Mites, How to End Them W/O Killing Your Pet! BubbleGum Series.
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- Опубліковано 10 вер 2024
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Thank you so much for sharing such an authentic and honest side of reptile keeping. I'm sure most keepers have dealt with mites at one time or another, but few would be so transparent discussing it. Thanks for allowing yourself to be so vulnerable in order to educate us. Greatest appreciation 😊
Kevin is a wealth of information! I wish he'd quit knocking his 'bubble gum' videos. I like them better than with the 'pro' helping out. Seriously...
You are so welcome!
When I was learning falconry I got covered in bird mites from feeder quail. I put oil in a bath and sunk under the water. No more mites! Good times 😊
I got lice from holding a foal's leg during a cast application. Knowing they wouldn't stay long didn't make me feel less crawly, yuk
Mad dash for the shower in the large animal clinic, I won because I disrobed en route. No time for being shy when you've been invaded by tiny livestock 😳
@@katiekane5247 I know that mad dash! As I was watching them crawl onto me I must have looked as horrified as I felt. Have you run into flat flies yet? They are gruesome!!!!
As a veterinary student, these videos are absolutely AMAZING!!! Super informative and helpful! I know this is kind of what you’ve been doing with this video and the math bubblegum videos, but would u be interested in doing a video on the most common pathologies, that you haven’t covered yet, that you come across in the hobby and how you deal with them? Love the videos brother!
Thanks for all you do Kev . I always look forward to your videos . I deal with spider mites in my garden . So , I know mites can be bad if not treated .God bless , and peace be with you always .
Very kind.
Most animals (including us!) have mites of some sort; some will not cause problems, but many will. It’s good to learn as much about them as we can!
I hope I never get mites again. I have 10 ball pythons and it was a nightmare to get rid of them all. Great tips here.
Diatomaceous earth works good outside of cages, if kept dry and out of the air. At least it does for non parasitic mites, but you need deep depth, not a light dust because they don't instantly die and dead mites act like a bridge for other mites to travel farther. Used motor old in cans/buckets on the legs of tables can prevent them from climbing up from the floor and will drown.
It can be messy as you know but yes it kills them with contact.
Sending you ❤ and ty for another great video 😊❤
Thank you so much! K
Provent a Mite spray also works really good.
Can you still
Get it?
@@NewEnglandReptileLLL Reptiles and The Bean Farm sell it.
I think you can still get the aerosol bed bug spray for human bedding, which is the same as provent a mite, and it's pretty cheap.
@@NewEnglandReptile I just got a can from my local reptile shop.. they gave me a can to use after selling me a hatchling that had a few hitch hikers. Is it safe to use with snakes that are sub 50 grams? very nervous... not an infestation yet... left a comment above. Any help is appreciated guys.`
Hope you're doing well Kevin!!Keep your head up!!🤘🤘
A handheld steaming device is also really helpful to treat the surrounding areas and hard to reach spots as well 🙂 it simplifies the need to manage so many different chemicals and reduces the risk of exposure to the animals. Of course not on its own, but it is a tool in the toolbox of pest control that is cheap and effective. They’re like $10 at most big box stores
Another great educational piece. Keep them coming.
Thank you.
Kevin, your videos are always so informative!! And your kitty gave me the giggles. It's nice to see a pro with a naughty kitty. My cats are drawn to my snakes' tanks and i can't keep them out of the room!
His name is Ivan the Terrible.
When I take my Ball out for a walk, my cat gets jealous. I've explained to them that grandma loves them both 😊
@@katiekane5247 ❤
❤ u, Kev!
You are kind!!!
beautiful melanistic gonyosoma wow wow wow thanks for the video man!!
Glad you enjoyed it! K
Battle on my friend never boring. Tactless reframe of your words I know. Hey you say it just right.
.... You know I never heard the term/phrase bubble gum video... Ever until I started watching you lol and really I don't see any difference. You're educational in a fun interesting way.
Just trying to differentiate for the lack of polish. I don’t people saying I’m ultra ghetto!! 😂
Great info-dump!
Some important info here, thanks kev!
Hey Kevin. It was great meeting you at the Tinley expo this past weekend. Great video.
Thanks! You too!
A couple years ago I had just got my baby Boa Imperator. And I caught Covid. I was staying at home and was bored with a new baby snake so I was playing with it a lot, and I noticed the snake was soaking in its water dish and it had black specks on it. Yup, my baby Boa had Mites the same time I had Covid. It sucked BAD! Thank god for Amazon. I was able to get everything I needed to treat the snake. Horrible experience. 1/10 would not recommend.
Hi Kevin, I'm so excited.
I've been trying to catch you on live stream on twitch but I can't figure it out
I will be doing more lives here!
@@NewEnglandReptile Thank you because I sure have been missing you on here and have been watching returns over and over. ☺️
Oh man Kevin I really want you to show me some of your carpet pythons next time we’re there! This is a great video by the way. Super informative!
I wonder if the Miracle Care reptile spray would work on Northern Fowl Mites? They live through near anything but Fire!
Hmmmmmmm. Suffocating them
90s in Miami reptile stores with iguanas and red mites all over them inside and out
Permethrin just sounds like a small scale nuclear bomb. I repeat, LET IT SIT!
Yessss and dry up.
We had a red tail boa that came into my store with mites. She went into blue shortly after arriving, so between the shed and the mites it was too much and she died :(. She was such a nice snake, I'm hoping that your advice will help me succeed next time!
It will!!!
Olive oil is my best treatment, just a drop in a tub of warm water place the snake in there for 20 minutes an repeat this twice a week for two weeks then you might want to repeat this next month in case of any eggs hatching and shrub the enclosure out keep the animal on paper till there all gone .just my way of doing it love you Kevin peace.
Suffocate them but a bit messy. On a larger scale it might be difficult. ❤
Thank you fornthis video amd thanknyou fir taking so much time to talk to us at tinley. I fb messaged you a link
Ahhh you met me!!!! I have such wonderful followers!!! ❤
Love your vids Kevin. Love from South Africa
Gd great video love it beautiful snake's
Great video Kevin. I was wondering if you could do one on respiratory infections. That would be a great video as well. There’s many home remedies on UA-cam. I’d like to see what you do. Obviously bring the animal to the vet but if you catch it right off, is there something that you do?. Anyhow, it was just an idea for a video that I’d be interested in watching.
Just picked up a carpet python hatchling, maybe 30 grams from a local reptile shop in Illinois. Didn't notice but the animal had a few visible adult mites, black nostrils, one in the eyelid and one I caught and killed that was roaming. The shop gave me a can of Provent-a-mite, I'm afraid to use it with such a small snake. This is my first time combating this issue... :) thanks guys.
Follow my instructions. Water. Then a bit of dish soap. Swish around for a few days change out then mites will be gone.
Omg the cat 😂😂 thank you for this informative video!!!
I have found that a spray of provent a mite in the corner of my enclosure works wonders.
I think you can not even get it now.
I have been ordering it from pro products.
Thanks Kevin they can be a real pain in the arse for sure. Great advice cheers mate
I'm having horrible flashbacks to when my daughter came home from first grade with head lice. We both had hair down to our waist, and had to go to a "lice lady" to get combed out and treated. It took over 3 hours.
Had the absolute pleasure of meeting Kevin last week at Tinley pk. N.a.r.b.c show. 🤘
Vital info. Thx, Kev
Kevin, I have no reptiles, but I'm an avid gardener. I dust with Diatomaceous Earth for many pests and love the stuff! It is not poison, as I'm sure you know. Some folks feed to their dogs, for worms...some take it themselves!
Wouldn't DE be good to try for reptile 'bedding'?
Yessssss. I’ve used it plenty. A bit messy but good stuff.
@@NewEnglandReptileno respiratory issues using DE?
We love the honest knowledge and experience!!!!!!!
Some spiders eat mites. They probably won’t eat the mites on the animals but they would eat the mites in the cages and rooms.
This is some good info to know in case I my little guy gets em. I'm not worried about it too much since he's my only snake but these things can happen. I've seen the mite problem with birds, anything made of rope got trashed and replaced to be sure, along with plenty of treatments, etc.
But what about the poor tiny arachnids? Mites need to eat too! Just kidding, they definitely shouldn't be on our pets. Just had to make the joke since I love so many bugs now cuz of you. I once hydrated a slug that strayed from moist land, I'm usually complaining about them.
Somehow, mites seem like less of a problem than some humans can be. 🙄
I lost my Burmese python to Mites many years ago, he was 6 ft. and very healthy till he got them ! Sucked bigtime !!!
As a gecko keeper I just learned a ton about this! Maybe a future video of which reptiles are prone to get which types of parasites? You can downtalk your bubblegums all you want 😂 I really appreciate the knowledge. What was that beautiful black snake?
Not a reptile keeper , but I've always wondered why you and other reptile keepers don't use diatomaceous earth. You can't t use it around invertebrates, isopods and springtails but it seems to me you could do this. line a quarentinebox with white paper, put in a white hide NO water . Make sure your snake is dry , using your hands cover it in DE , keeping it out of the eyes. Brush off excess, put snake in quarantine box for 90 minutes, mites are small, so the DE will work fairly fast. Rinse the snake in clear water, let it have a good drink, and add a full water dish to quarantine box return snake to quarantine box. Repeat if needed
Hey Kevin,
I've recently picked up a snake and found he has mites. Potentially infecting my reptile room (I know I should have quarantined hard lesson learned) its like getting my first STD scare 😆 ..
Another video mentioned durvet ivermectin diluted into a spray bottle that I can spray directly on the snake once a week as well as treat his enclosure...
I'm super nervous about treatment... don't want to kill my collection... thoughts?
Ivermectin is not really water soluble so it must constantly be shaken up etc. topically it’s not the goto. If the animal
Was injected at correct dose ( not a colubrids etc) it would kill any blood feeding mite or tick
Hi Kevin, thanks for all the advice! Just wondering would a snake drink the water with soap in it? Could this harm the snake?
Generally not a problem and if it does I’ve yet to notice an issue.
Kevin how do they get mites in the first place? Thank you for showing us about mites. 5:00
They will come with the animal. Furniture, enclosure in the bag or someone exposed you to
Them.
@@NewEnglandReptile Thank you so much you are the best. I love how your animals come first. I have no doubt that you would do anything to help your animals and give them the best life. So thank you for caring so much 🥰
We use an anthelmintic oral dose for mammals which is systematic. Is there anything similar for reptiles
Will soapy water affect snakes digestive system
Yes we can use ivermectin for any mite or tick blood feeding. Systemic.
20:15 who IS that gorgeous girl? Great informative video as always!
💜💚
Perfect temperature yesterday in north Georgia. Took my old Ball out to his big bath container with his favorite rock in partial shade. Had to make him come back in like a kid playing in the creek in the spring 😊
He's got a weird, slightly discolored hemipene, doesn't seem to bother him. What would you do?
Does it stuck out?
@@NewEnglandReptile very slightly, discolored but not necrotic.
Where did Donny go? And why is he reposting full arrest videos without saying more than a prerecorded “sub and like” at the beginning 🫣
He’s working on his own channel, he’s still there I’ve just been doing bubblegum vids. We will be doing vids in the future.
@@NewEnglandReptileok I dig your videos and Donny’s videography, I just appreciate the content and all you as individuals so was a little concerned. ✌🏽&❤️
How often do Leopard Geckos get them if at all?
They can get the little red ones got sure but not these kind of mites.
My corns pulled a scale after pushing her head into the vent trying to escape... What the best ointment as a precaution.. Uk based?
Rumple antibiotic once or twice daily and food to initiate a new healing shed!
@@NewEnglandReptile Thankyou, she's hiding longer after her feed,eyes have dulled so think she's deffo going into another shed.. She's pretty bang on with her shed cycle 😊 thankyou!!
I didn't like parasitic mites and i don't like grain mites, fungus mites, spider mites and many other mite species.
Nor do I.
Kevin, this was a great video. Thank you! I have a hypo BCI I got from a local pet shop. When we acquired her, she had mites, and quite a heavy infestation. The research I did pointed heavily towards using a dilute ivermectin solution, and treating the snake directly with said diluted solution, as well as switching to paper towels and spraying the bedding. We did this twice a week, two weeks in a row.
It worked fantastically. However, I didn’t see this in the video. I would assume it’s because it can be dangerous and kill your snake if the person does not properly dilute the solution. I did an insane amount of research and errored on the side of caution with the concentration.
I was wondering, what’s your opinion on the ivermectin? I would like to know, because if we run into this issue again, I’d like to see what the expert has to say! Appreciate your time, and as always, the fantastic videos.
The computer duster also freezes the mites or eggs if u can spray it around areas
Why is this a bubblegum video? I’m so confused 😂
P r o m o S M
As always thank u sir ! Also was a ABSOLUTE PLEASURE GETTING TOO TALK TOO U AT TINLEY !!
Great advice for new snake keepers Kevin !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I have had excellent results with Dawn dish liquid in warm water took only one week to rid them all; ;o)