I purchased a ball python last Saturday (my first snake), and today I picked her up for a second to change something in her enclosure when I noticed two little mites crawling around my hand. I decided to call the store I bought her from and inform them because I know mites can be a big problem and maybe they would want to know and maybe pay for the treatment idk?? Anyway the lady told me that this can happen when you move and stress the snakes because the mites are already carried internally, and stress can make them break out.

That sounded pretty sketchy to me, but I didn't disagree since my knowledge may not be as good as her's. Still, out of all the research I've done about mites, I've never heard that before. I think it's possible she didn't want to tell the truth to avoid paying for the treatment or me asking to return the snake, but idk...

What are your thoughts on this?

Extra information: The store isn't some big chain pet store; they are a family run store that specializes in exotics. I'm also going there tomorrow to buy food and now the treatment...jeez...