I have to say, I had the same thing happen to my ball. No change in feeders. No handling other snakes. No change in bedding. And one day they just popped up. Snake never went in the grass or anything. Wasn't near any of my other snakes. I did finally get rid of them, but I still have NO idea where they came from. I guess its possible that she had one lone mite hiding away somewhere. Then if that lone mite laid some eggs, could have started the infestation. But that's about the best I can think of.

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• How do mites just appear out of nowhere? - RyanT, Fri Jun 18 13:47:26 2010
• RE: How do mites just appear out of nowhere? - Shadow4108, Fri Jun 18 14:04:51 2010
• RE: How do mites just appear out of nowhere? - gulfcoastreefer, Fri Jun 18 14:10:48 2010
• RE: How do mites just appear out of nowhere? - RyanT, Fri Jun 18 14:41:04 2010
• RE: How do mites just appear out of nowhere? - xXVanXx, Sat Jun 19 04:10:21 2010
• RE: How do mites just appear out of nowhere? - Bolitochrome, Fri Jun 18 15:14:10 2010
• They don't - mykee, Fri Jun 18 15:59:30 2010
• Basically...No to all of the above. - RyanT, Fri Jun 18 17:33:44 2010
• RE: Basically...No to all of the above. - PHLdyPayne, Fri Jun 18 18:29:32 2010
• RE: How do mites just appear out of nowhere? - jlsreptiles2011, Sat Jun 19 06:33:15 2010
• RE: How do mites just appear out of nowhere? - ChrisMaze, Sat Jun 19 11:49:52 2010
• RE: How do mites just appear out of nowhere? - cid143ti, Sat Jun 19 23:15:59 2010