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mites in bed a beast

fishfriend Feb 19, 2006 10:11 AM

Im seeing little white mites in my bed a beast and Ive steralized the cage and every thing in it and replace the bedding and still they come back. I clean up all the dead crickets and fecies, but they are still there. what are they? are they dangerous to my toads and how do I get rid of them?

2 colorado river toads
1 corn snake
2 yellow rat snakes
1 everglades rat snake
2 occelated skinks (one is 15 years old!)
2 tokay geckos
1 crested gecko
1 moorish gecko
1 golden gecko
1 lined gecko
2 irian jaya blue tongues
1 three toed box
1 eastern box
1 bearded dragon
2 uromastix
2 copper heads
1 pigmy rattle snake
1 electric eel
lots of cichlids and catfish

Replies (1)

Blairfrog4god Sep 18, 2006 10:31 AM

I have personally realized that those unknown mites lay eggs and they multiply like crazy! I would suggest getting an entirely new bag of bed-a-beast. I had the same problem. I bought new bed-a-beast, and it was fine. If the problem still occurs, try another bedding.

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