Quote Originally Posted by Zincubus View Post
I've never quite understood that suggestion of a substrate containing SNAKE mites , how would they get there in the first place PLUS how would they survive without blood ?

I got the impression that any mites brought in to a house were simply ON bags of substrate or whatever has been purchased from a reptile store
Makes sense... these reviews appear rare/isolated, they could be outright wrong about the origin or maybe their substrate was in close proximity to an infestation at a pet store when purchased (adult mites can live ~ 40-days without a host). Better safe than sorry I threw my cypress & eco earth bags in the freezer... read all stages of snake mites cannot survive more than a few days below 35F