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GirlHarry
Hatchling
United Kingdom
269 Posts |
 Posted - 30/07/2009 : 17:13:19
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Ok so i checked in on strawbs during her shedding process just now [still no shed but clearly will V soon] and changed her water. As i brought the water bowl back, i saw something black moving in the patch that her water bowl normally is, so i squooshed it with the tip of my finger :\
I shifted another handful of substrate to make a gap, and saw another one!!!!! 
I had a few more looks, and saw no others. I got really scared incase it was a mite, but i checked her over and she's totally clean... totally 'black bits' free!
i dont know if its a mite, as ive never seen them before, and the images i'm finding of them online arent really helping. it was pretty small, but i dont think it could have fitted under one of her scales :\
:( really want to whip her out of there and clean the viv out but she's very nearly about to shed!
Pretty worried, where do mites come from? [if that is what i saw]
sighhhh please help! |
0.1.0 Albino Nelson's Milk (Strawbs)
0.1.0 Royal Python (Velvet)
0.0.1 Corn Snake (Dave) |
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GirlHarry
Hatchling
United Kingdom
269 Posts |
Posted - 30/07/2009 : 17:55:59
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Update: Took her out and put her in a large clear storage box with holes and a hide for her.
Darren's coming over in a second with some snake-friendly bleach so we can clean her viv out.
As i took her out of the viv i noticed another one, tried to take a picture but the batteries died. 
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0.1.0 Albino Nelson's Milk (Strawbs)
0.1.0 Royal Python (Velvet)
0.0.1 Corn Snake (Dave) |
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GirlHarry
Hatchling
United Kingdom
269 Posts |
Posted - 30/07/2009 : 19:53:38
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Update No.2:
Binned the substrate and disinfected it with darren's solution. She's now back in there with kitchen roll instead of substrate. Darren seems to think it wasn't mites, but some kind of little flies? I'll keep an eye on things. |
0.1.0 Albino Nelson's Milk (Strawbs)
0.1.0 Royal Python (Velvet)
0.0.1 Corn Snake (Dave) |
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jono2411
Yearling
United Kingdom
655 Posts |
Posted - 30/07/2009 : 20:07:49
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| hmmm... hope its all sorted now... scary situation |
1.0.0 Mexican Black Kingsnake : Baron Samedi
0.0.1 Apricot Pueblan Milksnake : (Hercule) Poirot
0.1.0 Striped Splotched Sinaloan Milksnake : Arminia
0.1.0 Pueblacorn - Cleopatra
0.0.3 Fire-Bellied Toads: Ghengis Khan, Bruce Lee & Chairman Mao
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Kazerella
King Snake Admin
United Kingdom
1512 Posts |
Posted - 30/07/2009 : 20:22:31
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| It could just be insects from off the wood, but keep an eye on her anyway. Best thing to do is to keep her on white kitchen roll for a few weeks because then you can get a better look of any black creepy-crawlies in there. |
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GirlHarry
Hatchling
United Kingdom
269 Posts |
Posted - 30/07/2009 : 21:02:11
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yeah will do!
darren used some of my substrate for his newest addition, Pumpkin, and he's just called me saying they were in his viv too. So yeah i'm putting it down to wood bugs!
sighhh |
0.1.0 Albino Nelson's Milk (Strawbs)
0.1.0 Royal Python (Velvet)
0.0.1 Corn Snake (Dave) |
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theonlydarrenever
Hatchling
129 Posts |
Posted - 30/07/2009 : 22:20:08
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| little buggers!! |
1.1.0 - honduran milk snake
1.0.1 - royal python
0.0.1 - carolina corn snake
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lee2308
Kingsnake Forum Admin
United Kingdom
1609 Posts |
Posted - 31/07/2009 : 01:57:27
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| what substrate you using? |
1.0 dumeril boa,0.1 bci boa,1.0 royal python,1.0 mbk kingsnake,1.0corn,1.2 chinese water dragon,0.0.1 bearded dragon
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GirlHarry
Hatchling
United Kingdom
269 Posts |
Posted - 31/07/2009 : 13:08:05
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| aspen! |
0.1.0 Albino Nelson's Milk (Strawbs)
0.1.0 Royal Python (Velvet)
0.0.1 Corn Snake (Dave) |
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lee2308
Kingsnake Forum Admin
United Kingdom
1609 Posts |
Posted - 31/07/2009 : 14:26:47
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| never heard of anything in asen before,do you keep it indoors or out in a shed ect |
1.0 dumeril boa,0.1 bci boa,1.0 royal python,1.0 mbk kingsnake,1.0corn,1.2 chinese water dragon,0.0.1 bearded dragon
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GirlHarry
Hatchling
United Kingdom
269 Posts |
Posted - 31/07/2009 : 14:41:47
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| indoors :\ |
0.1.0 Albino Nelson's Milk (Strawbs)
0.1.0 Royal Python (Velvet)
0.0.1 Corn Snake (Dave) |
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lee2308
Kingsnake Forum Admin
United Kingdom
1609 Posts |
Posted - 31/07/2009 : 17:02:22
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| probably just a one off bad bag,i buy mine in 20kg sacks and have never seen anything,will look more closer from now on though. |
1.0 dumeril boa,0.1 bci boa,1.0 royal python,1.0 mbk kingsnake,1.0corn,1.2 chinese water dragon,0.0.1 bearded dragon
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magneticblue
Kingsnake Forum Admin
United Kingdom
1511 Posts |
Posted - 01/08/2009 : 14:45:20
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| Hope it is just some sort of wood bug. Let us know if you find anything else |
1.1.0 Arizona mountain king (Sylar and Claire)
0.1.0 Blotched king ( Jasmin)
1.1.0 Guyana red-tail boa (Hercules and Athena)
1.0.1 children (Alfie and BUMP)
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Triangulum
Moderator
United Kingdom
569 Posts |
Posted - 04/08/2009 : 22:47:51
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Could of been Mites. However, Very unusual to find in Aspen. As it's usually to dry and dusty for Mites. Sounds like them bloody Thunder Flys to me. Our workplace is COVERED in them. They are drawn to white, The do literally get everywhere.
Hope since the tidy up, you are black bug free.
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GirlHarry
Hatchling
United Kingdom
269 Posts |
Posted - 05/08/2009 : 08:39:19
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i am, no more black bugs!
also thrown out the aspen because we noticed a load of them lurking around on the table where the aspen bag was kept!
she seems happy in her kitchen roll and carefresh so i might just stick with that! :) |
0.1.0 Albino Nelson's Milk (Strawbs)
0.1.0 Royal Python (Velvet)
0.0.1 Corn Snake (Dave) |
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magneticblue
Kingsnake Forum Admin
United Kingdom
1511 Posts |
Posted - 05/08/2009 : 10:43:08
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| Glad they've gone GirlHarry! |
1.1.0 Arizona mountain king (Sylar and Claire)
0.1.0 Blotched king ( Jasmin)
1.1.0 Guyana red-tail boa (Hercules and Athena)
1.0.1 children (Alfie and BUMP)
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Little black bugs in Viv :|
