Scale rot??? HELP!

[chairman]

There are usually two vendors at the show that have a very large variety of reptiles, most of which they didn't produce. There's nothing wrong with that, but having a lot of turnover can invite problems, such as mites, if you're not very careful. Can also create problems for your neighbors at a show, mite eggs travel easily on customer's hands.

The bird mite spray that I've used is Scalex. Give the snake a 15 minute soaking in clean water to give it a chance to drink. Then you spray the snake, avoid the eyes. Spray the cage, let it dry before putting the snake back in (spraying an empty tank and then adding paper towel substrate after speeds the process). Don't give the snake any water bowls for whatever time period the product's instructions say. The product doesn't take care of eggs as quickly as proventamite but it'll knock down the adults.