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I had a friend ask me to care for her lizards and snakes when she went on vacation. I have many pet reptiles so I went over and the first thing I noticed where mites on the ball python. Well, I know how to treat snakes for mites so I got some pets strips and mite spry and they are now gone. She has an adult male bearded dragon that had a little bit of a crusty eye so I check, and it looks like he have little white mites around this eye. What can you use to treat mites on lizards (I want to treat all her cages)? Will mite strips kill lizards? Are their reptile mites that can bite humans? I felt like I was getting bit as I was cleaning the dragons cage.

Thanks for any responses! ericR

Beardies usually don't have problems with mites, I suppose it's possible though. Try Reptile Relief, I've heard good things about it.

Sean
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Heart Mountain Herps

Reptile mites are what they call "host specific". Snake mites do not live on lizards, nor do the lizard mites live on snakes. Snake mites look like tiny black fleas, and lizard mites look like the itty-bitty orange things(no-see-ums) that we do get bitten by outdoors. But no, they don't actually bite people. Reptile mites can easily be spread by humans, from reptile to reptile. They do not need a mate to reproduce, and they are frequently a major pain to totally eradicate them. However, Sean is right. Reptile Relief is the best 'safe' stuff available today for treating infected reptiles. I actually took it upon myself to do a significant study of mites, mostly out of curiosity. A little knowledge never hurts.
Cricket

hi
here a link about mites
http://www.anapsid.org/mites.html
http://www.anapsid.org/mites.html