I have a 3 year old who seems fine, but all of a sudden began hiding in his dish (like he did when I first got him, and was located in a high traffic area) this is no longer the case so I'm concerned. I know it might be mite because last night I noticed on one of my new baby BPs there were black specs. He had just shed so I was first worried it was a damaged scale. I keep watching for a while until it moved! Then I noticed another, then another! I freaked out.. Gave him a bath immediately which killed a bunch of them as I could see black specs at the bottom of the water filled container. I put him back in his tank and inspected my other new comer. He seemed clean but like my baby, he to slept in his dish an awful lot.

Today I was hoping Petco or someone would have mite-off, but no one has anything on their shelves. It was something I thought I could temporarily use while I wait for Reptile Relief to come in the mail. So since that failed I gave them both another bath. Cleaned out their terrariums and put them in a isolated tote with just paper towels, breath holes, water dish and a single UTH between them. I threw away the substrate and packed all the "non wood" stuff like some hides, logs and dish in a bag. Then I put their wood hides in another, then the lights in a third. Storing them in the garage for now. I cleaned their terrariums with a bleach/water solution and I will let them dry and air out over night. Tomorrow I intent on spraying down their bare tanks with the Reptile Relief. Then I will spray down their "non wood" stuff, put them back in the tanks. Spray down the snakes in the totes then put the snakes back in their tanks. I'm not sure what to do about the wooden hides, any suggestions?


I'm just looking for advice as this is my first infestation, and if this is a good approach to eradicate these mites. Also how to check how far it got. I do not visually notice anything with the two, but the smallest definitely has them! Still not sure where they came from, but that's another day. For now it's about helping my babys.