Quote Originally Posted by Adam_Wysocki
The problem is that there is no consistent definition of what "properly" is ... as a result, you have a lot of cowboys out there "winging it" and potentially causing further complications with their animal. If you don't know what you're doing and are not being instructed by someone that has successfully done it before, a living animal is not the right kind of subject to "tinker" with and hope you get it done "properly" .... just my opinion of course.

As far as mites ... if you think your animal has mites, look around the soft tissue of the eyes, the white skin fold on the bottom of the lower jaw, and run your hand down the length of it's body .... Mite feces will show up as a grey powder in your hand and the soft skin around the eyes and lower jaw is a buffet for the snake mite.
Hope this helps.
-adam
well put, i agree, if you don't have training or someone to help you it isn't the best or even worth trying, similar to probing, not the same but similar

~mike