friendttyy
Pandinus
Number of posts : 6
Age : 24
Registration date : 2014-05-11
 | | Subject: MITES! 5/13/2014, 2:41 pm | |
| Today i saw brown looking mites on the bottom of my scorps carapace. They are round and are visible to the naked eye.Is there a way of getting rid of it?  And i cant get pics since my camera is messed up. Thanks in advance! | |
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orion_rmw
Pandinus
Number of posts : 38
Age : 62
Location : Houston, TX
Registration date : 2013-09-30
| | Subject: Re: MITES! 5/16/2014, 9:15 pm | |
| Isopods will really help; they did for me. You could also look into predatory mites to add to your enclosure. Evergreen Growers has these but the name of them escape me at the moment (must be the rum!).  | |
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orion_rmw
Pandinus
Number of posts : 38
Age : 62
Location : Houston, TX
Registration date : 2013-09-30
| | Subject: Re: MITES! 5/16/2014, 9:16 pm | |
| ...escapes me at the moment. | |
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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: MITES! 5/17/2014, 8:10 pm | |
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If it's just one or a few you could wipe it off with q-stick dipped in diluted vinegar
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porkins
Pandinus
Number of posts : 6
Age : 45
Location : brize norton uk
Registration date : 2014-05-09
| | Subject: Re: MITES! 5/18/2014, 3:38 am | |
| I use a damp paintbrush and dab them off | |
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friendttyy
Pandinus
Number of posts : 6
Age : 24
Registration date : 2014-05-11
| | Subject: Re: MITES! 5/22/2014, 1:48 pm | |
| Im too scared to touch it physically. Most of them are gone...either than a few on my possibly gravid female...don't know if she has paired before. | |
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Gert B
Hadogenes
Number of posts : 88
Age : 52
Location : Namibia-Windhoek
Registration date : 2014-05-07
| | Subject: Re: MITES! 5/22/2014, 5:02 pm | |
| Are mites actually bad for scorpions?
All my wild cought scorpions have mites in the beginning but gradually they all dissapear after a while. | |
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friendttyy
Pandinus
Number of posts : 6
Age : 24
Registration date : 2014-05-11
| | Subject: Re: MITES! 5/23/2014, 3:35 pm | |
| As far as i know, grain mites are bad. | |
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