yes i am pretty sure the snake did not come with mites i have been handling him for the past few days (i know your supposed to wait a week or two after getting him but he ate for me on the first day i brought him home and i held him 2 days later and doesnt seem stressed at all) but i have never seen a mite on him or anything and i inspected him pretty good. i actually saw this small bug crawl from the rat onto the snake.