It would help a lot. If you're having a constant mite problem then you need to break the chain of reproduction by killing off all of the current crop. Even if you insist that you should be keeping things moist, your T is going to survive a few weeks dry but the mites won't. Once they're gone, then do what you can to prevent a re-infestation (the easiest thing being to keep things dry).Vanan said:Wouldn't drying out the substrate help some?
Code Monkey said:It would help a lot. If you're having a constant mite problem then you need to break the chain of reproduction by killing off all of the current crop. Even if you insist that you should be keeping things moist, your T is going to survive a few weeks dry but the mites won't. Once they're gone, then do what you can to prevent a re-infestation (the easiest thing being to keep things dry).
And change the substrate, their eggs can last very long, even under dry conditions!Code Monkey said:It would help a lot. If you're having a constant mite problem then you need to break the chain of reproduction by killing off all of the current crop. Even if you insist that you should be keeping things moist, your T is going to survive a few weeks dry but the mites won't. Once they're gone, then do what you can to prevent a re-infestation (the easiest thing being to keep things dry).
Spaceman_Spiff said:And change the substrate, their eggs can last very long, even under dry conditions!
Some mites have deutonymphs (special juvenile stages) that are specialized for surviving under bad condition for up to two years!
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Sorry, just realized myself that I did not make a lot of sense with my previous post!fyic said:so with that said ......how would you say get rid of them ?