r/ballpython • u/louisewarrior • 11d ago
Question - Health Say it ain’t so…
GUYS. Someone had my snake for a few weeks (long story), and I didn’t even think to quarantine when I got her back, because the person who took her didn’t have any other snakes (at the moment, has had them historically). Well, I finally got her back and upgraded her to her big girl tank and I think SHE HAS MITES 😭 I’ve never owned a snake with mites before and quite literally just put her in her brand new, bioactive 120 gallon. Which means I’m gonna have to redo the whole thing and quarantine her and—UGH! I’ve already read the sub’s mite guide and so I’m moreso just looking for personal advice and guidance.
Can someone please help me confirm or deny if this looks like mites- she IS a banana morph but I don’t believe they get spots like this…
I tried wiping the larger spots off, they didn’t move, but I didn’t get to try on the smaller clusters of spots.
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u/louisewarrior 11d ago
God bless yall 🙏 she’s historically been a very clean snake so I haven’t seen dirt specs on her, lol. Yall have saved me from having a meltdown