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Ok so here is the deal.... I made a BIG mistake by even going to the local reptile show, not only did I never hear of snake mites, but I bought a snake that looked bad to get it out of the hands of a breeder. Anyways, I traded my fully healthy, mite free corn snake of which he put in the same cage as the ball python. The ball python had stuck shed all over him & that wasnt a big deal I was ready to take care of it, however I didnt know he was severely infested with mites. They were everywhere on him... poor guy. Soaked in his water bowl for 3-4 hours a day even going under water for minutes on end. Needless to say I only had him in the tank for 3 days before getting rid of him to someone who had dealt with mites before. I took all furnishings out... bleached them.. let them dry and rinsed them off. Removed all substrate for a week... proventmited 3 times during that week... put in new substrate. Baked the wood at the time at 200 for 3 hours... put everything back and sprayed proventamite again on everything and let it air out. Im planning on getting a new snake soon... have I done everything correctly or anything else I need to do. I did buy a bottle of Reptile Relief to spray on the new snake as a precaution when it gets here just to be sure. I do NOT want this mess again. Thanks everyone for your help!:shootfoot
 
Everything should be good if you followed the instructions on the proventomite. I had that problem with a green tree python about 5 years ago and used the proventomite and it got rid of all the mites with out any issues.
 
Everything seems ready to go and since you went through this yourself instead of just hearing someone else's story, now you'll know what to look for when you purchase your new snake. The most important thing is to keep your enclosure as clean as possible and that should keep the mites at bay.
 
I would also recommend using pam on everything within a few feet outside of the enclosure as a secondary precaution. Other than that I say you have done a good job. Todd
 
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