>>This is an interesting subject. I have never had mites on my montors. So I think your right about snake mites.
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>> But, our local lizards, including geckos, commonly have a bright orange lizard mite. The bunch up in the folds around both front and back legs. But again, these native lizard mites have never colonized on our outdoor monitors either.
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>> Are monitors mite proof?


Makes you wonder. I live in NY and used to keep my iguana (yes, not a monitor, I know) outside in the heat of summer and one summer he got covered in the red mites. I got him checked and dosed once with ivomectin before he came inside.
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