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Exocet77
Hadogenes
Number of posts : 65
Age : 47
Location : Canada
Registration date : 2014-03-18
| | Subject: Great.... mites :-/ 3/30/2014, 2:07 pm | |
| So I just picked up my scorpion at the expo... Got home, opened the container and its full of what I assume is mites. Thankfully I haven't put him in my tank yet. So they look like white mites, which may not be harmful? Like I said the look kinda white, but there hard to see, but there is a ton of them. I just put him in a new container and pitched the old one. I don't see anymore on him. I checked under his backside and not seeing any mites, like I have in other mite/scorpion related problems and posts I searched. So should I still wait and quarantine him? I'm so thankful I seen them before I put him in with 40lbs of sand and clay. Don't want to have to re-do my setup. So what do I do??  | |
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Callum B
Administrator
Number of posts : 1096
Age : 35
Registration date : 2008-09-21
| | Subject: Re: Great.... mites :-/ 3/30/2014, 5:11 pm | |
| Are they attached to the scorpion? | |
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Exocet77
Hadogenes
Number of posts : 65
Age : 47
Location : Canada
Registration date : 2014-03-18
| | Subject: Re: Great.... mites :-/ 3/30/2014, 6:35 pm | |
| - Callum B wrote:
- Are they attached to the scorpion?
No not that I can see. I picked him up with the tongs and checked under him and don't see any at all. They were crawling on him when I noticed in the cup. Since I ditched the container I haven't seen any | |
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Tongue Flicker
Parabuthus
Number of posts : 1106
Age : 37
Location : Madina't Isa, Bahrain
Registration date : 2012-11-01
| | Subject: Re: Great.... mites :-/ 3/30/2014, 11:45 pm | |
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Guess the container was kept too moist along with the scorp. Your scorps are semi-arid species so keeping them moist for too long probably attracted the mites
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Callum B
Administrator
Number of posts : 1096
Age : 35
Registration date : 2008-09-21
| | Subject: Re: Great.... mites :-/ 3/31/2014, 3:10 am | |
| They're more than likely detritivorous mites feeding on waste left in the substrate. Normally harmless to scorpions but can be a sign that conditions may be getting a bit dirty.
As Neil says, your scorpions are from semi-arid areas, so get them into dry enclosures and you'll find the mites will disappear. | |
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Exocet77
Hadogenes
Number of posts : 65
Age : 47
Location : Canada
Registration date : 2014-03-18
| | Subject: Re: Great.... mites :-/ 3/31/2014, 11:04 am | |
| Perfect  I had him in a rather large container last night with just some sand and clay. Haven't seen anymore so I think there gone. Sounds like he can go to his new home. Thanks! | |
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Tongue Flicker
Parabuthus
Number of posts : 1106
Age : 37
Location : Madina't Isa, Bahrain
Registration date : 2012-11-01
| | Subject: Re: Great.... mites :-/ 4/2/2014, 2:09 am | |
| They're still there just dormant underneath. Waiting for your enclosure to get moist and dirty  | |
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Exocet77
Hadogenes
Number of posts : 65
Age : 47
Location : Canada
Registration date : 2014-03-18
| | Subject: Re: Great.... mites :-/ 4/2/2014, 12:14 pm | |
| - Tongue Flicker wrote:
They're still there just dormant underneath. Shhhh don't tell me that. LoL | |
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Tongue Flicker
Parabuthus
Number of posts : 1106
Age : 37
Location : Madina't Isa, Bahrain
Registration date : 2012-11-01
| | Subject: Re: Great.... mites :-/ 4/3/2014, 8:49 am | |
| Haha! But seriously, mites are unavoidable and unpredictable. It's keeping the enclosure conditions right that prevents them from multiplying and becoming rampant. Even a healthy human has microscopic mites living in the eyelids/eyelashes | |
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