I'm terrified to use Provent-a-Mite!

[Brandon28]

Anyone read the warnings on this stuff?! I don't wanna' spray this stuff in my cages! Everyone swears by P.A.M, but I can't bring myself to even try it. I've always used Reptile Relief because it's natural and carries absolutely no warnings with it, but I thought I'd try this to experience the difference for myself. I read the back of the can and don't know what to do. It says in BIG BOLD LETTERS not to use in cages without substrate, but what if you use newspaper? It also says not to treat heating devices or device-covers, but does that mean that I need to leave that section of my cage untreated or not to apply it directly to to the heated area, but it's OK to turn the heating device back on after it completely dries?

I'm not too keen on the idea of using a reptile product that carries a heavy risk of killing my reptile. I'll double-up on the weak stuff to insure the health of my pets.

Any words of wisdom for a newbie to this popular product?

[carpondro17]

I was scared to use it too but I took everything out of the cage and sprayed every side of the cage... Then I waited around 30 min and cleaned the cage and never seen mites again..
I put everything in hot water while I was waiting an it worked out.

	Mites Mites, close relatives of fleas and ticks

[Brandon28]

That seems pretty brave, according to the label. I'm not sure I can bring myself to do it.

[SteveJor]

Reptile Relief is garbage. Nothing more than orange smelling water that doesn't kill mites.

Take your snake out fo the cage, take out the water bowl, spray down the whole inside of the cage with PAM, wait about a half hour or until the fumes are gone and it doesn't look "wet" where you sprayed, place the snake back in, clean the water bowl, fill it, put it back in.

No more mites and no damage to your snake.

	Mites Mites, close relatives of fleas and ticks

[DannyBoy]

I have used Provent a mite on 3 occasions over about 3 years and never have had any resulting issues. I also use newspaper as my substrate for almost everything. I put fresh newspaper in, and followed the directions allowing an hour with the windows open to air everything out and experienced no adverse effects with my animals. Provent a Mite is the only remedy( and I have tried alot of different ideas and products) that really seems to work for me. Good luck. Hope this helps.

	Mites Mites, close relatives of fleas and ticks

[Ursa Minor]

We just got over a case of mites and used the Seven Dust 5% with great results. As far as the cage we use aquariums so we filled them to overflow with a bleach water solution then rinsed really well. Treated the aspen substrate we have with the Seven Dust, and haven't had a problem since.

	Mites Mites, close relatives of fleas and ticks

[Shadrach]

I use Repel Permanone and it works great!

[mpgt]

Originally Posted by Shadrach

I use Repel Permanone and it works great!

Same here!!