Right on Rob. The reason black knight works is that it attacks the central nervous system of cock roaches (what it was intended to be used for). THus being said, do you really want to spray a nuerotoxin onto your snake or even allow the snake to be in the same environment. Provent-a-Mite is probably the best product out there and is designed for use against snake mites. Reptile relief also is good and safe for your snake. The underlying issue here is finding out how the snakes got the mites in the first place. I hate bedding and the like. Regardless of the type there is a possibility of it having mites. Wood of any kind is a perfect host for the laying of eggs and just because when the manufactures bag the product there is no mited doesn't necassarily mean that there is no eggs. I have opened several bags of repti-bark only to find that it is infested with mites. There really is no way to guarentee that a mite free substance such as reptibark is bug free. I recommend the use of newspaper for almost all occassions. I understand that museums and zoo's can not use newspaper. They have to have ascetically pleasing exhibits but in your home it is not necassary. Remove the chips and wooden objects and treat your snake and cage and you should remedy this problem. Todd

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