Hey guys, all I will say here is that back in 2014 AFT did discover that insect sprays and flea collars used on dogs/cats are absolutely 100% lethal to freshwater turtles. A member lost several specimens in a matter of days completely unexpected and out of the blue and the only new addition in the vicinity of their turtle setups was one of those automated insect spray dispensers that fire a burst of fine mist into the air every 10 minutes or whatever the selected setting determines. Another member also lost a turtle they'd had for over 20 years on the same week they'd been babysitting another family member's dog. Turns out the dog was wearing 2 flea collars and the keeper without even realising the cross contamination risks was playing with the dog on a daily basis and then placing his hands into the aquarium to do aquarium related tasks. That turtle died within 2 days. Veterinary consultation confirmed that the insect sprays and flea collars were the causes of death in both cases. In my opinion, it is of no stretch of the imagination to conclude that insect sprays would pose the same lethal threat to snakes and or other reptiles as they do turtles. I could very well be wrong but those insect spray dispensers are something we discouraged any one who keeps turtles from having in their homes. Anyone who keeps parrots etc or probably any birds would know that insect sprays can kill them... I've heard of the same sprays being responsible for the deaths of budgies. Every 12 months I have Amalgamated pest control come and do a complete spray of my property (my area is blessed with an overabundance of red-backed spiders) and I follow those guys around like a shadow showing them where they can and cannot spray and they assist me in covering all ponds and they do not go in my reptile room at all or even spray the outside of it. Those guys are pretty adamant that their chems for crawling insects would annihilate my entire collecrion no problems at all.
I personally wouldn't risk using an insect spray or surface spray anywhere near, not even in the same room as my pythons.
[doublepost=1574451422,1574449980][/doublepost]I just remembered, a few years back my grandmother had a mouse in her bathroom which got into her empty bathtub and couldn't get out.. it was running around and hopping frantically trying to escape and poor old grandma... all she had under the kitchen sink was her trusty Black Flag insect spray.. . she sprayed the mouse with that and it died within minutes.
