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I'm sorry to hear about your mite problem. Mites are really a pain!!!!

Your plan sounds OK, but probably not enough to get rid of them completely: I've had a few encounters with mites and read everything I could find on how to get rid of the monsters.
Here's an article I put together for HC with a plan of attack that has worked for me.
http://www.herpcenter.com/showthread.php?t=7200

Good luck!

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Andrea

Im sorry to hea that...read this article it'll cover anything you missed! http://www.herpcenter.com/showthread.php?t=7200

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i wish you the best of luck with the mites

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Mites arnt too bad as long as you catch them early, best of luck in getting rid of them!

And until you are positive that they are all gone use paper for a substrate and keep the tank bare except for water bowl and hide. If you miss even one it starts all over again.

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i have also had them a few times with new animals try NIX the cream rinse that you get at the drug store for head lice and mix it with hot water and mix it well let it cool down and spray everything down well including any and all surface around the reptiles Yes I spray the reptiles as well take out all substrate and keep them on paper only for the next few weeks easier to see if they come back repeat everything in three days and dont keep a water dish in with them after I know I have them beat I put the snakes in a small tub with room temp water for a few min while set ther tanks back up .PS I put all substrate in the micowave for 1 min to kill off everything that could be hiding in it better to be safe than sorry miss one little bugger and you will have to do it all over again
I find it useful to place a small peice of corragated cardboard in the bottom of the enclosure that I throw in the garbage about 1 hour after the lights come on in the morning.As mites hate light and move off the snakes for the darkest place they can find.Hope this helps, good luck on your battle.