question about feeder mice

So today we bought a couple white feeders from a local small petstore... Get a good look at em and noticed tiny red mite looking things my husband says he believes they're only clover mites he says there was greens lettuce in thief cage at the store he thinks that's where they're from but me iam freaking out I'm scared its something we can catch or my snakes so any of you have any ideas as to what I should do thanks a lot

Mites are species specific mites found on snakes and that can cause them harm are black.

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Originally Posted by Deborah

Mites are species specific mites found on snakes and that can cause them harm are black.

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These are red like bright red I have never yet seen anything black or on Amy of my snakes iam just freakin out cuz I'm not sure what these are on the mice can they harm humans? My snakes?

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Originally Posted by snakeluvr#3

These are red like bright red I have never yet seen anything black or on Amy of my snakes iam just freakin out cuz I'm not sure what these are on the mice can they harm humans? My snakes?

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Really I just need to know what I should do I was gonna feed my guys tonight but now idk if I should its really weird that these mice have this but also I have some from a differentpkace in my freezer for my f/ t guys from an entirely different place that one of em has what looks to be the same thing on it on one of them

Not saying its not mites but they sound like chiggers. Not sure how they would get on rodents, but it could be clover mites. If its clover mites then I doubt there is anything to worry about. Chiggers on the other hand may be something to take serious and get out your home
ASAP.

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Originally Posted by ChrisS

Not saying its not mites but they sound like chiggers. Not sure how they would get on rodents, but it could be clover mites. If its clover mites then I doubt there is anything to worry about. Chiggers on the other hand may be something to take serious and get out your home
ASAP.

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Yea they're outside since I ever noticed em .. we actually caught a few of them in a sterile urine cup lol but I got a magnifying glass out and really they look exactly like spider mites.. to me and my husband .. but what is chiggers and how or where do they come from?

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Originally Posted by snakeluvr#3

Yea they're outside since I ever noticed em .. we actually caught a few of them in a sterile urine cup lol but I got a magnifying glass out and really they look exactly like spider mites.. to me and my husband .. but what is chiggers and how or where do they come from?

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Also husband is really wanting to breed our own feeders.. now I'm pretty turned off from the idea.. so I looked up chiggers and what we found has way more rounded butts/bodies those chiggers look more flat bodied to me but idk I never really seen any of these before I mean I have randomly seen lol spider mites outside before

Have you looked up lice?

The only kind of mites that will harm a snake is a snake mite. They look like poppy seeds to the naked eye.

The red mites could possibly be rodent mites. They are harmless to snakes, but may transfer to humans. They are sort of redish, but not BRIGHT red. More like a dark ruby red-brown from my experience... If they are rodent mites, the mice should have dandruff and possible patches of thin or missing fur

If they are clover mites, then they are harmless to humans, mice, and snakes. The Bright red description sounds like this.