suspected mites...

he just means hitch hikers in the bag of substrate, little buggies that live in there but won't affect your snake

Oh, the bug itself isnt called a hitch hicker, as in it latches onto an animal of sorts and "hitches" a ride while sucking its blood....lol.

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Originally Posted by SnakeEyes

what would hitch hickers do to him? anything?

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Usually nothing...they are more interested in the wood and stuff you can't see (like aphids). I buy Cypress in large bags and always seem to see a few...never been an issue. If for some reason I see a lot I just spray the bedding down with PAM (just to be sure)...but either way I have never had an issue.

Hope this helps.:)

maybe my girl is the same then?cause when i got her she was clean and healthy,no mites, and in perfect health.i use reptibark as substrate and she loves it.and i didnt see a "hitchhiker" on her till maybe mid march.i know she was mite free when i got her i checked in the place i got her and the guy wont sell an animal if its got anything like mites.

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Originally Posted by Reptile_Man

maybe my girl is the same then?cause when i got her she was clean and healthy,no mites, and in perfect health.i use reptibark as substrate and she loves it.and i didnt see a "hitchhiker" on her till maybe mid march.i know she was mite free when i got her i checked in the place i got her and the guy wont sell an animal if its got anything like mites.

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I am not sure of your specific issues but becareful assuming based on this thread. There is a difference between bugs in the substrate and water vs. on the animal. Just be sure or give more details. :)

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Originally Posted by lord jackel

I am not sure of your specific issues but becareful assuming based on this thread. There is a difference between bugs in the substrate and water vs. on the animal. Just be sure or give more details. :)

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i know what ya mean, but she doesnt seem bothered by them.she was mite free when i got her.and i washed and sterilised the hides and water bowl before i put them in the viv.iv never a ctually seen more than 1 or 2 of them thingies crawling on her at any time.

I took out his water bowl cause he would soak in it all the time......I feel bad, hes crawling around looking for it... :( :( :(

why not just let her soak? there's no problem in that because unless there is a real problem she'll regulate herself on her soaking.

*sorry, him

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I took out his water bowl cause he would soak in it all the time......I feel bad, hes crawling around looking for it... :( :( :(

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If your bp is soaking in the water bowl and you have been finding little "specks" in the water. Then you smash the "specks" and it looks like blood, you have mites!!! Buy some PAM (Provent-A-Mite) and follow the directions.

I can get some PAM tomorrow afternoon at my pet shop, think it would be ok to let him soak tonight if that makes him feel better? he was crawling around looking for his water bowl, which I replaced with a much much smaller one, he finally gave up and went back in his hide. Thing that gets me is I can never find them anywhere but in his water, and he only soaks at night, like its his nightly routine or something...