My friend here at school, Jaime has a rough green snake (at PetCo, where she bought him, they called it a "Florida Green Snake", but I believe they're the same thing). She bought him around the middle of last semester.

I was with her when she bought him and she named him Midori. She discovered shortly after bringing him home that he had mites (anyone shocked that a snake purchased from PetCo had mites? ). She used Reptile Relief to treat the tank, the accessories and she treated him.

Her setup was apparantly mite-free after than and through break, and when I was over there last night, she said that she had seen mites in his water bowl. She said she noticed the week before coming back to school--so he's had mites again for at least 3 weeks...

She said she hadn't seen any actually -on- him, but when I went and peeked into his enclosure, we both spotted some under his scales I advised that she either treat him and his enclosure again with Reptile Relief, being sure to get every nook and crannie--or to order Provent-a-Mite off the net and do the same, since that's what all of the people on the forums I post to (that being BP.net) swear by.

She asked if I wanted to hold him and I said no--even though under normal circumstances I would. I'm bringing Auryn home this coming Friday and the idea that he could somehow get mites just from my being in her -apartment- has given me the creeps! Nevermind actually handling a mitey reptile!

O.O Are my heebie-jeebies unwarranted? Is it likely I brought home mites just from being in her apartment, with no contact between myself and the reptile or enclosure?