Mites !

[Invisible Snake]

I have never seen them in person, but from what I gather they are small black dots moving around. Pick up your snake and give him a thorough inspection, check him EVERYWHERE. If you could post a close-up picture of the bugs you saw that would be helpful.

Check out this thread.

http://www.thamnophis.com/forum/husb...019-mites.html

And another thread.

http://www.thamnophis.com/forum/urge...fo-needed.html