If you've got a full infestation going and can see lots of adult mites - there is a very good chance that they are outside of the snakes immediate environment. Especially if you handle your snakes often or have had the snakes out of their cages it's very likely you have been inadvertantly been spreading them throughout the house.

You should also PAM the rack, surrounding walls and carpet or flooring and anywhere you have had the snakes or else you run the risk of repeated infestations.

To be on the safest side I recommend bug bombing your house, throwing out your current vaccuum bag and put a couple of mothballs in a new one to use (in case you pick up some strays in the vaccum the mothballs will kill them), keep your substrate PAMed for several months as a preventative measure.

Be vigilant next time you are somewhere that has reptiles or oder from a reptile supplier - be it the pet shop or a show or even around your friends reptiles, make sure when you get home you don't handle your snakes until you've washed up properly. Quarantine your animals for three months on PAMed substrate.

And hopefully you won't have to go through it again!
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Tosha

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• MITES>>>How to treat???... - -ryan-, Wed Mar 8 22:04:27 2006
• RE: MITES>>>How to treat???... - 414reptiles, Wed Mar 8 23:05:33 2006
• RE: MITES>>>How to treat???... - bloodroses19, Thu Mar 9 01:26:19 2006
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• One more thing to add ... - toshamc, Thu Mar 9 14:42:38 2006
• Thanks for the replies!.... - -ryan-, Thu Mar 9 17:59:23 2006