Hello. I got my ball python the end of may and had some problems getting him/her to eat (dont know sex yet). Was trying frozen stuff but didnt want it so started buying live, a little while after the first meal i noticed these red things crawling on me after i picked him up. Im pretty sure they were mites, when I had him at the vet which i had to do to get my permit, they said he was perfectly healthy no mites or anything. Now I have been battling with this mite problem for well over a month. I got this stuff called mite off and cleaned the cage and everything umpteen times, they go away then keep coming back but only a few of them. UGH. I am wondering if they are coming home with the mice i buy, I just dont know what else to do. This is the first time ever owning a snake and I dont want to get rid of him but I feel so bad I cant rid him of these dumb creatures.