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johnnymachine
Egg
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 16/01/2012 : 10:45:33
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I just noticed a tiny little bright red blob on Julian's feeding dish today, and my first thoughts were "Oh crap, it's a mite."
I've been reading about them, and I don't think they get to this shade of bright red (literally about this colour) but I thought I'd better ask just in case. It could be a mite, or maybe it could just be something that fell off/out of a mouse on his last feed.  |
johnnymachine - LEICESTER, UK
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Mamma
Hatchling
United Kingdom
465 Posts |
Posted - 16/01/2012 : 11:01:07
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| hmm are there any more? do they move? |
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johnnymachine
Egg
United Kingdom
79 Posts |
Posted - 16/01/2012 : 12:57:36
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I've had a quick look, I can't see any around his viv, there's none in his water bowl, and I'm just about to check him for them now. The one I found didn't move, but it might have just been really lazy.
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I checked his body for them, I couldn't see any mites anywhere, but his colouring made it kinda hard to spot black mites. I think we're all good. |
johnnymachine - LEICESTER, UK
0.0.1 Desert Kingsnake
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Sta~ple
Hatchling
United Kingdom
432 Posts |
Posted - 16/01/2012 : 16:10:54
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| Changed the substrate lately or pimp his viv? Could be something from the mouse as you said or something like a spider mite |
  
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johnnymachine
Egg
United Kingdom
79 Posts |
Posted - 16/01/2012 : 21:32:29
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| I literally got him this time last week. I've been watching his viv like a hawk all day, and I've not been able to find anything nasty looking. Are spider mites harmful to snakes, on the offchance that it was one? O.o |
johnnymachine - LEICESTER, UK
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Sta~ple
Hatchling
United Kingdom
432 Posts |
Posted - 18/01/2012 : 11:06:21
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Spider mites are those little red bug, like very small dots you sometimes see on a brick wall with plants or moss on them, they don't eat anything apart from plants I think, to be honest it could have been anything so many red bugs are blood suckers but there are also many that just eat plants. Did you get him from a shop?
I'd just keep an eye out, it would really be anything but if you haven't seen any more bugs then it was probably just a random bug that came from who knows where lol. |
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johnnymachine
Egg
United Kingdom
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Posted - 18/01/2012 : 14:40:49
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| Yeah, I got him from a shop. I've not seen any more bugs, I'm not even certain it was a bug. It could have been a piece of carpet, or mouse, or anything. But I'm definitely keeping an eye out just in case. |
johnnymachine - LEICESTER, UK
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It might be mites...
