I raise my own feeders so mites come from dirty petstores don't apply to me.......and by the way, not all petstores are nasty.....I have been to LOTS of petstores that I would not mind buying from or selling to....they just don't carry things that I want/need.
I have raised probably thousands of snakes over the past 10 years, and maintain a collection of just over 150, and have never had a snake get attacked/chewed up by a rat.......maybe that is because I take care of my rats the same, if not better than my snakes......I have the understanding that you only get out what you are putting in......just because I don't have almost 2000 posts in 4 months doesn't mean that I don't know what I am talking about.
We can argue/debate all day who is right, and who is wrong, and whos opinion is better, but in the end of the day it is all just opinions. No matter how you feed your snakes, it is up to you to do it in a responsible way......
Good day to everyone,
Jason