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mikerichards
don't say the 'M' word!
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 07/07/2011 : 21:21:25
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Location : Worthing, West Sussex
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Katie.Dublin
Sub Adult
Ireland
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Posted - 08/07/2011 : 10:35:56
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Originally posted by mikerichards
i can assure you that you have nothing to be concerned about!
Hah!
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0.1 normal (Miami) - Hugo
0.1 hypo Motley - Spunky
0.1 MBK - Tequila. RIP
Horses, bearded dragons, a red tailed boa constrictor, a tortoise, a cat and a dog |
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a33272
our battery charger
United Kingdom
3063 Posts |
Posted - 08/07/2011 : 12:21:20
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Originally posted by mikerichards
i can assure you that you have nothing to be concerned about!
the fact you said that mike is a concern in itself |
    
0.1.0 creamsicle corn-Marmalade
1.0.0 jungle carpet python-Bumble
1.0.0 corn Casper
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angriesthedgehog
Yearling
United Kingdom
884 Posts |
Posted - 09/07/2011 : 13:01:38
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oops sorry for huge delay
I am in Enfield and there are much less on him - I could try to get some if I can
Ill try again at the piccies - having touble trying to manual focus on the dots while holding the snakie in the other hand lol
The only thing I can think is the bedding - I have had it a while but it had been put in the shed by a plonker for a few days - wondering if something crept in :/ |
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a33272
our battery charger
United Kingdom
3063 Posts |
Posted - 09/07/2011 : 17:55:33
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you cna get mites in a bag of substrate if left in cold damp places, someone else had this happen recently think it was stapey not sure though
this is from another thread of mite, this was a post made by sta~ple (stapey)
If you store your substrate in a garage or in a place that a bit damp it canbe exposed to spring tails. I recently had an outbreak of them and they infested a 20kg bag of aspen I stored in the garage. The garage got a bit damp and then got warm and I never sealed off the bag properly so it became a perfect breading ground for them.
If they are mostly IN (most likely dead and could look like dusty bits of substrate) and around the water bowl and not all over the snake, they are most likely spring tails. However, I have never known spring tails to jump. I only know them as being slow moving and not jumping. I know this may sound like a stupid question but are you sure they are jumping and your not loosing track of them since it is hard to keep a good focus on them since they are so small and can be blown and moved easily. Spring tails are not harmful but it probably means one of the wood items you have is not all that good. If it's a second hand viv stored in a not so great place in the back of a shop it could even be that or even, viv furniture.
Can you see any black ones? If not keep an eye out, and see if any of the current ones are more interested in the viv than the snake. If theres no black and they swam the water bowl it's spring tails, if you get black ones and the current white ones are all over the snake then it's mites. I hope that helps.
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0.1.0 creamsicle corn-Marmalade
1.0.0 jungle carpet python-Bumble
1.0.0 corn Casper
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angriesthedgehog
Yearling
United Kingdom
884 Posts |
Posted - 09/07/2011 : 18:40:37
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thanks for that :)
well still no sign of any black ones and there doesnt seem to be any in the bowl - I checked the old substrate etc before lobbing it - just seems to be around the poor guy's face
The treatment seems to be working on him tho - there are deffo less and less each time but they are not completely gone
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mikerichards
don't say the 'M' word!
United Kingdom
2901 Posts |
Posted - 09/07/2011 : 22:31:07
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Ok, for one, you really really will not get snake mites from leaving the bedding outside, in a shed, or similar, unless you live in africa.
Snake mites are an african parasite, predominantly infesting royal pythons and similar.
What you have is not the snake mite, that i can 100% promise you.
Take it from someone who has been dealing with them for over a year! |
Location : Worthing, West Sussex
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angriesthedgehog
Yearling
United Kingdom
884 Posts |
Posted - 10/07/2011 : 11:45:25
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Whatever they are - I th treatment does seem to be working - I suppose thats what counts
need to try getting some off him as a sample - to help if others get these things |
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Sta~ple
qeeun speler
United Kingdom
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Posted - 11/07/2011 : 10:44:49
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| Were any in the bedding? You'd see them on the top, against the plastic. There are so many types of garden wood eating pests, some white, sandy, red, black, bigger than others, jump ects. The only thing I can think of as crazy as it may sound is that they are bugs that like/need some kind of moisture as there is a lot around the mouth. But I can't think why there would be none in a bowl... if you do see any more, it maybe worth getting a few in like a tick tac box or something and taking to a garden center or mailing to Mike or popping them up on a garden/wildlife or bug forum or something, someone out there has to know what they are. |
  
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mikerichards
don't say the 'M' word!
United Kingdom
2901 Posts |
Posted - 11/07/2011 : 13:48:14
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Location : Worthing, West Sussex
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angriesthedgehog
Yearling
United Kingdom
884 Posts |
Posted - 12/07/2011 : 00:13:03
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| still trying with the pics - im rubbish getting it to focus :/ |
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