alright i have 6 snakes after my caramel died :'( well i figured out she died from drowning herself trying to drown the mites......well i came home after being gone for over a month to find that out so i went to check on all the other snakes............omg.........they all had it even in their heat pits!! well the viper boa got lucky and stayed mite free? well anyway someone told me this trick of putting a snake in an inch of water and adding a little canola oil in with it and rubbing it on the snake. They said they had luck with it so I did it to all of them including the viper boa just to make sure and they started sliding off the snakes! they were completely suffocated all snakes soaked in water then rinsed in water afterwards too and i look like a retard but i stared at their bellies and heads to see if i can find one and no they are completely gone! Yay! lol Just thought I had to share this trick that only took 30 minutes with each snake oh and yes they all had clean vaccumed out scrubbed enclosures to go into :)