Hi again, if the insects are jumping I don`t think they`re mites (at least not "reptile" mites)?
I would still clean the enclosure and replace the furnishing just to be on the safe side.
As far as the monitor`s concerned, if he/she is fully acclimated and you can handle without causing too much stress, try a shallow bath (heat the water to the mid 80`s F), that should get them off the animal, then place in a quarantine tank until the other enclosure`s cleaned.
Yes, you can slope the spaces in the stack so it gets tighter, but obviously you`d need to cut the wooden dividing pieces on a slight angle from one end to the other (say from 2 inches down to 1.5inches if using 2 x 1 inch spacers).

[ Reply To This Message ] [ Subscribe to this Thread ] [ Show Entire Thread ]