I use Provent-A-Mite - and swear by it.Originally Posted by trikcard
Yes, you treat the enclosure, not the snake. Once you put the snake into the enclosure, any mite that is living will not be living for much longer - including eggs. Awesome stuff that Provent-A-Mite is!
In fact, I always pre-treat enclosure of new additions, and re-treat the enclosures of my established colony when I bring home a new animal, just to be sure (you never know when a mite has hitch-hiked on your clothes). I've not seen a mite since I started this routine.