Checking them for the buggies, yeah use olive oil, baby or mineral oil, mineral oil is the cheapest and works well too.



Turn the lizard over on it's back in the palm of your hand and pour the oil on the tummy and spread it around with other hand, take a magnifying glass as you can see much betterwith one and see if tiny dots start to appear from the scales. They can be tannish reddish or blackish.



If you see some just give the lizards a good rub down with the oil, it will suffocate the mites. Don't have them so they are dripping with oil, hehehehe, just a coating all over. Then wash it off next day. Check again in a few days.



I find that these ecto-parasites are more of a problem than the internal and are important to get rid of right off the bat as they cause anemia, and evenually death. They will begin to eat better, and then later you can worry about any possible worms when you get a fecal done.
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