off, then only a squirt or two of the reptile relief to soak in for another 15 minutes, then a 30 minute soak in water again should keep you from seeing neurological issues with your animals again.
Are there any other mites besides snake mites? If so, how do you treat them?
Yes. Madagascar geckos commonly have little red mites that you can clean with a q tip and mite spray. Lizards can get mites as well (frilled dragons, beardeds, blue tongue skinks are all prone to it).
LLLReptile and Supply Co, Inc. Oh! Thanks!
I've heard that you can spot treat mites on a snake with olive oil to suffocate them and they drop off. Is this the case?
no
My first snake died from mites after they sucked all the blood out of him which prevented him from eating
and lined it w/ a towel and papper towels, and put the heat lamp on him at the highest point in his tank its 90 degrees, and ive ben giving him a bath 3xs a day...
Can I use boiling water to kill the mites in the terrarrium it's enviroment?
+Alexander Friday Eagle This is a good question, however I'm not sure it would kill the eggs, and you certainly wouldn't be able to put the snake in boiling water so once you put the snake back in you're back to square 1 from what I can tell.
Alexander Friday Eagle Yes, boiling the tank stuff is a non-toxic option. I'm not sure how you'd go about the snake, though.
can you do the same for your Blue tongue skink mine has mites but nothing im using is working
Yes, this can work for blue tongues too. Just be extra careful not to get the treatment in your skink's eyes.
will do thanks guys :)
To see it and how bad it is. I poster pictures
I don't have PAM I have some Wipe Out 1 for the cage, I soaked the cage and everything in water with little bit of bleach then I dry it and use wipe out. Would that work to kill the mites in the cage? And for my snake (I have a ball python) I soaked it in luke warm water and then sprayed it with reptile spray that you used in the video. How many times a week or month do I do this to the snake and the cage to ensure that all the mites are gone? Like you said it's poison and I don't want to over do it. Thank for your help I feel really bad that my snake has mites and I want to get rid of all of them asap :(
You'll want to get the PAM as soon as you can, it gets all the eggs and mites that hide in nooks and crannies. The bleach helps, but it won't quite get everything possible. Treat the enclosure and the snake once a week for 1 month, and that should prevent the mites from ever coming back.
Ok thank you very much! Where can I get PAM? Neither Petco or Petsmart have it
Dmitry Gradov We have it on our website! :)
lllreptile.com/store/catalog/reptile-supplies/vitamins-medicines-and-cage-cleaners/reptile-medications-mite-sprays-and-cleaners/-/provent-a-mite/
Thank you very much !
I tried to buy provent a mite and reptile relief on your site and it wont let me. I live in Toronto is that why? How can I get it
Alex Hanscomb We cannot ship aerosol cans internationally, so you would not be able to order provent a mite from us. Sorry! Not sure where you would be able to get it in Canada.
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How do you know when the mites are completely gone?
When you no longer see them
I have used Reptile Relief on four different occasions and I don't think it worked well. Maybe others have had other experiences. Frontline works like a charm but you have to be very careful with it.
rarrokla It works best if you soak the animal (ensures it's hydrated before spraying poison on it), then dry it off and spray the reptile relief. It will not make mites fall off, but it will kill them - you also need to apply it thoroughly and leave it sit for 15 minutes or so. It will not treat mites in the cage, which is why the provent a mite is suggested with it.
no one ever means to get them haha!!! i have a collection of almost 30 snakes and had an outbreak (im pretty sure they came with a bag of bedding i got at a reptile expo). It was probably the worst couple months of my life dealing with an outbreak with a collection that big. idk what you keep but that many snakes, on top of them being mostly large boas, is a literal nightmare. hope you never have to deal with them lol
My snake wont eat and I've seen mites on him. I've been so worried! I live in South Africa and might not be able to buy these products but I am planning to speak to my local snake expert and treat my snake. Any further advice? I am new to snakes so any advice will be welcomed. Thanks :)
Yea my store sold me a snake with over 60 mites on it
Why tf you count them??
At the end it was like 100
Does it matter if it gets in the snakes eyes? Mites often hide there.
+xXViperKingXx Good point.
xXViperKingXx mites are in my snakes eyes hes ok
curious my snake has a few mites in her eye the spray will kill them and they fall out or did u remove them by hand?
SPACEDOUT carefully with a toothpick
The snake has a clear scale over the eye (you see it when it sheds), so it helps protect the eyes.
Love the beasty boys in the background at 7:17 and on!
cant that stuff blind the snake
I have tarantulas. Should I have any concerns with their health now??? Just found out my Burmese and my balls just got mites.
my snakes got mites then i got rid of them.then they got them again. and again and again.. never ending battle for over a decade...
milldabeast519 help my snake got mites inside its snakes
Scales
milldabeast519 check out Frontline. one time use product. It's magic.
SBK Reptiles yes I love this guy he saved my snake FRONTLINE IS the KILLER of MITES. Check out his channel.
I saw a mite
Good video I really appreciate you uploading it and cute girl btw :)
Will the mites attach themselves to dogs
Dragon Slayer I know I’m late, but no. They also won’t attach to you
i sprayed this on my snake bites and it burned.
other snakes, bedding, wood in the cage, feeders, yourself, etc. it happens. just like a dog gets fleas a snake can get mites.
Can anyone confirmed this worked?
It does for me
Ended up doing this and it works!
my dream is to work at lllreptile when i move to cali ._.
nothing to panic about? iam panicking right now... my snakes have mites and I read they can transmit IBD... 3 more daya till the mite product gets here... ant advice?
+Samuel Sucre Mites are not going to transmit IBD. Really, really, really unlikely to happen. Soak the animal, and hand clean it as best you can. The most important part is keeping up on the treatment once you start, as the eggs will be buried and keep hatching.
+LLLReptile and Supply Co, Inc.
ok ive been doing that. i Live in the rep. of panama... so medicines for my herps take some time to reach me. I just ordered your $25 combo online as it appears to have better reviews than the one I orderes before. how likely are mites to transmit ibd?
+Samuel Sucre Really, really unlikely.
Samuel Sucre just get your items, fill your bathtub with water, then throw your items in.
Best just to throw all the bedding out and replace it with new stuff and treat that bedding as well as doing the reptile spray. In addition to removing mites you see on the animal. I had a minor case a few years back. Kinda funny though, I removed one from around the eye and ever since that snake won't let me put him down now when I handle him, he must be super grateful I did that.
I'm 13 and I want to work at LLLREPTILE I love reptiles I have a female ball python
Can u see mites
Yes, they look like little moving black poppy seeds.
***** ok then my snakes dont have them
Will these mites get on us humans and bite us
Brenden Sullivan No.
+SAVAGE308SNIPER lmfaoooo
Tia Slays lol. I forgot I wrote that.
SAVAGE308SNIPER I just reread that and thought it was so funny ahaha. Good times. I actually now have a snake with mites so I revisited this video.
Can humans gey mites from there snake?!
I mean you wanna kill those bastards because they reproduce like rabbits but everyone has their own mites. Dogs have their own mites so those are reptile mites.
It relates because he is making it seem that if the mites his snake has doesn't go for him he will not care much to try and eliminate them. Afterwards I tell him that no they do not go on him because every group species has their own kind of mites. You just need to think to see the relationship.
I thought this product kills eggs as well????
Not as well as it kills live mites. Sometimes the eggs are wedged into places, maybe there's eggs under other eggs that don't get hit by the spray - it's always better to be safe than sorry.
Why not just trash the bedding and treat the decor then freeze
How many people here can actually recommend this? I've had snake mites for over a damn year and I'm sick of it. Will this work?