So it turns out that Clark, our first BP that we got at Tinley in March, has mites. He shed a couple of days ago, and that's when we discovered them. I didn't think mites were going to be an issue for him since he's been eating great and hasn't soaked at all in his water dish.

I'm really hoping we caught them early, but here is how we've addressed them so far. I'd appreciate any feedback on whether we should do anything else or if I've missed something.

- Removed all substrate via vacuum from cages. Cleaned cages with diluted bleach solution and put down paper towels as cage liners.
- Soaked each snake in warm water with a little dish soap.
- Ordered Provent-a-Mite and Natural Chemistry Mite Spray (these arrived today).
- Soaked all cage items in hot water and bleach, rinsed thoroughly, air dried.
- Now that we have the mite sprays, we are following directions for treatment (ie, putting cages back together before using PAM). We'll treat everyone and all cages.

With the way our house is setup, it's not really feasible to quarantine in different rooms, and most of our snakes were acquired in a relatively short span of each other. (And admittedly I had no idea about quarantining snakes when we got Clark.)

Is there anything else I should be doing? We currently use ReptiBark for substrate - is this safe or should I use something else? I'm assuming Clark brought the mites in because we've seen no sign on other snakes so far, but I'm also irrationally paranoid that it might have been from his substrate.

Thank you!