Mites?! Help!

[Kurt]

That is the most likely scenario.

[John]

Plant mites, there you go, told you so .

[Trohr]

Makes me feel soooooooooo much better that they're not going after my frogs- I'm sure you can imagine :]

[offroad537]

even plant mites are good for your frogs. If i were you i would redue your cage. spry your plants with a mite spry rise the plants with clean water very well. and then let them dry. and then check them and then redue the hole cage. thats what i would do

[John]

even plant mites are good for your frogs. If i were you i would redue your cage. spry your plants with a mite spry rise the plants with clean water very well. and then let them dry. and then check them and then redue the hole cage. thats what i would do

Mites are virtually impossible to exclude from frog enclosures in the long run. It's not something to worry about.

[offroad537]

i would worry about it. because frogs are post to be your pet or your friend and you should care alot about them. and keep them happy. If i have mites in my cage with my frogs. I dont care what kind of mites they are i well change my cage and ground change the plants and make sure theres not mites.

[John]

Nice sentiment. Tell that to the millions of dust mites that live in your bed with you at night. Non-parasitic mites are ubiquitous - the fact is that most people don't have the eyesight to spot them running around their frogs' enclosures.

[Kurt]

I had mites in my fruit fly cultures recently, still I fed the flies out to my frogs, no problem. Sure mites probably went with them, but no big deal as they are harmless to the frogs and die off because there is nothing for them to eat in the frog's enclosure.