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Falice
Yearling
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 25/01/2014 : 14:21:56
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So I need some advice guys!
Basicaly I thought my royal Cuthbert had mites, as I saw a couple of little black bugs crawling around in his viv when I cleaned him out a few days ago, and when I say a couple I mean I literally saw about 5 of these little things.
So I cleaned out his viv as usual and used boiling water so soak all the hides and baked all bark hides. Put him back in on kitchen roll and minimal hides/decor. Then ordered some Ardap.
Over the next few days whilst waiting for my Ardap, I kept checking on him regularly along with Trevor my corn just in case he had them too (which he doesn't seem to) I was expecting to see more mites, but none...at all, not a single one. Theres definitely none on him either, so I'm confused, were these even mites I saw? There's none on either snake and I havn't seen anymoe since, It's been about 4 days.
I plan on treating them both anyway as my Ardap came today. But I get Cuthbert out and the little bugger is blue! So I don't really want to start the treatment just yet, as I was planning on keeping both snakes out of their vivs until tomorrow due to the fumes the spray will create. I can't keep Cuthbert out his viv with no heat whilst in blue as I need to keep his viv nice and humid for him to shed properly as he's a terrible shedder. Also I don't want to stress him out too much whilst in blue by putting him in a smaller tub for a day in a different room.
So basically what I'm asking is, do you think these were even mites I saw? Will it be ok to wait until Cuthbert sheds before I start treatment on both snakes?
Sorry for the essay and if this seems like a silly question, Thank you for reading. |
1.0.0 Royal (Sir Cuthbert)
1.0.0 Corn (Trevor)
1.0.0 C0ckatiel (Baldwin)
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Foremand
Sub Adult
United Kingdom
968 Posts |
Posted - 25/01/2014 : 15:23:13
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| You may still have mites. You may of killed off the adults but still could possibly have eggs within the viv or on the snake. They start of a couple then reproduce quickly. Have you checked the normal places on the snake? Heat pits etc. |
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Falice
Yearling
United Kingdom
196 Posts |
Posted - 25/01/2014 : 15:55:26
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| Ok, yea I've checked in his pits and under the chin there doesn't seem to be anything. I'll go ahead and treat them both anyway to be safe. |
1.0.0 Royal (Sir Cuthbert)
1.0.0 Corn (Trevor)
1.0.0 C0ckatiel (Baldwin)
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chrisc
Old Royal - I Post too much!
United Kingdom
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Falice
Yearling
United Kingdom
196 Posts |
Posted - 25/01/2014 : 17:50:40
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| It's beech chips |
1.0.0 Royal (Sir Cuthbert)
1.0.0 Corn (Trevor)
1.0.0 C0ckatiel (Baldwin)
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chrisc
Old Royal - I Post too much!
United Kingdom
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Posted - 25/01/2014 : 21:04:54
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ah right was wondering if it was orchid bark as you sometime's get little brown wood mite's in that of not cooked first.
would be worth treating them anyway just to be safe |
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