Oh well ... I was looking at our ratsnake today and found a mixture of mitey thingies seeking to establish themselves little buggers. So, of course I checked my garters and luckily there's no signs of invasion ... this leads us to the origin of the beasties as the only thing that differs from the garter and ratsnake set-ups is that the ratsnake has been kept on Orchid bark.
From now on I'll be freezing the orchid bark prior to placing it in the viv and the big clean will begin tomorrow.
Penelope will be forced to swim in our bathtub for a good 20mins or so, all the viv furnishings will get the bleach treatment and the viv will get the ultimate scrub/disinfect of it's existence.
Thought I'd share this 'mite'y tale