orionsXlight
Arachnopeon
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I've done a little research on the topic and I know the general solutions I just wanted opinions on what's most effective and how this problem could occur. I have relatively fresh substrate, less than two months old.. I clean up cricket rains regularly, and I let the substrate dry out for short periods. Is it a possibility the mites could have came in on a live cricket? Maybe I missed a cricket corpse but with how fresh the substrate is I don't imagine it could happen so quickly..
My E murinis has been hanging out on the sides of the cage lately(last two days). I found it odd because the little guy loves his burrow. I popped off the top of the critter creeper to observe the odd behavior and I noticed a couple itty bitty black bugs. They might have had wings, I don't know my eye sight is pretty horrid. While the infestation is not major, but its obviously bad enough my little guy isn't happy on the substrate. I figure tomorrow ill go through and change the substrate in every enclosure just in case. Although I have two critters that are just about to molt and I'm not sure its the best time to stress them out.. I'm considering predatory mites like H miles to solve the problem without tearing down hides and stressing my little ones out.
Could this issue have came from a live cricket? I've owned creepy crawlies for over two years and have never seen this issue in person. Are these bugs I described mites? How effective/expensive are predatory mites? Will they over run the enclosure?
My E murinis has been hanging out on the sides of the cage lately(last two days). I found it odd because the little guy loves his burrow. I popped off the top of the critter creeper to observe the odd behavior and I noticed a couple itty bitty black bugs. They might have had wings, I don't know my eye sight is pretty horrid. While the infestation is not major, but its obviously bad enough my little guy isn't happy on the substrate. I figure tomorrow ill go through and change the substrate in every enclosure just in case. Although I have two critters that are just about to molt and I'm not sure its the best time to stress them out.. I'm considering predatory mites like H miles to solve the problem without tearing down hides and stressing my little ones out.
Could this issue have came from a live cricket? I've owned creepy crawlies for over two years and have never seen this issue in person. Are these bugs I described mites? How effective/expensive are predatory mites? Will they over run the enclosure?
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