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Snakes don't die of mites without noticing them way before the snake is dead. Forget the substrate for a second; snake mites feed off the SNAKE. She should have been crawling with them long before she up and died. They do not just disappear into the substrate the moment a cage is opened. I have a tiny and FREQUENTLY handled collection. There is absolutely no possible way i wouldn't have noticed snake mites on a red, albino snake. There is nowhere on a snake like that for them to hide. Last time i had mites on a light colored snake they were EXTREMELY noticeable and she was nowhere near death. To answer an earlier question, one of the things detritivores do is eat dead animal and plant matter. Of course they would be all over her--after her death, because they have no interest in a live snake due to not being parasitic snake mites.
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