Quote Originally Posted by BallPythonLOVER View Post
I have two normal BPs (well, the male COULD be a het for something but I have to breed him out..) and my male is probably between 4-6 months old and the female is a year and a half old.

The male had mites, and I only found 5 (4 on him, 1 in tank). I sprayed the tank with JurassiMite and rubbed it on him with a towel. I'm pretty sure I got rid off all of them. He just shedded yesterday, so I cleaned out the ENTIRE enclosure. Everything he has in the enclosure was soaked in HOT water. I tried looking for more mites in the area I found them before (under the scales on the jaw) but couldn't find any. Though, there could be more so in this week I'm checking him daily for any mites that are still on him. I think the shedding may have gotten rid of some, but you never know. The female is a very healthy girl and she is just a sweet little girl. She is very friendly to my other snakes. I put her and my Corn on my bed and she didn't do anything, just smelled him and slithered over him lol.

Anyways, I may put the male in her enclosure when I notice every mite is gone. Will the male possibly mate with her? And since he had mites, should I wait longer than a week to put them together? Also, they both have no sicknesses and the female is housed in a 20 gallon enclosure.
I would wait a month or two after the mites clear up just to make sure no other problems persist. How big and how old is the female? Is she ready to breed, and are you ready to have babies?
I wouldn't keep them together permanently, if one were to get sick, then they would both get sick and over-breeding can be very stressful on the animals.

Also, I would get an internal parasite float done on both before breeding, just in case so that they wouldn't spread it to each other. You can drop off the fecal matter at a herp vet and they will float it and treat any parasites as needed. It's usually not very expensive to do so.