One popular method of ridding your iguana of mites is to give your iguana a bath in water containing enough Betadine to make it tea-colored. The bath should be shoulder-deep. Since the mites will crawl up on your iguana s head to escape the water, you will have to gently pour water over its head, but be careful to keep the solution out of the eyes. This treatment must be repeated once or twice weekly until there are no more reoccurences. Rinse well, and let air dry for at least 24 hours.
Mites are extremely resistant to even the harshest disinfectants.
Therefore, you must treat the enclosure with pesticide to be rid of them for good. To do this, place several no-pest strips or cat flea collars in the enclosure. Place them in such a way that they do not come into direct contact with the enclosure walls, floor, etc. For example, you may place them on a piece of aluminum foil. Seal the enclosure as much as possible from outside air, and leave the strips in for several hours.