I was going through my corns viv last night cleaning and i noticed on her poo there were these little insects. i checked the rest of the viv and my corn, they are no where else from what i could see. what are they?
Id presume there mites.. just check your Snakes body for them and try to get them off with a bath.. if you cant you can get treatment to get rid of them.. its a common problem and can lead to be quite serious if not takin care of
Mites wouldnt be too interested in faeces but would be evident on your snake as tiny black pepper specks. Have you recently changed the substrate? Sometimes little insects live in there for a while and appear in the viv after a clean out.
i have changed the substrate a few weeks ago. they are not black they are i suppose khaki brownish green. i have looked at my corn and she does not have anything on her?
have you put any new wood in the viv recently, or bark? little critters love to hide in there then invade their new surroundings. i'g give her a full clean out, use newspaper/kitchen towel for substrate for a few weeks and just have a basic set-up with plastic bowl and hides, so you can assess (and hopefully eradicate) the infestation over a week or two.
cornsnakes, ratsnakes, bullsnakes, boas and day geckos Location:Leeds/York/Selby area
yeah i put new bark in there a couple of weeks ago. but normally i get a few fruit flies or something. not these little khaki brownish green coloured insects. to me, and i looked all over, they only seemed to be on the poo. but i spose i could have missed them in the substrate. main thing is they arnt attached to my corn!!!
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Posted - 28/01/2009 : 10:59:24
