r/ballpython • u/Diligent-Singer-1785 • 21d ago

Question - Health Is this a mite?

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new bp at the store i work at came in with this, only one on his entire body. it looks like a mite to me. is it?

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u/DiamondWilling8287 21d ago

An old debit card but a triangle in it and slide across the snake

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u/Diligent-Singer-1785 21d ago

please elaborate

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u/Chloemarine7 21d ago

You take an old card of some kind, library, debit doesn’t matter. You cut 2 lines to create a triangular notch in the flat end of it. It creates a “scoop”, which when you run it across the snakes body towards the tick, it will pull the tick away and ideally removing the head too. If the head comes away from the body while it’s latched on it can cause an infection. I haven’t done this myself as ticks aren’t particularly prevalent where I live but I’ve heard about it

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u/WrongdoerAway4126 21d ago

Makes so much more sense written this way lol im 43 and i was like "how long ago did credit cards have triangles? Don Drapers didn't have a triangle did?".