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Originally Posted by boaterr
Oils and cream are silly because they will not kill all the mites, just the ones on the snake. Go to Wal-Mart and pick up Repel Permanone, it is the best mite killing stuff you can buy. I clean my all my snakes cages once a month with Repel Permanone and I have yet to see a single mite in any of my snakes enclosures.
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What's the active ingredient.. Permethrin? What else? Permethrin is a common insecticide considered low-residual and low-risk.
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That's good advice about using the right stuff and not putting goop all over a boa. The only thing I could add is that preventing mites is the way to go.. there shouldn't be a need to repeatedly treat for mites or kill mites.. if they keep coming back find out how they are getting in and eliminate that.
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Thanks.
