A lot of things I read online contradicted themselves in terms of solutions for the mites. My brother and I owned a bp as kids, and when I told my mom she said a soak in Extra Virgin Olive Oil would clear them up. They were all drowned and floating in the oil by the end, and Aurelius was calm enough to let me pick the last remaining ones out of this "chin" area. We bleached the cage, (used paper towels for liner now) and got him a new hide, which he actually interacts with more.
I was just so leery about the variety of weird mystery chemicals out there for him, and like I said, I haven't seen any since.

so if he has ticks.. they're living under his skin??