wood mites ?

ok I recently got 2 bags of aspen chips from tractor supply. and al lthe snakes are doing great but the one little guy. ( his tub was filled from the bottom of the bag.) well I seen he been soaking he last 2 days and I figure i check on him. and what I find in the bottom of his water bowl about a dozen little red mites. but ther none on him. So I have emtpied his tub placed on paper towels ( which Is after I scrubbed his tub with hot water ( about 160 Degrees) , and then sprayed the entire tub and lid with the reptile relief that came with the lues rat snakeI rescued few weeks ago ( who had and was treated for mites in the same matter with great success) I am figuring that I ether had a pregant mite on me when I clean his tub last or the eggs were dormant in the chips. but the other snakes are in great shape I guessing it the first since I had to clean his cage the same evening I treated the lues rat snake. I am ordering a can of pam, with my flexwatt and snake tonges tomorrow evening if i can get done cutting grass in time to go to the bank.

I wondering what kind of mites these guys are erd color and all the others I seen ( on here and on he lues rat snake were he black and white little sobs.

ANyhow I am going to treat the entire room with a light spray tomorrow and let it sit to help kill any that gotten out of the tub, and just to be a prick to any other creatures that are not snakes in the room ( during thisi proccess I will have the snakes in pillow cases ( wonders if I got 21 of them) and give each snakea nice temped bath to make sure lol..

Should I either bake the aspen, or toss it ( I hate to toss an entire unopened bag if the mites were transported by me), specially since ordering the pam, snake stick and flexwatt will break me for a few weeks. I need the flexwatt due to the fact I got the one bp and all my corns on the new rack and ther no extra heat. I hope the little buggers suffer a lot befoer they die lol they causing me enough heeadache this year.

I need to invent a light or something that I can walk though to kill the mites when they are possible on cloths to prevent these issues in the future, I think both my mite cases were transfered by cloths to the other snakes that were not in QT. I also need to make a new QT room since it was the bedroom, but only allowed snake in it and my reptile room since mom does have friends that are scared of snakes. and I can't sleep in an 80 + room lol

Wood mites are actually beneficial to substrate, by way of helping to break down waste and decomposing leaf litter etc..... (not that you have any in your cages) But anyway, wood mites/lice are harmless to reptiles. All the wood mites i have come across are silver looking, so im not sure if we are talking about the same thing. Im sure someone with a little more experience in the subject will come along. Good luck.