Quote Originally Posted by Brandon.O
She was a captive bred captive hatched snake so i doubt they came from africa.
"captive hatched" refers to snakes that were hatched on a farm in Africa and imported. Captive bred animals don't have ticks. There are many shady people in this business that lie about the origins of the animals that they sell.

You have to ask yourself, what's more likely ..... that at some point your CH ball python was labeled as "captive bred" by someone in order to make a sale or that ticks spontaneously appeared on a perfectly healthy captive bred animal? hmmmm ... being someone that deals with people in this business on a daily basis, I know what I'd pick

Quote Originally Posted by Brandon.O
Should i treat them with provent-a- mite as well ?
Yes, as per directions on the bottle.

-adam