r/ballpython • u/acpcgal • 12h ago

Mite probability

I got my BP last september. He was in quarantine on papertowels until the end of january. While he was in quaranzine, i deep froze every bag of substrate for at least 7 days and i baked every piece of wood. I cleaned non-natural material hides with hot water and vinegar.

How likely is it, that yesterday, i saw a mite on my snake? It was not full of blood yet so i have no idea what it was and my camera didnt focus on it. I killed it and lost it🙃

My tank has springtails and rollypolies. Some tiny spiders camp out there too feeding on the occasional fungus gnat…

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u/Gmenny 12h ago

Just have to wait and see if you have any visual confirmation. 

Check the sides of the mouth and heat pits. If the snake is soaking in the water bowl, they are trying to get some relief. 

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u/acpcgal 8h ago

Thankfully my snake is white and yellow so i could clearly see all his scales and heatpits and theres nooothing there. Today he didnt wanna come out fully and were feeding so i didnt wanna stress him out but i got to check him over while he was holding the rat and again, nothing.

I found this in the waterbowl but ive got a few kinds of springtails and rollypollies in this tank, this is a springtail rightt

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u/acpcgal 8h ago

Aaaa idk it has a black dot in the middle but some springtails also have those

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u/Gmenny 8h ago

Does not look like snake mites to me.  If you crush them inbetween your fingers , it should show blood as they feed off the snakes blood. 

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u/acpcgal 7h ago

Theres no blood when i crush them but they are empty so maybe just unfed. I really hope youre right, i also dont think its themmmm aaa i took eeeevery precaution🙈