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Kazerella
King Snake Admin
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 19/08/2009 : 12:32:09
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I've only just got around to telling this story- but last week we discovered that Munky had got mites  He must have had them since coming from Donny Show, so we were glad he's been in quarantine since he came to us (otherwise we could've had 11 others to treat too  )
Anyway, treatment was going well, we used kitchen roll substrate changed everyday and a spray the vet gave us which is supposed to be as good as Frontline, but not as risky to use (xeno 200- which is a 0.02% ivermectin solution). The mite sightings got less and less until tragedy struck! - Mucky had the worst shed I have ever seen any snake have!
We are not sure wether this bad shed was caused by the mite treatment or not, but we bathed him straight away and got all the shed away from his head and the eye caps off, but we couldn't budge the shed from his vent to tail tip. We decided to leave him over night to see if he could lose it himself, but he only managed to get off another cm worth by morning. We bathed him and towel dried again and it didn't work as he was struggling too much and musked so hard his bum muscle could be seen, so we put him back to calm down.
But... third time lucky! -result! I bathed him again this morning and the tail bit has come off! yippeee! now we can go back to treating him for mites without worrying too much about him.
Looks like the worst is over for the little fella. He's a brave little soldier  |
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lee2308
Kingsnake Forum Admin
United Kingdom
1609 Posts |
Posted - 19/08/2009 : 12:48:16
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| great news kaz but theres 1 thing im not happy with,NO PICS or are you saving them for the care sheets.Was that his first shed with you?and i know what you mean about the bum muscle,remember diablo was like that when i got him and thought it was a prolaspe. |
1.0 dumeril boa,0.1 bci boa,1.0 royal python,1.0 mbk kingsnake,1.0corn,1.2 chinese water dragon,0.0.1 bearded dragon
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Kazerella
King Snake Admin
United Kingdom
1512 Posts |
Posted - 19/08/2009 : 13:03:21
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Unfortunately no pictures, we just dug in and tried to get it sorted, so didn't even think about pics
I thought it was a prolapse too, but Lewy said to let him relax and look again and it was gone. Think it was the stress of trying to musk, but having no musk left to give (after already covering me in the stuff).  |
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magneticblue
Kingsnake Forum Admin
United Kingdom
1511 Posts |
Posted - 19/08/2009 : 15:34:24
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| Sorry to hear about the mites Kaz. Glad he's starting to win the battle though, I hate mites! |
1.1.0 Arizona mountain king (Sylar and Claire)
0.1.0 Blotched king ( Jasmin)
1.1.0 Guyana red-tail boa (Hercules and Athena)
1.0.1 children (Alfie and BUMP)
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Kazerella
King Snake Admin
United Kingdom
1512 Posts |
Posted - 19/08/2009 : 16:07:59
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So do I - but it gives me great satisfaction to squish them with my nails  |
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lee2308
Kingsnake Forum Admin
United Kingdom
1609 Posts |
Posted - 19/08/2009 : 16:30:10
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| you should burn them with a magnifying glass |
1.0 dumeril boa,0.1 bci boa,1.0 royal python,1.0 mbk kingsnake,1.0corn,1.2 chinese water dragon,0.0.1 bearded dragon
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jono2411
Yearling
United Kingdom
655 Posts |
Posted - 19/08/2009 : 18:38:53
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| thnakfully ive never had mites... phew... they are terrible little blighters from the sounds of it tho! and i hope munky recovers from the stress ok... |
1.0.0 Mexican Black Kingsnake : Baron Samedi
0.0.1 Apricot Pueblan Milksnake : (Hercule) Poirot
0.1.0 Striped Splotched Sinaloan Milksnake : Arminia
0.1.0 Pueblacorn - Cleopatra
0.0.3 Fire-Bellied Toads: Ghengis Khan, Bruce Lee & Chairman Mao
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GirlHarry
Hatchling
United Kingdom
269 Posts |
Posted - 19/08/2009 : 18:55:46
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glad all's well now
i got so stressed when i thought strawbs had mites, lord knows what i'd be like if she actually DID have mites.
Keeping the name of that spray handy mind, just in case.
how did you manage to remove the eye caps without hurting him? [i'd imagine snakes would wriggle and move during this process?] |
0.1.0 Albino Nelson's Milk (Strawbs)
0.1.0 Royal Python (Velvet)
0.0.1 Corn Snake (Dave) |
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Weirzo
Egg
United Kingdom
50 Posts |
Posted - 20/08/2009 : 00:12:22
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| Hold a tin plate above a lighter and drop them on to it and here them sizzle hehe. That's what the soldiers did with mites on their person in World War One. |
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magneticblue
Kingsnake Forum Admin
United Kingdom
1511 Posts |
Posted - 20/08/2009 : 11:40:24
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Some great ways to make mites suffer one here, anyone got any more suggestions?  |
1.1.0 Arizona mountain king (Sylar and Claire)
0.1.0 Blotched king ( Jasmin)
1.1.0 Guyana red-tail boa (Hercules and Athena)
1.0.1 children (Alfie and BUMP)
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matty18714
Moderator
United Kingdom
450 Posts |
Posted - 23/08/2009 : 18:44:43
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| A good result |
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Kazerella
King Snake Admin
United Kingdom
1512 Posts |
Posted - 24/08/2009 : 17:48:26
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GirlHarry- luckily the eye caps came off really easy as some more of his head skin was still hung on too and it all came off with one swipe of the towel. Bless him.
Anyone who has smelt Frontline knows that that is a bad enough death for mites. It's well toxic |
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lee2308
Kingsnake Forum Admin
United Kingdom
1609 Posts |
Posted - 24/08/2009 : 19:20:24
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quote:
Originally posted by magneticblue
Some great ways to make mites suffer one here, anyone got any more suggestions?
A evening with kaz  |
1.0 dumeril boa,0.1 bci boa,1.0 royal python,1.0 mbk kingsnake,1.0corn,1.2 chinese water dragon,0.0.1 bearded dragon
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matty18714
Moderator
United Kingdom
450 Posts |
Posted - 24/08/2009 : 19:23:16
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quote:
Originally posted by lee2308
quote:
Originally posted by magneticblue
Some great ways to make mites suffer one here, anyone got any more suggestions?
A evening with kaz
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Kazerella
King Snake Admin
United Kingdom
1512 Posts |
Posted - 25/08/2009 : 09:48:16
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| Watch it Lee- you don't have that 'get out of being kingered free' card anymore |
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magneticblue
Kingsnake Forum Admin
United Kingdom
1511 Posts |
Posted - 25/08/2009 : 11:37:20
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| Kaz and her empty threats again |
1.1.0 Arizona mountain king (Sylar and Claire)
0.1.0 Blotched king ( Jasmin)
1.1.0 Guyana red-tail boa (Hercules and Athena)
1.0.1 children (Alfie and BUMP)
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Munky's epic battle
