strange biting

[5potted]

hey guys, im glad i listened to you's and put her in a separate container... just took her out and was giving her a close look over and i saw some little black spotted things crawling between her scales... does this sound like mites or???? how do i go about gettin rid of them...

[shaun1982]

If it is mites just try and use an available mite spray and see if that works. Don't forget to do the same for the enclosure and give it a good clean as well.

[5potted]

i could only find 2 on her so i just gave her a bath n cleaned out the enclosure and gave her a new water bowl... she loves her bath... her bath water came out clean and there was nothing on the paper towel i wiped her down with so that was good... gonna get some mite spray tomorrow to be on the safe side thou... as bad as it is to have a snake with mites im glad she had two as now i know what to look for when i check my snakes over as i'd never seen a mite before... always good to get something out of a not so good situation.

[beeman]

Dont be fooled by the thought of only finding 2 as if they were blackish
in color there is a very big chance that you will have a batch of eggs layed
and you will have to clean up a whole new batch very soon.
To break the cycle you will have to treat the snake and clean and treat
the tank over a period of 4 to poss 6 weeks.
Make sure you maintain a hygenic barrier between you snakes as you can transfer
mites from handling one snake and then the other and it also poss if the tanks are side by side
to get a transfer as well, they are prety mobile mongrel things