Tiny bugs on poo!

[VooDoo]

So I'm looking into my red eyed tree frog's enclosure tonight with a tiny flashlight. I see a turd that has a bunch of the tiny (and I mean tiny) bugs crawling around on it. What are they?

I just cleaned the terrarium out last week too.

Thanks.

[ToadPaparazzi]

Probably springtails or mites...

[VooDoo]

Probably springtails or mites...

How would springtails get in there? And mites? Where'd they come from??

[poison]

How would springtails get in there? And mites? Where'd they come from??

they come in on there own they are very helpful and help keep the enclosure clean. and the mites are not snake mites so i would worry about it and snake mites are harmless to amphibians any ways

[Rae]

Did you bring in any items from outside for your terrarium? I had to buy springtails but I don't have anything that might have brought in the springtails or mites on its own in my terrarium. Try and take picks for us. I don't think you can see parasites that are in the feces without a microscope. (could be wrong)

http://www.frogforum.net/tree-frogs/...terrarium.html read this post... they thought it was springtails at first but ended up being gnats.

http://www.frogforum.net/pacman-frog...s-his-poo.html this one sounds like fecal parasites... maybe you can see them with the naked eye after all..