Do You Pre-Treat Your SubStrate?

[Crowfingers]

Mites have gotten me paranoid. I am really concerned about adding the Cypress mulch back when the time comes. I did call Zoomed and they said that none of there mulch should have mites as during the bagging and transportation process they would have been nowhere near snakes long enough for the mites to be able to survive, mites obviously need a host to survive and after about a week they die.

I use the cypress bark, and was also paranoid about having mites, so when I ordered mine I put it in a deep freezer for 3 days. It took a while to thaw, then dry out, so I would make sure you have enough to last until the new stuff is ready. (I didn't have a deep freezer, but my boss did and was fine with storing it, just in case you also don't have one)

EDIT: I didn't see all the other posts