#$%$$^%# Ticks!

NEWSPAPERS...And tubs are sprayed out with ZooMed WipeOut1 disinfectant weekly, then hit with Provent-A-Mite and allowed to air out. Hides get the same treatment.
I have been doing this from the get-go. Plus, new snakes go through 6 weeks quarantine, in another room on the other side of the house.

Thats good! 6 weeks quarantine isnt enough as I have heard..... They should be quarantined for 90 days and thats only 50......


CK

You could dust the animals and tubs with 5% sevin dust .

You could take the animals to a vet for ivermectin shots. The vet should should be able to give you predosed shots for each snake . Make sure you label them for each snake since ivermec is a tricky med that really should be used with caution on injections. The ivermec will stay in their system for 25 - 30 days so you could space out the shots over a few months. Give the BPs the shots in the frontal third about a 1/4 inch from the spine just under the skin.

You can buy ivermec at feed and seed stores. Mix .5 to 1 cc per gallon of water , soak each animal in this mix for an hour once weekly until no more ticks. Mix .5 cc ivermec with a gallon of water and use this to water your feeder rodents once every 3-6 months. Feeder rodents can carry ticks and mites. Make sure your other pets don't get into the ivermec.