Mites?! Questions! Please help!

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Posted by BeckyRae on May 05, 2002 at 20:42:16:

OK i think i have a mite prob. I have read up the best as possible but i still have a few questions... (please help...anthing , suggestions, stories...whatever)
1. How long can mites live without a host??
2. How easy is it to spread them between reptiles? (Have two igs housed in another room, just got my thumbs (yeah BOTH if em) practically chewed off by my baby in mating season...i cant tell if they are infected)
I know who the source of the infection is...my b/f's baby ig
She has weird spots that i thought they were "freckles"...no signs have showed up until 3+ months, but now i see tiny RED and BLACK bugs on her, a nearby H2O dragon, and a baby savanna...they have probably infested my bearded dragons! I am prepared to scale a full wage war on these pests!

AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (war cry) please add any tid bit o' info you might think is inportant.THANKS! -Becky-

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Link for the predatory mites....heard good things and failures too.... jif 05/05/02 (0)
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: OK i think i have a mite prob. I have read up the best as possible but i still have a few questions... (please help...anthing , suggestions, stories...whatever) : 1. How long can mites live without a host?? : 2. How easy is it to spread them between reptiles? (Have two igs housed in another room, just got my thumbs (yeah BOTH if em) practically chewed off by my baby in mating season...i cant tell if they are infected) : I know who the source of the infection is...my b/f's baby ig : She has weird spots that i thought they were "freckles"...no signs have showed up until 3+ months, but now i see tiny RED and BLACK bugs on her, a nearby H2O dragon, and a baby savanna...they have probably infested my bearded dragons! I am prepared to scale a full wage war on these pests! : AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (war cry) please add any tid bit o' info you might think is inportant.THANKS! -Becky- :

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