Mites :(

[Bogertophis]

Yes, the "oil" advice was wrong...& it's been floating around for a long while, no pun intended.

At least you only used a drop, in the water, & not all over the snake, as some have done...I don't think that will affect sheds at all, mainly because oil & water don't mix, lol...so very little got on the snake and the future bathing with a little soap should help remove it. The soap is all you need to reduce surface tension of the water, that's why mites drown...they can't get away with floating. Obviously do NOT put any soap in her water dish, but as I said, I would also give her something big enough to soak in (in her enclosure) should she want to.

I haven't had to rid a snake of mites for many years. Only twice ever, & it was so long ago that besides the soap/bathing method, other products were
used that I won't go into detail on. I only mention this as most here swear by PAM -that's "Provent-A-Mite", not the cooking spray - and other than suggesting
you thoroughly read & follow the directions carefully, I'll let others who have used that advise you if you have any questions about it. There's other stuff too...a
Natural Chemistry spray, but again, I haven't had mites in SO long (very thankful) that I haven't needed to try it, so I leave the reviews to others who have.