I spoke to our vet this afternoon. Her suggestion was invermectin with a solution of 20ml of .8 solution to 36 oz spray bottle with five drops of dawn. spray the paper towel after removing everything from the tank including the water (very important) and also wet a cotton ball. let the snake sit on the towel for about 15 minutes and use the cotton ball to get to his back and sides. Then get hands wet and a quarter size squirt of dawn. Rub the snake all over with the dawn, keeping it damp, for about five minutes. Rinse with slightly warm water and then put in a soak bath with water for an hour. Boil water and pour it all over the empty tank and anything going back in (clear tupperware water bowl and a plastic hide). Pay close attention to the corners and the lid. return snake to tank after cooled and dry with clean toweling. He can do the soap and soak every day. the pesticide every four-six days. May need to do for over a month because it is a very dilute solution for a baby snake. She said we can spray the Rid/Nix furniture and carpet spray in the room but not with the snake in the room…So Maui has moved to the bathroom for the month, and all the soft materials in the room have been vacuumed and thrown in the dryer on high. All tank accessories are soaking in a 3% bleach solution, then going to the freezing garage, and then the oven. We did get a Ton of the mites off with the first treatment. So hopefully it won’t take too long. She wants to see him next week.
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