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I can't find anything on this in the archives. Out of a dozen mouse and rat enclosures in my basement, one of them contains pine shavings. I just found it covered in tiny white bugs. I can't tell if they're insects or arachnids. Some of the other enclosures have a few on them but they definitely hatched out of the pine shavings and they seem to be dispersing. Does anybody know what they are? How hard do I need to hit these things? Are they dangerous to my rodents, herps, or birds? Thank you.
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Sounds like wood lice. There are 100's of species of wood lice...the most common is what most people call 'rollie pollies'.. They are harmless to your repitles but I suggest keeping the enclosures a little bit cleaner...Any damp/wet pine will definately attract them..they could have also had some eggs on some of the pine before ya put it in the cage...