Safest mite treatment for snakes

[Bogertophis]

Thank You. I did not want to go the bleach route. Because I want to try provide the least harsh ways to care for all of my animals. But that is the first thing we thought of. We actually ended up using bleach on the old enclosures. We had extras around and put them in all new ones. I am going to check out that product you suggested, but in the meantime I will do the dawn soap thing as well.

What do you think of the olive oil method? Does that actually work?

We just kept the bowl and the plastic hide. Everything else went in the trash.

I really appreciate the response. We were ordering from an online store at the time we found the mites. I had a bunch of mite products in the cart and decided to delete all of that and ask what would be best on here. Thanks again, really appreciate it.

DO NOT use oil (olive or any other kind) on snakes- the idea is to smother mites with it, but the dish soap/soak is the better way. Oils mess up their skin & future sheds, plus they can get it in their nose, etc- just don't...

I hate mites, they're awful, but happily I've only ever had 2 (new) snakes with them, & that was many years ago- none since. I agree with using the least harmful methods (to your snake).

Don't forget that mites can transfer on your clothing to your other snakes- so work on the others first, then the one with mites, & shower/change clothes before handling others- just in case. One snake to treat is bad enough.