Last week I was handling my collection, and noticed on my 0.1 pied, that there was some pink spots showing up on the white areas. Grabbed a led flashlight and pressed it against her and could see tiny black dots under her scales. Knew what I saw. Removed everything out of all the enclosures. Placed the BPs in a water bath, followed by a oil treatment(Mite Guard). While they soaked, I sprayed the enclosures with Provent a Mite, baked all the wood items, and placed hides and bowls in the dishwasher. The 0.1 Pied was the only one I could find any signs of mites on. This week, the pink spots are going away, I used the flashlight again, and couldn’t find any mites under her scales. I’m going to keep them on paper towels for at least a month before putting substrate back in. I’ve heard to many horror stories of mites spreading, and think I caught it right when it was starting. I am going to keep the Provent a Mite treatment from now on, I disregarded before, thinking if the reptiles came in clean, that they would stay clean.
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