Questions reagrding mite treament

[Joey1983]

hey all... I have been treating my bts for mites for the past two weeks now. I finally used the NIX treatment (diluted as per suggestions) and hat def seemed to help. I still give my BTS a soak in water each day o remove any mites etc... an in the bath I still find about 2 o 3 mites in the water aferwards. Are these the dead ones falling off from the nix treatment? I have yet to find any alone on the bts o in the hospital cage. I just want this to be O V E R with already! lol... have any of you who used the nix treatmnt continued to see dead mites floating around in the water for days after? His next nix treatment is for this wed. Thanks.

[Fatal_S]

I did see dead mites for several days after treatment, though I didn't give them baths.

[Joey1983]

Okay.. I figured you had a similar siuation. Lets hope this works!

[Richard.C]

dead mites usually drop off the lizard as they are dieing,could still be live ones if u see them when soaking,but also possable he had dead ones on him still to,if you only see a few thats a good sign,but idealy you dont want to see any,as a few if alive still will quickly make hundreds and the life cycle continues

[Joey1983]

yeah I know.. its very difficult though because you cant get under the scales easily...

[Spindown]

If you are Nixing, I wouldnt recommend bathing, as I would imagine that would wash all the permethrin off.

[Joey1983]

Yes.. I am nixing but.. i did no give him his first bath until 4 days afer he was sprayed... that is plenty of contact time.

[Spindown]

true, i brought it up because some people nix for like 10 mins and then immediately bathe. Sorry for the confusion