It won't kill you or the snake. Mites aren't the end of the world, it's pretty normal treatment with humans, cats, dogs, rodents, reptiles, birds, etc, etc. It's normal precaution that if you deal with something that kills something else, you wear gloves, eye protection, skin protection, and you don't drink the stuff. You won't get anything from taking in some Frontline into your mouth, just it should be avoided as a normal precaution. You deal with manufacturers here that have liability, so they have to give you those instructions as if they don't, and you drink it, and you get sick - they have a lawsuit. It's simple as that.
People do it all the time, just think about cleaning your toilet with some good old chlorine, or dealing with other chemicals. Read a bottle on what you should do to work with toilet cleaner to kill off those 'nasty nasty germs' ... man you almost have to wear a full body suit according to the bottle
There's a difference between normal precautions, and dealing with something that can really harm your animal. The most used anti mite chemical used for reptiles, Provent-a-mite, will right out kill your animal if not used properly. That stuff is like nuking a country to kill a fly. Way over the top. Frontline is infinitely safer for the animal, and you.
Predatory mites are nice, but they don't always succeed to kill off a mite infestation. Mites lay eggs and have quite a long life cycle (21-28 days). Predatory mites don't always survive that long or at all in the environment you keep your snake in. It's a good biological weapon, but once you have mites in 5+ enclosures with snakes, you'll certainly will feel the drawback of that approach. Besides, predatory mites will also attack your CUC when used in a bio-active tank (especially soil mites and springtails)
Those anti-mite things that you can buy at the petshop, which are made for reptiles, are sooo light and ineffective, you could just as well drop your money out of the window. It even says quite well politically worded on the bottle (f.e. Zoomed Mite-Off) that it will 'control the mite infestation' ... yep, it controls it, it doesn't get any worse, but it doesn't go away either. Useless.
I'm not trying to scare you off. But it is what it is. Mites should be dealt with appropriately as they can be a real pain in the behind once they establish en masse. I treat all snakes before they go into a quarantine with Frontline, regardless where they come from or whether or not I see mites on them. I've been there once having a mite infestation from a single snake that came from a respectable breeder (which -and that's my fault- I didn't properly quarantine). Never again. 1 treatment with that stuff so far guaranteed me a mite-free existence.
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