I recently adopted a 2.5ft female ball python (a few weeks ago). When I got her she was in mid-shed. I helped her along a bit with the shed by peeling the stuff that was on its way off (it was in lots of pieces - not a neat shed), and also spraying her with water over a couple of weeks. A few days after she was mostly clear of shed skin (this was 3 days ago), I noticed there were lots of little tiny white/grey/yellowish/tan bugs in the substrate (it was small gravel - looked like something between kitty litter and course sand), crawling all over the place but NOT on the snake. I'm fairly positive they are not snake mites because they arent on her body, and I'm also pretty confident that they are harmless. I am just wondering why I keep finding them after cleaning the tank thoroughly and changing the substrate to zilla brand green roll up mats. They came back after cleaning #1; within 2 days there were dozens (as opposed to probably hundreds or more prior to cleaning). Then I cleaned a 2nd time after 2 days, which was yesterday. I just saw one bug in there before i left for work today.. Now I'm pissed. Any suggestions? Or is this just something I have to deal with?

Second part that relates to above - after cleaning of the tank #1, I noticed that the next day the snakes eyes were foggy white - How could this be? She just finished shedding! I started to panic, thinking that the windex i used to clean the tank somehow damaged her eyes (yes I took her out and cleaned each and every item in there with hot water) .. I know I vented the tank for a while and even washed with plain water after using the windex... So i dont think i did it. She also seems to be a little more "tight" - meaning she is flexing her muscles more, pressing herself against me and seems a little more tensed up/clenched up/rigid than usual. Is this normal when shedding? Its been a while since I had a snake, and when I was a boy I only had garters so I dont recall. I also worried that the bugs could have brought this on, but they seem harmless. I also noticed her body is getting a little faded in color, making me think she is about to go into a shed again. Seems strange - any help on this? I'm so worried about her.