Mites treatment

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So I just watched this & he seems to be promoting olive oil from one instance where a snake he got had a few mites & after this treatment, the mites were gone, so now he routinely uses this as his go-to mite prevention method.

I agree with you, olive oil is not an effective mite treatment. .
I wasn't relay suggesting olive oil as an effective mite treatment, just as a test for new snakes to see if there are mites. a little olive oil helps them come off in the paper towel so you can see if there is a problem that needs treating.
Like i said in the first post, if there were mites detected by that process I would then move on to to other more effective treatments.
If not I would just treat the housing before use (and not the snake) as a quarantine precaution for mite eggs.

Also to others yes agreed keep away from petroleum products