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bande-exotics
at Thu Apr 14 10:29:57 2005 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by bande-exotics ]
First of all as I stated in my first post I know they are dead I am worried about any pathogens that could still be harboring in the frozen mites that could potentially harm my snakes if a few mites are not rinsed off. The actual parasites look similar to a snake mite but smaller and orangish red in color they aren't fleas so I called a local breeder I know and he told me they are rodent mites. I also did a web search and they are more than one type of rodent mites not all are microscopic.There are Ornithonyssus bacoti, Liponyssides sanguineus,and Laelaps echidnina.
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