So I went to an herp meeting the other day, and one of the guys there said if you ever suspect your snake has mites, one trick you can do is put the snake in like a shoe box. and get some paper towels and some vegtable oil and to put a coat of oil on the snake a little bit behind its head, then to set it in the shoe box and let it sit for about 10-15 min. then take clean paper towels and wipe down the snake. If it has mites they will all wipe off and show up on the clean paper towel. This true? Or even healthy? The only thing I can guess is the oil completely block out all the oxygen from the mites and they all die off, so then when you wipe down the snake they all wipe off. Anyone have any comments on this?