Quote Originally Posted by Ascended View Post
Fair point. Re substrate and cloths, I quarantine substrate too. Cloths are easy for me, I wash them and shower after going to a pet shop or other high risk environment. .
More difficalt though in a shared housing environment with limited space.
Like I said though, ventilate to room, Spray close to the carpet to avoid air bourn partials. Its the aireasole partials that's the problem, (like covid) if you can reduce them its ok once it coats the floor/enclosure and you give time before introducing snakes to it.. I have no problems, but to be fair, I do not spray it in the same room as my animals. I spray then move the animals once the partials have settles. Ame with enclosures. I have never had a problem.
But that's anecdotal. Take Bogertophis view over mine. they are much more experienced.
Hey, I'm just offering some discussion, not the "last word", lol. And happily I've only dealt personally with mites TWICE, both times were many years ago. I've been keeping many snakes for a lot of years, & it's shocking to see how prevalent mites & some herp diseases have become. I feel statistically very lucky, but these days I don't go to expos, & rarely to pet stores- "risky" places.

Might be a way to follow your suggestion more safely- I dislike aerosols anyway- they go everywhere. Maybe spray it onto a sponge (inside an open box outdoors, to help contain it), then wipe the sponge on the floor (& wearing rubber gloves). I wonder if that's really enough exposure though, to prevent mites from crossing the "barrier"? Full disclosure, I really dislike using pesticides- I avoid them 99.9% of the time. They have a way of biting our own health too.

And your perimeter treatment still won't keep out airborne pathogens, even if it works for mites.