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17-Mar-05, 06:52 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Oct-04 Location: Albury NSW | | |
when using T.O.D. do you leave your reptiles in the enclosure while spraying? I have a bottle here that was given to me but has no instructions. Can someone help me out who has used it before?
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17-Mar-05, 06:55 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Nov-04 Location: bow river Victoria | | | | RE: T.O.D. use
this has been done to death along with other subjects dude look for previous topic
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17-Mar-05, 07:02 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Sep-04 Location: The far and bewildered mountainside of the strange region of Carpathia Age/Gender: 34  | | | | RE: T.O.D. use
Yes Mr K you can leave the animal in the cage while you spray. Make sure you take the water bowl out though.
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17-Mar-05, 07:04 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Oct-04 Location: Albury NSW | | | | RE: T.O.D. use
Done to Death? I have seen it mentioned in reference to tick and mite removal but where are some directions for use? I can't seen to find any?
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17-Mar-05, 07:05 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Oct-04 Location: Albury NSW | | | | RE: T.O.D. use
Thanks serpent  You D Bezt  |
17-Mar-05, 07:15 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Jan-03 Location: Sydney Age/Gender: 56 | | | | RE: T.O.D. use
I guess this is as good a time as any to say : Use the search function (top of the screen), There are around 35 or so threads on the subject. Search can be a VERY useful function, and is quite often a good place to start before posting a question.
.... not criticising, Mr K! I'm sure there are a lot of comparative newbies who haven't discovered this useful tool! ;-)
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17-Mar-05, 07:28 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Oct-04 Location: Albury NSW | | | | RE: T.O.D. use
Sorry, I'm Just Plain old Lazy tonight. Its the beer!!!! he makes me not want to do anything properly  |
17-Mar-05, 08:10 PM
| | Subscriber | Join Date: Feb-03 Location: Gosford | | | | RE: T.O.D. use
MrK, yes you can leave the reptile in the cage while spraying. But as stated remove the water bowl till the TOD dissappears.
Spray in cage for 2 to 5 seconds depending on the cage size, then quickly shut the door. It should look like a fog in the cage for about 20 minutes. If it doesn't look foggy, spray a little more.
One tip though. Spray at night while the lights are out. Mites are nocturnal and will come out into the open while dark. This way you will get most of them the first spray. Dont forget to respray the cage every week for 3 weeks to get the hatching eggs.
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17-Mar-05, 08:49 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Oct-04 Location: Albury NSW | | | | RE: T.O.D. use
Thanks Bigguy, will do.
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22-Mar-05, 09:35 AM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Jun-04 Location: Melbourne | | | | RE: T.O.D. use
Has anyone heard any "conjecture" about tod and bad hatch or fertility rates? Obviously there would be no proof but any thoughts out there?
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22-Mar-05, 10:20 AM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Jan-05 Location: Sunshine Coast, QLD | | | | RE: T.O.D. use
Mr K, pm me your email address and I will send you the client handout sheet put out by the Exotic Pets chapter of the AVA. It explains all of the options and the pros and cons.
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12-Apr-05, 09:51 PM
|  | Seller | Join Date: Sep-04 Location: Macquarie Fields Gender:  | | |
I had a mite problem on my Velvet Gecko enclosure and read thru the topics in this forum. I followed everything to the letter and now everytime I put Crickets into the enclosure they last about 30 mins and then cark it. The Gecko's do not seem to be effected but as soon as I realised there was a problem I relocated them to there holiday home.
When spraying I removed everything including all plants and water bowls and cave.
I have one of the new small Exo-Terra enclosures with the foam backing, I did some experimenting with the poor unsuspecting Crickets by placing them in a box with the Peat Moss I use as substrate (all natural) and they were happily jumping around all night. The next night I put the Crickets in the enclosure with only the dirt, they spent the first ten minutes crawling up the back wall (foam) and then fell to the ground and started rolling around.
So due to my experiments I think it would be safe to say that you should not spray the foam area with T.O.D as it soaks it up and will kill your food and make your Gecko's unhappy.  |
13-Apr-05, 09:48 AM
| | Subscriber | Join Date: Jan-05 Location: Sunshine Coast, QLD | | | |
TOD is designed to have a residual effect so it is expected that all insects may succumb for months afterwards. The risk with any insect eating herp in this enclosure is twofold. TOD is not toxic via skin absorption BUT species that can lick themselves (geckoes, skinks , pygopods etc.) will therefore directly ingest any TOD. in addition, if they feed on an intoxicated insects it may not be a toxic dose to them immediately but it will accumulate after many insects have been eaten. As the TOD wears off in the environment, the insects live longer and we are more likely to consider the cage safe. BASIC RULE OF THUMB = NO TOD FOR SPECIES THAT CAN LICK, NO TOD IN ENCLOSURES WITH INSECTIVORES WITHOUT WASHING ENCLOSURE THOROUGHLY BEFORE RE USE
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15-Apr-05, 09:15 AM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Feb-05 Location: NSW Central | | | |
Geckodan, I beg to differ that it has a residual effect. TOD's buddy in a red can called 'one shot' is specifically designed to have the residual effect.
TOD is designed not to have any residual effect.
will look into it more later, if I am wrong will post a BIG sorry, lol.....
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15-Apr-05, 09:31 AM
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I too was under the impression that TOD was specifically non-residual aswell.
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