oh and i forgot, my boa is well quarantined from my bp. they are in seperate rooms of the house and i ALWAYS wash my hands before and after holding each one so there shouldn't be any cross contamination thanks for the info, i had no idea they were airbourne thats scary because im going to be bringing home my second baby veiled chameleon within 2 weeks and his tank is in the same room as my ball pythons.... hopefully the mites will be destroyed by then! if they dont appear to be ill set up the baby chameleon's tank in a different room just to be safe