hello everyone i just got a 09 normal male ball python. (if you want to see closer pics of him and his enclosure, check out my youtube channel and subscribe if u want. www.youtube.com/bamf64 ... )

so anyways, i was looking at him making a video and saw that he had mites. it must hav been from the breeder. i was unsure about them but i went with it. i ran to the store and bought reptile releif today and did the procedure... he is sitting in his hide rite now probably stressed to death about his first soak and getting sprayed with all that crap.i found like 10 mites in the water after his soak and i was happy they were gone. i cleaned his tub and everything in it with scalding hot water and put paper towel as substrate so i can see if i missed any mites. just a question... do you think there are still some excess mites on him? should i soak him 1nce a week just to make sure?


next question... i was wondering if i should let my little man settle in to his new enclosure for a week or so? i have held him twice for like 15 mins each and he is very tame and active and nice.. the only problem was that he didnt eat a frozen/thawed mouse when i tried to feed it to him. he ate live at the breeder so thats MOST LIKELY the problem, so ill try one more time with f/t and if he doesnt eat that il feed him some live. but i heard that the reason he wasnt eating was cuz he was stressed from the move and that i should let him settle in to his home and not try to feed him or handle him for a week or so... should i do this? i want him to be as happy and healthy as possible and i would appreciate all the help i can get. thanks

-ian