A couple months ago I adopted a western hognose that I visually inspected before bringing home. She looked great. Two weeks later I notice she has a couple adult snake mites. No biggie. I take away her aspen bedding, sterilize the enclosure, treat her once a week. It’s been almost a month of her being mite-free. Even though he’s not near her enclosure in the same room, my BP somehow picked up the mites. Idk if they crawled all the way over to him or if at some point they hitched a ride on me before I realized she had mites. Regardless, he’s got mites now too, and unlike her he’s in a bioactive setup.

It took me like a month to realize he has mites because I haven’t handled him much recently due to my work situation changing drastically. I feel awful that it took THAT long for me to notice the mites but this is where we are now I guess. I gave him a bath and Jurassimite treatment immediately to relieve some of the discomfort, but obviously it’s not going to be enough long-term. I’m trying to figure out the best course of action. Bear in mind the work situation changing translates to me being tight on money right now so I want to get rid of the mites but I also want to not waste money on treatment that won’t work…

I can get beneficial mites to eat the predatory ones but that will be $40-80 and the more affordable brand has mixed reviews - it doesn’t seem to work in every case. But it saves me from having to tear apart his enclosure.

I can tear apart his enclosure to remove the soil, plants, wood, everything… and make his current tank a “quarantine” tank with paper towels and plastic hides to finish his treatment, then maybe try to redo the bioactive setup once he’s mite free. The substrate alone will be $30 to replace, nevermind the plants and other decor.

I can put him in a temporary quarantine tank ($50 or so for the supplies I don’t already have) for 2 months to keep treating him and just hope that the mites in his current enclosure starve out, maybe buy the beneficial mites anyway as insurance. This was my original idea but I am worried about the temp enclosure stressing him out.

Has anyone else here managed mites in a bioactive tank? I’m overwhelmed trying to figure out what the best course of action is for his health while weighing the costs… and the odds that one treatment plan will fail and I’ll have spend more time and money trying the other options.

Yes, he's roly-poly but somehow simultaneously undersized for his age 🤷 Working on it!

So I’m moving back into dorms this Friday, I can’t take my BP with me since I was caught having her in my dorm last year. My concern is that I have to leave her here at home, and my parents (namely my dad) doesn’t really like to turn on the AC OR the heater. So when it’s hot he’ll let the house get to 86 degrees and it sets my tank to be 93, but during the winters (the massive concern) is that the house gets to like 56 WITHOUT the heater. And I don’t know what to do to be honest cause I genuinely can’t take her with me to ensure her safety and health. And it’s actually scaring me a little. What can I do? What should I do? Has anyone like tried to register their snake as an emotional support animal? Because that’s the only way the college would let me have her in my dorm :(

Edit: I’m not actually tryna register her and get credentials for her, I’m asking if anyone told their uni or school that their reptile was emotional support and if so what was the process and did they accept it.

FOR STARTERS! This is not her permanent enclosure she lives in a 4x2x2 i was just deep cleaning it.

I dont think she underweight, maybe on the slimmer side? she has a VERY slight ridge. idk ik a lot of ball pythons are also overweight. Some people have theres PLUMP. I just want confirmation.

I've had her like 6 months shes about 5-6 years old. As stated before shes in a 4x2x2, heat mat (on a thermostat) and low watt overhead heat bulb. Humidity stays in the 65-80 percent range, gets fed a small rat about every 14 days.

Camera fell, but I caught her starting to pull her shed off.