I was cleaning my snake bins and found one snake with white mites. No black ones to be found. At first I thought it may have been mites in the bedding because I couldn't find any of the black mites pictured and talked about on all the snake-mite forum threads.
Then I found this:
The protonymph stage lasts from three days to two weeks. This stage is mobile and may move considerable distances. Protonymphs are able to detect and are attracted by the smell of snakes. They require a blood meal to metamorphose to the next stage. Unfed protonymphs are pale ivory or yellowish in color, and they are almost invisible to the naked eye. The sharp-eyed, observant keeper may notice pale protonymphs walking across scale surfaces, especially on a snake's head plates.

posted at http://vpi.com/publications/the_life...of_snake_mites

Here's a couple photos;






I'm going to treat my snakes just in case.
I have 23 snakes between 300 and 500gms and three 1500gm adults. All Ball Pythons. Will one can of Prevent a Mite and one spray bottle of Reptile Spray be enough for 3 treatments or should I get two or three containers of each?

Thanks