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I just have a few questions about mites. Firstly it is my brother in law that has a mite infestation and I was wondering how easily it could spread to my collection because he comes to my house quite regularly and his outbreak happened while I was away and he was coming around to water my snakes. Secondly is more about how he got the mite infestation, he seems to think that his blue tongue first got the mites from a bag of garden bark that he purchased from bunnings. The third question is the mites have spread to two of his snakes who he is treating with olive oil because it is cheap but he also has a Jungle that is maternally incubating eggs, what are the ramifications of this snake getting mites and what can be done with her whilst she is around the eggs?
 
Keep a Can on hand = )

Wont take long for you to notice them get on-top of them straight away its a huge job getting rid of them if you don't catch them quickly.

Look everywhere but the eyes is the first thing I noticed... And water-bowling (snake always in water bowl)
They can come in on clothing,items and your person.
Your like a carrier they'll soon jump off when the times right and feed on the blood of your reptiles.

Maybe move the jungle into another room carefully hopefully not spreading the possible infection...


Hopefully you don't get them but there's a good chance you mite. <<< ha ha a joke
 
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Yes you mite have a problem hehe :p

My woma picked up mites and I don't know anyone else with reptiles. I have heard they're easily transferable via clothing, etc. I think I got them from the pet store as I didn't properly soak the new water bowl I bought.

The Callington's spray I have was relatively inexpensive and is really effective for use in and around the enclosure. One can goes a long way! I sprayed everything and retreated after 7 days with still over half a can remaining (and admittedly went a bit nuts) but then took everything out and soaked/disinfected like mad just in case.

I suppose with the python on eggs... Think about it like how a wild one would handle it? My only concern would be how the hatchlings would deal with mites, since reptile insecticides have been toxic to small pythons.

Hope to see a positive outcome regardless. Fingers crossed!
 
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I suppose with the python on eggs... Think about it like how a wild one would handle it? !
we actually still dont really know if wild snakes in australia have to deal with reptile mites at all , their ( mites that is )wild status in australia is still not known but they are in the pet trade here thats for sure , ive heard that they dont survive to well in the australian climate and that could be the reason for them not taking off like they have in the stable climate of a reptile enclosure , im still of the belief that there only a problem in the pet trade
 
we actually still dont really know if wild snakes in australia have to deal with reptile mites at all , their ( mites that is )wild status in australia is still not known but they are in the pet trade here thats for sure , ive heard that they dont survive to well in the australian climate and that could be the reason for them not taking off like they have in the stable climate of a reptile enclosure , im still of the belief that there only a problem in the pet trade

That's an interesting school of thought
 
we actually still dont really know if wild snakes in australia have to deal with reptile mites at all , their ( mites that is )wild status in australia is still not known but they are in the pet trade here thats for sure , ive heard that they dont survive to well in the australian climate and that could be the reason for them not taking off like they have in the stable climate of a reptile enclosure , im still of the belief that there only a problem in the pet trade

I found a carpet python in WA completely riddled with mites. Kicking myself for not collecting some for ID purposes thinking back on it.
 
I found a carpet python in WA completely riddled with mites. Kicking myself for not collecting some for ID purposes thinking back on it.
thats interesting , thing is are we sure that they where snake mites or some other type of mite , would of been good to be sure but oh well , it was a while ago but i read that there status was not yet confirmed in the wild , there was also article on it but thats since vanished from the net ( not sure how that happens but i followed the same links that i found it through the first time , it just said that the article had been removed or deleted )

"status not yet confirmed " though doesnt mean that there not out there so would be good if there was some sort of study into it
 
thats interesting , thing is are we sure that they where snake mites or some other type of mite , would of been good to be sure but oh well , it was a while ago but i read that there status was not yet confirmed in the wild , there was also article on it but thats since vanished from the net ( not sure how that happens but i followed the same links that i found it through the first time , it just said that the article had been removed or deleted )

"status not yet confirmed " though doesnt mean that there not out there so would be good if there was some sort of study into it

Yeah, I'm not saying they're THE snake mite but they were definitely mites on a snake. This snake was emaciated and not looking all that well, even if it wasn't snake might they didn't seem to be doing it any favours.
 
we actually still dont really know if wild snakes in australia have to deal with reptile mites at all , their ( mites that is )wild status in australia is still not known but they are in the pet trade here thats for sure , ive heard that they dont survive to well in the australian climate and that could be the reason for them not taking off like they have in the stable climate of a reptile enclosure , im still of the belief that there only a problem in the pet trade

Reptile mites ophionyssus natricus have been with us in australia for a long time and they occur in both wild and captive populations. What is not known is if they were actually introduced or were already present in wild populations.
Back in the days when few reptiles were bred we had to go and catch them and i was amazed at how snake mites would establish although i didnt get reptiles from other keepers. There is definately snake mites in the blue mountains and wollongong areas .
Snake mites were present on some pale headed snakes in a study by fitzgerald and lazell around ten or more years ago in the casino area ,mentioned in the paper.
 
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