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yes bleach the cage...and anything thats in it...you will have to kill the new mites that hatch from eggs laid under your snakes scales as well. a pest strip over the cage is iffy at best. Sevens dust worked for me. I had a burmese python covered in mites 5 years ago and I tried everything. I bleached the cage and sprayed the cage and snake with commercial mite spray....put the snake back in the tank with newspaper and 2 hours later he was covered with them again....frustraiting....I called a vet and he told me to use sevens dust so I did and poof ...no more mites. I talked to a breeder the other day and he swears by it too. Lori swears by mineral oil...I've never tried that but I can see how it should work killing them off the snake but you will have to thoroghly bleach the tank and everything in it to kill eggs and hiding mites in there. They can be hiding in any of a zillion little crevaces under the lip of the tank...in any wood or silk plants. #$%^&#$%^&#$%^&#$%^& try em both...I know sevens dust kills mites on the snake and anywhere in the cage instantly....if nothing else the mineral oil will give him a pretty shine and suffocate any living or hatching mites under the scales...kill em twice. I hate those lil blood sucking bastards.
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