Besides the mites, everything has been great. My girlfriend and I got him from a local pet store last week and he has been such a good snake so far. He ate for us on his second day and loves his new enclosure. Jump forward to Thursday night. We saw a black dot on him, took him out to investigate and then saw 4 more crawling around. We got some mite spray, stripped his terrarium and cleaned out everything. Last night we saw only one mite on him, redid the whole process again with the mite spray and it seems to be working. During this whole process of handling him and rubbing him down with the spray and moving him, not once did he get aggressive. He basically just sat there while we helped him out for a few days. It just makes me feel horrible that he was getting used to his new home and then we had to stress him out like this. His calm demeanor really makes me feel even worse because even when he was soaking in a bit of water, he just calmly sat there and looked up at us. His personality reminds me of a puppy to be honest.
Anyways, here he is. We have no idea how old he is. Of course when I asked, the pet store was like uhhhhhhhh maybe 5 months? So who even knows.
Hopefully this is almost over and he can get back to his normal enclosure. Has anyone else dealt with mites? How long did it take for you to fully get rid of them?
Thanks for reading.
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