transferable mites

[SquamishSerpents]

hey there, i had a customer come into my store the other day and said he got a tarantula from (insert supplier here, i can't remember) that came with a lovely infestation of mites...and it got me thinking, can tarantula mites be transferred to our snakes? also, i saw someone elses thread asking about rat mites. i didn't want to hijack his thread, so i decided to post another. does each species have it's own specie of mites? i used to have budgies that were infested with mites once, this is why i ask. i have a few different species of things living in my house, and would hate to have mites!

so, how concerned should i be about my leopard gecko, cockatiel, or the fact that i work in a pet store? we QT all our new animals, and i hope mites aren't transferable on customers clothes but...you can never be too careful, right? what do you guys think?

[omnibus2]

Spider mites won't parasitize reptiles.

[nixer]

hey there, i had a customer come into my store the other day and said he got a tarantula from (insert supplier here, i can't remember) that came with a lovely infestation of mites...and it got me thinking, can tarantula mites be transferred to our snakes? also, i saw someone elses thread asking about rat mites. i didn't want to hijack his thread, so i decided to post another. does each species have it's own specie of mites? i used to have budgies that were infested with mites once, this is why i ask. i have a few different species of things living in my house, and would hate to have mites!

so, how concerned should i be about my leopard gecko, cockatiel, or the fact that i work in a pet store? we QT all our new animals, and i hope mites aren't transferable on customers clothes but...you can never be too careful, right? what do you guys think?

there are many different types of mites.
reptile mites typically stick to reptiles
they can be brought on your clothes
some mites can infest humans