Bogertophis: I was able to gently remove it with a moistened Q-tip like you suggested, it was a relatively easy process considering I was dealing with a ticked off ball of python.
And my wife and I name all our balls with food related names, we have a super pastel named Cannoli, a lemon blast named Meringue (obviously), and a pastave bee that has been dubbed Praline. Since we got a butter mix, it was either Butterfinger, Butterball(a little too on the nose), or Margarine (more of a feminine name). So Butterfinger stuck.
rvcasa: I'm not 100% sure on that one, I've bought from private collections in the past and have never had a snake come to me with mites. Usually if I see mites I'm either dealing with a rescue snake or some other special circumstance animal that needs some help.
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