Yesterday I took my girl out for a bit and my boyfriend noticed a little black dot and he was like, "OMG I think it's a MITE!" I looked and there was a grayish balckish dot with legs crawling on my snake! I was like, "AH!" and grabbed it and it squished in my fingers and all was left was a black smear. I checked her all over, dug through her aspen bedding, looked all over her hides, and checked her water bowl very thouroughly (and a bit psychoticly...) and I couldn't find any trace of mites. I'm not stupid, I know that if there's one there's more but it makes me MAD. I've never seen a mite before. I'm guessing this thing was a mite. What the hell else could it be? So now I have to get some Prevent-a-Mite but my car is DEAD. I'm freaking out now. How long can I safely wait to get her treatment? I've never seen her soak EVER. Drink yes, soak no. I would have never even known she had mites if I hadn't taken her out when I did. *sigh* I'm sad.