Orange parasite on garter snake?

Question

i just found a small garter snake today by my pool. i looked at its scales and i noticed small egg looking parasites. i saw they they have intinas (sp?). and is grass ok for bedding for my snake? what else can i use. i dont want to use sand. could some one tell me what is Aspen. and i dont want to use newspaper or anything like that. i want the cage to look cool and something like what its habbitat would look like.

Answer 1

Aspen

is a tree

Aspen bedding is shaved pieces of the tree

at petsmart or petco

they have

bedding called

"snake Bedding"

which is for snake and is made of aspen

and for the mites

they also have a spray for the, at the stores also