Mites in substrate?

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Mites in substrate?

Postby mom22wins » Sun Mar 09, 2008 11:19 am

Having read another post on here about mites, I was wondering if any of you have had a problem with mites in your store bought substrate? IF so, what type and where did you purchase it?
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Postby Tattoo » Sun Mar 09, 2008 6:17 pm

No problems yet. I freeze mine before using it. :D
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Postby NomadOfTheHills » Sun Mar 09, 2008 7:11 pm

Also the mites from substrate are different than actual reptile mites.
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Postby Scotts1au » Sun Mar 09, 2008 10:02 pm

The blueys in outdoor enclosures for example living on the dirt get a number of critters living on them - when I wash them on occassion there are a range of bugs that come off - most are tiny but do no damage and may even be beneficial like the bugs that live on your and my skin :-).

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Postby mom22wins » Tue Mar 11, 2008 6:29 am

Scotts1au wrote:The blueys in outdoor enclosures for example living on the dirt get a number of critters living on them - when I wash them on occassion there are a range of bugs that come off - most are tiny but do no damage and may even be beneficial like the bugs that live on your and my skin :-).

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That's interesting. I always wondered if anyone had a bug problem with outdoor enclosed blueys.

Nomad: Are the mites from the substrate still something one would want to definitely be rid of? I would assume so but after hearing Scott's post I wonder...
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Postby Leigh » Tue Mar 11, 2008 11:59 am

Can herp mites live in for a time, and be transfered through substrate?
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