So, this begs the question....can your snake pick up mites from your home? Knock on wood, Kashmire is mite free, and is not exposed to other snakes. How could/would he pick up mites? The ignorant people at my pet store said "oh, everyone has mites in their homes, so any snake can get mites" (while dismissing the mites that they had on their baby bp's - and I did NOT get Kash from them).