I am soooo frustrated - for two years I only fed f/t and never so much as had a single mite. I now have two bp's that will only eat live - so I have been buying 1 or 2 rats each week from PetSuppliesPlus and ever since then I keep getting mites - they have got to be coming in on the rats.

What can I do about this problem. I don't need enough rats to bother locating a large breeder to buy from - it wouldn't be worth their time to deal with my needs.

Has anyone else had this problem?? I am at my witts end with this - if I have to keep feeding live and thus bringing in mites all the time - I might just have to part with my snakes. It is way too frustrating when I cant control this problem from reoccurring.

Help.