I discovered a small black speck in my BP's water bowl this morning and thought nothing of it until I came home this afternoon to see my BP completely submerged in her water bowl.

She is usually an extremely nocturnal girl, coming out when it is basically pitch black and rarely out of her hides; seeing her out during the day and submerged started setting off alarm bells straight away! As soon as she went back into her hide I delved in for the water bowl and low and behold, black specks. I removed one with some tweezers and popped it which proved the one thing I was hoping against. She has mites.

I only fed my girl on the 22nd (very late at night) so I was not planning on handling until tomorrow night at the earliest as I would like to not risk a regurge! The people I got her from are sending out a treatment and instructions in the post tomorrow (which likely means I won't get it until Monday) so I was wondering if you had any tips in the meantime? Anyone who has dealt with mites before?

I got a new BP on Monday who hasn't fed yet who I was going to leave alone until feeding on Tuesday but I think it's imperative I get him checked over in case he is the mite bringer and if he is clear I need to move his room (bring him into my bedroom which isn't far from her but I live in a shoebox) He is currently about 2.5 metres from her on a table in my kitchen (I have a kitchen/sitting room) as it is unfortunately as far away as I could reasonably get him away.

Any tips would be great! I don't seem to be having much luck at the moment!