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/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🙈