Re: ratsnakes suffering from mite spray intoxication

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Posted by Dan on October 09, 2000 at 01:23:33:

In Reply to: Re: ratsnakes suffering from mite spray intoxication posted by Pro Products on October 04, 2000 at 14:42:27:

I think you have a good product and it is about time someone got off the killing the roach mode and made something people could use besides a shoe. Well, I used your product and tried to be gentle when I applied it so as to kill the mites but not pollute the aquarium. That seemed impossible. Too much came out of the can. I took out the plastic plants, wood, chips and sprayed them lightly but although I covered them items well, I felt through 37 years on this earth that this was still going to be a bit toxic to any creature. I aired the items for a few hours and placed them back. I put in my snakes and they were surely rid of any mites and I had not one problem with mites. I then had a problem with their appitite and their barfing. My tree boa did not hold down his food. I later resolved this by not feeding him for three weeks. My carpet python just seemed to behave very different, afraid of pre killed mice and did not eat and when he did he had loose stool. Now I think this is all because the product affected the bacteria level in the snakes stomach. Perhaps later in the week the snakes drank some water that had a bit of residue of the product and that caused it but who really knows but the owners of sick snakes. In any case, I think you have a good product but maybe need a container that spreads it out a bit more diluted. I would also recommend that you instruct people to put their snake in another house for at least a day or so and to not offer water for a week unless it is outside their house. And I know that you have done tests and the product works well with the lab animals and the real world is the real world but if your pet gets sick after a battle with mites, then you have to figure it was the chemical that did it. Even if it did not do it, people are going to figure it did do it. That is the sickness of it all huh.

Dan

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: I think you have a good product and it is about time someone got off the killing the roach mode and made something people could use besides a shoe. Well, I used your product and tried to be gentle when I applied it so as to kill the mites but not pollute the aquarium. That seemed impossible. Too much came out of the can. I took out the plastic plants, wood, chips and sprayed them lightly but although I covered them items well, I felt through 37 years on this earth that this was still going to be a bit toxic to any creature. I aired the items for a few hours and placed them back. I put in my snakes and they were surely rid of any mites and I had not one problem with mites. I then had a problem with their appitite and their barfing. My tree boa did not hold down his food. I later resolved this by not feeding him for three weeks. My carpet python just seemed to behave very different, afraid of pre killed mice and did not eat and when he did he had loose stool. Now I think this is all because the product affected the bacteria level in the snakes stomach. Perhaps later in the week the snakes drank some water that had a bit of residue of the product and that caused it but who really knows but the owners of sick snakes. In any case, I think you have a good product but maybe need a container that spreads it out a bit more diluted. I would also recommend that you instruct people to put their snake in another house for at least a day or so and to not offer water for a week unless it is outside their house. And I know that you have done tests and the product works well with the lab animals and the real world is the real world but if your pet gets sick after a battle with mites, then you have to figure it was the chemical that did it. Even if it did not do it, people are going to figure it did do it. That is the sickness of it all huh. : Dan

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