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reptiledanny
Old Royal - I Post too much!
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 Posted - 20/12/2010 : 14:46:19
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right, just been into bows eclosure to clean out the water bowls, and found mites in bows rub. i have taken everything out her tank and shoved it in the bath with as hot water as i can get out the taps. as bullets rub is next to her, i have also done the same iwth all his stuff. i have checked bow over and she has a few mites, and i have also checked bullet over and he seems mite free but will still treat him. my local reptile shop will use the reptile mite stuff for free on them so will take them down tomorow if wheather improves. i am goin to check monty as his viv is under there rubs, but i think he is ok, but will still clean all his stuff and put him onto kitchen roll to keep him safe. is there anything else i need to do. i think it may have come from the substrate so from now on will be baking the stuff.
this is the last thing i need so close to christmas, but its good that i am doing new setups soon anyway so everyone would have got full cage clean out, its just for a different reason rite now.
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Posted - 20/12/2010 : 14:54:05
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Oh, that's horrible, so sorry to hear about that! Hope you get them zapped soon. Never had the things yet (touch wood - done my share of water bowl paranoia with every new arrival) so can't advise, although the olive oil treatment sounds good. But very sorry to hear.
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reptiledanny
Old Royal - I Post too much!
United Kingdom
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Posted - 20/12/2010 : 15:15:33
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dont think it came form bows breeder as i have had her 8 weeks and only just noticed them, although there have been a few tiny black dots last week tuesday, but when i inspected her there was nothing, so thought nothing of them, wish i had taken a mite precaution then, as nows its to late and i ahve them
thanks bats, and touch wood u dont get them, there awful things |
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Blackecho
Royal Python Admin
United Kingdom
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Posted - 20/12/2010 : 17:20:57
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| Give them a quick bath in some tepid water with a few drops of olive oil in, this should suffocate most of them. |
 
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reptiledanny
Old Royal - I Post too much!
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Posted - 20/12/2010 : 17:27:57
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does it have to be olive oil, as i already gace her a bath, but iwth veg oil, and it was slighlty more that a few drops  |
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Blackecho
Royal Python Admin
United Kingdom
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Posted - 20/12/2010 : 19:51:53
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| Nah, that should be fine. |
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reptiledanny
Old Royal - I Post too much!
United Kingdom
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Posted - 20/12/2010 : 20:09:00
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| anything else i can do apart from bathing every day, cleaning everything everyday?? i will take them all to pet shop tomorow as they will give them all a wipe with the special mite stuff so will see what they say tomorow. what can i wash all the stuff in. there was a drop of milton left in the pot, so shouved that in the bath with all the stuff today, but can i use bleach solution as i no longer have any milton, is the bleach solution 1/10 bleach water, or is it something else?? |
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GMac
Grumpy scots admin
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Posted - 20/12/2010 : 20:28:01
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| Danny, I used boiling water and fairy liquid to clean everything, seemed to do the trick. |
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reptiledanny
Old Royal - I Post too much!
United Kingdom
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Posted - 20/12/2010 : 20:29:59
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| right, i will do that again tomorow then |
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Posted - 20/12/2010 : 20:32:43
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| Yeah, when you think about it - soapy water used to be an old home remedy for greenfly - the soap acts in the same way as oil by gumming up the little blighters, as well as cleaning the snakes' equipment. |
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reptiledanny
Old Royal - I Post too much!
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Posted - 20/12/2010 : 20:35:27
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| didn't know that, see bats, u are usuful and should post things |
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Blackecho
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Posted - 20/12/2010 : 21:03:23
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| It will certainly kill the live beasties, not sure about the eggs though, can you put things in the oven? |
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reptiledanny
Old Royal - I Post too much!
United Kingdom
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Posted - 20/12/2010 : 21:28:20
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quote:
Originally posted by Blackecho
It will certainly kill the live beasties, not sure about the eggs though, can you put things in the oven?
yes i can put things in the oven like wood, but prob wont be able to put thinsg like my plants or tanks as they are plastic, but have already put some wood in the oven |
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GMac
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Posted - 20/12/2010 : 21:28:47
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quote:
Originally posted by Blackecho
It will certainly kill the live beasties, not sure about the eggs though, can you put things in the oven?
sorry Danny, done the above also when cleaned just forgot to mention |
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Royalbob
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 21/12/2010 : 00:55:46
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| Sorry to hear danny. never had em luckily. Can u keep them in rubs on kitchen towel until you have thoroughly disinfected their vivs? wishing em a speedy recovery. |
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reptiledanny
Old Royal - I Post too much!
United Kingdom
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Posted - 21/12/2010 : 11:45:22
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thanks bob, bow and bullet are in there rubs with kitchen towel, 2 hides and a water, looking very bare, but oh well, and monty is in his viv still but on kitchen towel and a water bowl and a hide. all are looking very sorry for themsleves lol
just hope they get gone soon, means i cannot setup new tanks until they have all gone |
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nok1888
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Posted - 21/12/2010 : 14:42:24
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0.1.0 Royal Normal - Orlina Bodhi Lobsang
1.0.0 Royal Normal - Sedrick Rinzen Sonam
2.0.0 Cats 18 y/o - Monty, kitten - Dodger
2.0.0 Border Collie's 7 y/o - Jinky, 2 y/o - Chance
0.0.5 Goldfish - Haggis, Pookie, Oddball, Spongebob and Slimey (kids eh lol)
Strange creature, unknown species, wife likes to call it "teenage daughter"
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reptiledanny
Old Royal - I Post too much!
United Kingdom
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Posted - 21/12/2010 : 14:46:20
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| zoo med aspen, i am ging to start baking my substrate from now on to be safe |
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nok1888
Yearling
United Kingdom
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Posted - 21/12/2010 : 15:51:40
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| Its aspen Im using I thought it was just orchid bark that could carry mites shows you what I know lol think I'll start baking it as well, Im sure I read B.E saying 160C for an hour |
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1.0.0 Royal Normal - Sedrick Rinzen Sonam
2.0.0 Cats 18 y/o - Monty, kitten - Dodger
2.0.0 Border Collie's 7 y/o - Jinky, 2 y/o - Chance
0.0.5 Goldfish - Haggis, Pookie, Oddball, Spongebob and Slimey (kids eh lol)
Strange creature, unknown species, wife likes to call it "teenage daughter"
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reptiledanny
Old Royal - I Post too much!
United Kingdom
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Posted - 21/12/2010 : 16:18:00
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im not def sure it was the aspen, as i use the same bag for all my snakes, and only bow got th mites, so it could have been had them from her breeder.
i took them all to my local rep shop today, and it was frontline they used on them, sparyed it on a towel and wiped them all down, taken all the water bowls out, they told me to give them all a bath tomorow to wipe off the remianing frontline that hasn't soaked in (does this happen) and then put water bowls back in |
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Posted - 21/12/2010 : 16:41:17
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Thanks for the kind words, Danny - could boiling water destroy the eggs? Or, at this time of year, a night or two out in sub-arctic temps...? See, the great freeze has its positive side. |
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help!!!! them stupid mites have arrived.
