I am borrowing a male boa from a friend this winter to breed with one of my females. I have had it for two weeks now and is still being quarantined. Today, I was cleaning his cage and noticed a few dead mites. I did not find any alive, probably because the first thing I did when I brought him home was give him a spray of permectrin as a general precaution.

Anyways, the question is, should I keep holding on to this boa in quarantine and keep treating him for mites so I can breed him after...or is it not worth the trouble and just give it back to him?

He is a normal being bred to my normal is it is nothing I have been anticipating for so long, although it would stil be nice to have another pair to breed. What would you do?

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