I was just dozing around and observing my White's tree frog 18" x 18" x 24" vivarium when I noticed that a very tiny, white, little booger thing ran across the face of my frog's mouth and down its body. I was immediately scared cause I knew that this could have been a mite. I then again looked very closely, checking out every cm of his body, checking for others. I found none. I did the same with my viviarium, and found nothing. I mean, if theres one, there's many, right? In this case I only saw one. I recently got a pot of pathos plant from Home Depot that I didn't quarantine, and this might be the reason for the one supposed "mite". Is this possible_ to have one mite running around? Where should I check for others? How would I get rid of them if they did in fact turn up with others? I would hate to tear my vivarium down. It was going so great.
Could it have been a springtail? They are white.
Possibly. What is the difference between mites and springtails? I never added any springtails to my vivarium before_ unless they are naturally occuring.
Hold on. I did a closer observation with my camera. I can't confirm it but the body may in fact be elongated and POSSIBLE wings. It is completely white, no doubt. Crossing my fingers that its a springtail. Hopefully I will find a bigger one to observe and confirm...or maybe none!
I have been off researching this...I have been reading this.
Everything You Need to Know About Reptile Mites - Yahoo! Voices - voices.yahoo.com
Not a expert so I hate to stick my foot in my mouth and act like an expert.
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