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A Meruake feeding.

4 hours later and Fireside Reptiles is back to mite free! It was a freak accident that I got mites on one of my prize show snakes, and thankfully no one else is infected! Here’s the steps I take to rid my room of mites:

1) Remove snake and place them in a warm tub of water, enough for them to submerge themself, but not so much that they have to swim to stay afloat.
2) Remove all decor and the water bowl and wash thoroughly with dawn dish soap and rubbing alcohol. Rinse thoroughly and let air dry
3) Remove all dirt/ substrate and dispose of it outside, far from your collection (in a trash bin preferably)
4) Sanitize and scrub the inside and outside of the tank, and spray with snake safe, reptile approved mite spray and wipe clean.
5) Mist all of the decor with mite spray and let dry
6) Place new, clean substrate into the tank and mist liberally with mite spray.
7) Replace the (now cleaned, mite sprayed and dried) decor back into the tank.
8) Place the washed, sanitized (with dawn dish soap and rubbing alcohol only) and thoroughly rinsed (extremely important that it’s rinsed our well) water bowl in and fill with fresh water.
9) (Optional) Gently use a toothpick and rub mites out from under your snakes scales. (This is an extremely delicate process and I only recommend this if you have experience! If it seems to scary to do, just don’t do it. It won’t change the outcome much!)
10) Give your snake a quick dawn dish soap bath if you’d like and make sure they’re rinsed extremely well! (Absolutely NO soap should be left on them whatsoever!)
11) Dry your snake and mist them with your mite spray. Enough to where you cover every inch of your snake from the neck down. (AVOID THEIR HEADS! Their faces are extremely sensitive and mite spray should not be directly applied to their face, unless sprayed into a paper towel and wiped gently over the top of their head, avoiding eyes, heat pits and nostrils entirely.)
Massage the mite spray into their body and make sure it gets underneath their scales!
12) Allow them to dry and place them back in their clean tank to relax for a couple of days before checking on them again. This can be a bit of a stressful process for them, and they don’t feel good to begin with! Be gentle with them.
If the mites are still there in a couple days, pull the water bowl out, (rinse it well and replace water) and respray the entirety of the tank, dirt, decor and all while the snake is soaking in warm water.
If it STILL continues, move your snake to a plastic tub, heat pad underneath for warmth, paper towels as substrate and a smaller, heavy water-bowl (ceramic). Spray tank... again...
Then, spray your tank every 3 days or recommended by the brand of mite spray. (Usually they have instructions on the back)
If you notice odd behavior, spots near the eyes that look unusual, lethargy, deflation or swelling anywhere on your snake, immediately rush them to a vet for proper care. Mites are a serious issue and if left untreated can be lethal.
Please take this seriously!!
Hope this helps, thank you for watching!!

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