Hey everyone,



We've been on vacation for a few weeks, and I came home to find what appear to be mites on and around my blood python enclosure. My ball python, housed separately, seems clean of them.



My snakes have never had mites, so I don't quite know where they came from. I feed F/T rats to both snakes.



Anyway, there appear to be no mites on my snake (yet!), and what I see are tiny white dots about the size of the period on this sentence around and on the tank itself. They crawl, do not jump and have no wings. My blood isn't hanging out in her water dish either, but I'm presuming that will happen pretty soon.



Can anyone recommend an immediate treatment that's safe while I try to find a bottle of Provent-a-Mite in my area here? And, how best can I quarantine my other snake to prevent a second infestation in that tank? And, once I have Provent-a-Mite, what's the best way to use it effectively?



I know this sort of info has been posted endlessly, but I've never had mites so never really followed the posts with much interest.



Thanks a million for any and all thoughts!

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