Snake Mite Treatment 2022

Update: Treatment was successful!

I was unlucky enough to get snake mites recently, not sure how I got them. Snake mites usually show up when you get a new animal you don't quarantine from the rest of the group, but I didn't get a new animal recently so it had to have been something else. Substrate, new decor, something I walked in from outside are all very rare ways to get them, but thats my online guess right now. Anyway, 3 of my five snakes had mites for sure including my Brazilian Rainbow Boa (BRB), my Clown Ball Python (BP) and my Corn Snake. I caught them in their early stage as there were only a few on my snakes, but unfortunately my Corn Snake did not make it. She had other health issues as a rescue and hadn't been doing well, so I think this was the final nail in the coffin for her. I'm going to miss Artemis.

What I did to stop the spread and kill the mites had quite a few steps listed below:

Enclosure Clean-up Steps:
Step 1: Removed all substrate from all the enclosures.
Step 2: Removed snakes and placed in clean tub. Soaked each in a bath I'll describe in Step (#)
Step 3: Removed all Decor
Step 4: Bought and sprayed down enclosure with Miracle Cure Snake Mite Spray.
Note: I used several small bottles so I would recomend buying more if you have a big collection. Provent a Mite is supposed to be better but couldn't be found quickly anywhere. I bought the Miracle Cure spray at Petco, in person, but you can find it other places like Chewy: https://www.chewy.com/miracle-care-re...
Step 5: Spray down enclosure with Dawn Dish Soap water mixture. Only need a few drops of soap mixed with water.
Note: When spraying both the mite spray and soap water, spray as much as you can so you get a thick layer of both on the enclosure. Also get all the cracks and crevices you can like vents, doorway lips, anything can hold snake mite eggs and you want to try and down/kill them to end the life cycle.
Step 6: Placed paper towel down in enclosure, and spray down with regular water if humidity is needed.

Decor Clean-Up Steps
Step 1: Take removed Decor and soak in Dawn dish soap HOT water.
Step 2: Scrub with a brush or sponge while submerged. If too large to soak, run hot water over while washing with Dawn dish soap.
Step 3: Left dish soap water on all but water bowls and then placed in the sun to dry for an hour.
Step 4: Placed 2 hides and a water bowl in enclosure only for easy cleaning until no mites were found for a week. Then added all decor for enclosure.

Snake Clean-Up Steps
Step 1: Placed my snake into a clean tub with holes on the lid and added regular water for 15 minutes. Water should only go up half the snakes body so they are relaxed.
Note: Water temperature was determined by species and I had the heat mat attached to a thermostat to maintain the temperature I set for the species soaking. BRB = 82 Degrees Fahrenheit, Others I own = 85-90 Degrees Fahrenheit. Can get thermostat for heat mats here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01I15S6OM?...
Step 2: Added a drop or 2 or Dawn dish soap to water and made bubbles around snake. This layer of soap is to kill any mites on the snake but is safe for the snake itself.
Step 3: Let snake soak for 1 hour+
Note: This was when I cleaned their enclosures and decor.

I repeated this whole process a couple of times before not finding any mites. Hoping I got them all so stay tuned.

Songs played include:
Holding on for life by Broken Bells
The Harvester by Brandon Heath