More about mites.

[bigj2484]

going bck to the frontline post i have never heard of using frontline for cats and dogs for snake mites, is this the same kind of frontline or something different? If so has anyone used it with success and how do you apply the product i currently am dealing with mites i have done one treatment with reptile relief de flea and it seemed to kill the mites on the snake but not so much on the enclosure. any any info is appreciated

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

going bck to the frontline post i have never heard of using frontline for cats and dogs for snake mites, is this the same kind of frontline or something different? If so has anyone used it with success and how do you apply the product i currently am dealing with mites i have done one treatment with reptile relief de flea and it seemed to kill the mites on the snake but not so much on the enclosure. any any info is appreciated

In order to be successful with reptile relief, it really helps to know how it works. It needs to directly come into contact with a mite to kill it. That's because reptile relief is a natural remedy that chemically interacts with the exoskeleton of a mite and basically turns it soft and mushy, effectively causing the mite to die. It will take a mite that has come into contact with the stuff a while to die, but eventually it will. The biggest problem is the eggs that lay waiting in the cage. if you are using a substrate, not all of the eggs will be killed by it because they are buried, and so new mites will hatch and reinfest.

Treating with frontline plus is not something ever recommended to a beginner, because it would be extremely, extremely, incredibly easy to overdose your snake on the stuff and kill it. I myself won't even bring myself to every try it for that reason. Go online and order a can of provent-a-mite. That should very effectively rid your snake of his mites! You simply take the water bowl and snake out, treat the cage, wait for the mist to dry and replace the snake and water. For faster, better results, use newspaper as a substrate while treating, and change out and re-treat the new paper each day. Treat the snake itself first with an overnight soak in a container that 1) it can't get out of and 2) forces him to remain in the water but make it shallow enough so that he can easily rest with his head up. Then you can follow up that by using the reptile relief.