So "Grips" has has been doing so well the few months I have had her. her first visit to the vet she was 46.7 grams, that was 7-22-16. I did not track her weight for the first few meals, but on sept 4th she weighed 70.3 grams. She seemed to be gaining weight and loving life! She still had not shed or pooped at this point, but I posted a question on this site and they said I was not feeding her enough. So I fed her sept 8th a 20 gram mouse, within a few days she pooped, but it was like a cat poop, just black. I Just cleaned her cage and moved on. She would not eat after that, I tried again on the 13,14,15 and 16th. On the 16th I could tell she was going into shed, so I was not worried when she was not eating. On the 20th "after shed" she weighed 88.5 grams but once again would not eat. on the 21st she weighed 85.4 and still would not eat(so now she is losing weight). Tried again on the 22nd but still no go, but weighted 86 grams. Today my daughter says "what is that crawling on grips's stick" we look at her stick and there are small bugs "mites I am assuming" crawling on her hide and tree branch.

So my question is would mites make her not eat and how do I get rid or them, or how do I even tell if they are mites? . . and yes she came from a box store(pet smart).