tiny A. braunshauseni got mites

[AcidQueen]

i'd like your opinion on this one.
i got a spiderling Avicularia braunshauseni today with a bad case of mites.
i've got quite a dilemma here on how to treat this little one!

how do i get rid of the mites without having to put her in an environment she can't handle (by which i mean dry enclosure)

hope you can help

with regards
acid queen

[smof]

Eesh, that is nasty. I recently had an outbreak of these mites on my Ts (<edit> crickets!) including my 0.75" GBB sling. I wasn't able to find any way of removing them from such a tiny T. I changed the substrate and haven't fed it since, and will continue not feeding it until either the mites are gone or it starts to loose body mass. That's all I could think of.

Sorry I don't have any more advice. If it's any consolation I think the mites cause us way more stress than they cause our spiders! Good luck with it though.

[Whiskeypunk]

http://www.buglogical.com/catalog.as...ctionNumber=33

Try these, H. Milles mites. The eat the mites on your T, and the eggs in the cage. They don't seem to bother Ts.

Also, try to get brush and brush them off of it.

[AcidQueen]

i've got her in a dry, well ventilated plastic container and a dead cricket to attract the mites at the moment.
i have no idea where to get those predatory mites, and i've tried brushing them off but she's so small...

i hopes this won't take too long.. this little one is definitely one i don't want to loose..

[Henry Kane]

You might also want to try getting a q-tip and wet the tip or use a super thin film of vaseline and dab them off. As many as you can anyhow.

Good luck to your poor little spid.

G

[SpiderZone2]

I just change out the substrate and if the mites are on the T, I usually leave them handle that. I have never had a problem doing it that way. Just make sure in the future you don't mist too heavily and make sure all cricket remains are removed. Otherwise no reason I believe it should be fine.