Quote Originally Posted by Ballpythonguy92 View Post
They were gone I went well over a year before that ghi brought them back and they haven't infected my main collection so I'm happy about that and the reason why I got them soo many times was I kept buying rats from a breeder who I found out didn't really clean their cages well and left dead ones in their to be eating but that's were the mite came from 3 times when I found out after making a post on a local reptile page people told me I shouldn't buy from their and said alot of nasty things about the rats and directed to a better rate breeder and the worst thing was one person posted tons of pictures of theirs rats before cleaned up for shipping and it was soo freaking sad but six months after I stopped buying from them I heard they were shut down

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Mites are species specific. As long as there are snakes around and the husbandry is good(high humidity and temps which mites love), they will generally prefer that type of environment. Rats are kept dry and not 90F. Now it's possible to get them from a feeder but very unlikely. I used to feed my snakes pre killed for years and I never once saw mites on any of my mice or rats.

And for it to happen 3 times? That shop had to be crawling with mites from floor to ceiling.

Anyways, sorry to hear the loss and I would definitely wait at least 2-3 months before I brought a new snake home just so you know that the mites are for sure gone.