On Reptile Mites

[YungRasputin]

You can summarize it in one word: specialization. A decent number of parasites tend to have a narrow field of hosts, even down to a singular species. The mites that plague the reptile hobby for example are not the same kind that I spent a year eradicating from my chickens. Lest we forget there's even mites that specifically eat other mites that some have used for reptile mite control. The ever ongoing war for organisms to find ecological niches can lead to some astonishing solutions...

good point - i was hypothesizing in my head that - if pheromones is present in blood and the mites are attracted to these pheromones and use them to hunt the snakes - maybe some company could make use of that info to create a counter-stench that could act as a repellent that could be used in conjunction with mite poisons