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While I was feeding one of my cresteds tonight, I noticed these tiiiny silver/white bugs crawling around. Everywhere. All over the food dish, all around the rock hide, all over the substrate. I didn't notice any on my little girl, but I'm at a loss as to what I should do.
I'm not quite sure they're mites; they don't match the descriptions of any mites I've heard of nor do they resemble the pictures I found on Google. However, I'd like to annihilate them all the same.
Any idea as to what they are?
Any idea on how to get rid of them?

Thank you :]
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1.2 Rhacodactylus ciliatus [Goose, Filibuster, Bender]
1.0 Creamsicle/Okeetee Cornsnake [Spleen]

Can you give us more information about your enclosure? Do you have live plants? What kind of substrate? The temps you are maintaining? Anything like a atomizer or waterfall in there?

First thing I would have done when I noticed them is take out everything and try to notice where the bugs are concentrated to give you a clue as to where they are coming from. Wash the bugs off and sanitize everything and see if that helps asap. Sounds a bit like bugs you get from real plants and potting soil, but without more information I can't be sure. Most likely you can wash them away then.
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0.1 Albino Leo Gecko
0.1 Crested Gecko
1.0 Dear Boyfriend
Departed: Harvey and Spock

>>Can you give us more information about your enclosure? Do you have live plants? What kind of substrate? The temps you are maintaining? Anything like a atomizer or waterfall in there?
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>>First thing I would have done when I noticed them is take out everything and try to notice where the bugs are concentrated to give you a clue as to where they are coming from. Wash the bugs off and sanitize everything and see if that helps asap. Sounds a bit like bugs you get from real plants and potting soil, but without more information I can't be sure. Most likely you can wash them away then.
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>>0.1 Albino Leo Gecko
>>0.1 Crested Gecko
>>1.0 Dear Boyfriend
>>Departed: Harvey and Spock

Ack, sorry, I've read enough messages to know I should have given more info :x

Anyway:
The enclosure is a 10gal Tall (she's still a juvie, so it's her "nursery" with plastic/silk plants. The substrate is that tropical jungle dirt you can get from the pet store (not coco fiber). There are no live plants in the enclosure. I recently had some moss in there, but took it out because all the crickets were hiding in there (the moss does not have bugs; I checked the bag before purchase, and I have it in my bug-free snake tank.).
The little ebils appeared to be concentrated around the babyfood, which is why I'm not certain they're mites (there were none on the gecko). I'm skipping my night classes today, so everything is going to get washed and I'll be putting her on papertowels. There are none on the plastic plants either.
Temps. are about a constant 72*, with a nighttime drop to about 68*. All gecko tanks get sprayed/misted every evening, but there is no waterfall or anything like that.

Hope this helps some.
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1.2 Rhacodactylus ciliatus [Goose, Filibuster, Bender]
1.0 Creamsicle/Okeetee Cornsnake [Spleen]

I've seen little bugs like that in flower pots, usually in moist soil. I think that they're like some kind of tiny fly, kinda like fruit flies. I found some tiny little tree frogs once(called spring peepers) I put them in a flower pot that had those little bugs and they stayed around for a few weeks and ate them. So I don't think that they could harm your crested, since they're ok for frogs to eat, but there's aways a chance that they could be carrying some parasite or something, so its best not to take the chance and its good that your cleaning the cage out.
Anyway, i'm done rambling(sp?) now. :]

I swear I just wiped out an entire species of bug.
I just bleached and cleaned everything in the cage.
So it should be all gone now, whatever it was.

Thank you guys :]
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1.2 Rhacodactylus ciliatus [Goose, Filibuster, Bender]
1.0 Creamsicle/Okeetee Cornsnake [Spleen]

pinhead crickets?

>>pinhead crickets?

Lol. These are MUCH too tiny. Like little baby fruit flies. And they're silver. But they're gone; they got annihilated.
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1.2 Rhacodactylus ciliatus [Goose, Filibuster, Bender]
1.0 Creamsicle/Okeetee Cornsnake [Spleen]

hehe, it was a stab in the dark. i've never even seen a horde of pinheads in real life, i wouldn't know how to describe them.
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3.1 snakes, 1.2.1 crested geckos, 2.0 devon rex cats, 1.0 betta