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THERES LITTLE WHITE BUGS IN MY BOAS EYES. YESTERDAY I GAVE THE SNAKE A BATH AND SPRAIED THE SNAKE CAGE AND THE WHOLE ROOM WITH BLACK KNIGHT SPRAY AND NOW TIS MORNING I WAS LOOKING AT THE SBAKE AND THERE WAS A LITTLE BUG CRALWING ON THE SNAKES HEAD.. WHAT CAN I DO TO GET RID OF THIS BUG???????

THANXS FOR ANY RESPONSES.
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You may have a bad infestation...
I would put her back in her cage, remove the water, then lightly spray the whole cage down again, including spraying over her.. lightly.

Don't keep taking her out and washing her - leave her there.
later that night place a large water bowl/dish in there which will allow her to soak fully on her own. She should want to soak herself.
Leave her there soaking herself for a few days, and in about 4 days , take out the water and spray it all down again, since mite eggs hatch about every 4 days or so.

Hopefully you don't have a bedding/wood/shaving type substrate...

take care - Joe
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Thanks and take care - Joe Rollo
'Tis not the stongest of the species that will eventually survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change' Charles Darwin

If the "bug" is tiny and white it MAY be a harmless Predator Mite. It's a good idea to thoroughly treat for mites, but Predator Mites are white (almost clear looking) and are roughly the size of the normal, black mites.

Predator mites are harmless to your snake, they eat OTHER little critters (like the harmful mites). Follow the treatment suggestions offered by various sources, but take a closer look at your boa (preferably on newspaper substrate for a while) before you panic.

Tom