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Help ~!@ I found this bug in my gecko's water dish trying to swim it's way out.Its small wit red and black body.Is it a tick of sumsort ? I posted it in the insect forum.Has anyone ever encountered this ??? I am going to bleach all things im my cage in the mean time.Please reply , thanks !!
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Jae from Jer'z

my reptile collection and their names..
1.0.0 normal ball python [1½ ft.] Jumangi
leopard geckos
1.0.1 tremper albinos [juveniles] Yoshi & Laly
0.2.0 albino [babies] Peatree & Little Foot
1.0.0 hypo [adult] Tigga
0.0.1 normal [seems pregnant] Queens
>jerzeslugger@aol.com

No idea what it actually is...but it looks to big to be any sort of mite...and doesn't look at all like a tick (which are very round and have 8 legs instead of six...they're actually more closely related to spiders than insects). My guess is that its just a random bug that got into your house and into your tank...I wouldn't worry about it too much.
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Christina

Leopard Gecko Morph Descriptions

2.3 leos
-0.1 tangerine het rainwater albino w/jungle background (Blinkers)
-0.2 jungles (Vahz & Skissor)
-1.0 tremper albino (Spitfire)
-1.0 tangerine rainwater albino (Bronx)

-ignorance is not to be punished when one is trying to gain knowledge...what scares me is the vast number of people who, when given the information to gain knowledge, choose to ignore it.

>> Hopefully thats the problem..I bleached a few things in the cage..Not all but most.Hopefully i wont see more of those bugs or even worst have something happen to my geckos !! Thanks for the reply.
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Jae from Jer'z

my reptile collection and their names..
1.0.0 normal ball python [1½ ft.] Jumangi
leopard geckos
1.0.1 tremper albinos [juveniles] Yoshi & Laly
0.2.0 albino [babies] Peatree & Little Foot
1.0.0 hypo [adult] Tigga
0.0.1 normal [seems pregnant] Queens
>jerzeslugger@aol.com