I have young ball python about 18" long...I've had snakes before so I am familiar with the care and husbandry.

Recently I've made some changes to the enclosure to accommodate for better heating and humidity management. It's a basic 20 gal enclosure with alot of fake plants, hides, etc....your basic setup. I use aspen for the substrate.

I haven't held him for several days because he just fed. I took him out today and noticed a mite on him....I check him out everyday because I'm paranoid about mites and I don't want the problem.

This is where it gets weird. I only found ONE mite. I've double, triple, and quadruple checked....soaked him in a white bowl....removed everything in his enclosure (soaking in a 2% bleach solution). I have him in a tub right now with white paper towels as substrate while I clean his enclosure and there are absolutely no other mites. Nothing on him, nothing on any of the other items that were in the enclosure. If I notice any more I will use the PAM treatment but this is my preliminary method and I just can't find any more.

ONE mite....has anyone experienced this????