Unfortunately I'm dealing with my first mite outbreak, and even after reading a million threads/articles, I still have a few questions! Only one snake was really affected, but I've found a few here & there in the rest of my collection... which currently consists of 29 snakes (pythons & colubrids), including 6 new BP hatchlings. I did order a can of Provent-A-Mite, which the mailman attempted to deliver today - I'll have to pick it up at the post office tomorrow. In the meantime I treated the affected snake & a few others with Reptile Relief, and have cleaned most of the tubs with my regular methods.

Now that I have the PAM, I'm trying to figure out the logistics of treating 29 snakes... I read a good article from LLL about the whole procedure, and they said "it should only take about an hour." But since they're talking about ONE snake, does that mean I'm looking at a 29-hour procedure?! I'm guessing there are more effective ways to treat a big collection, so hopefully you all can give me some tips.

My questions:
Do I have to treat (with Reptile Relief) & soak each snake, even if no mites are visible on them?
Is it safe to use PAM for the 3 week-old babies' tubs?
Should I treat the tubs themselves, the newspaper substrate, or both?
Do I have to treat the racks too? In order to do that, I'll have to remove ALL snakes from the room at the same time - not sure where I'd stash 29 snakes at once.
Will one can be enough to treat the whole collection? Should have asked that before I ordered it, LOL.