Quote Originally Posted by KayJoh View Post
Hi LydiasMom,
just a question, how do you get mites? do they come in on the frog or substrate or some other way.
That sounds like a rude question but it isn't meant to be, I just want to know as much as I can before I start out.
Any advice is very much appreciated by anyone so thank you.
Not rude at all! There's actually a lot of kinds of mites and ways they can show up. They should not arrive from your frogs tho.

Substrate can be a carrier, but the e-coco sterilizes so it's pretty safe. Soil is a big culprit when that's the carrier

Plants. They need to be carefully rinsed off before being planned in your frogs home, no matter who you purchase them from, it's always best to check. And if you get plants from a flower or garden show be EXTRA thorough, because they're notorious for that issue. Also if you get any plants/ wood from nature it needs to be thoroughly cleansed.

Your little friend's food. Crickets, even ants can carry a mite infection in on them.

If you see mites you're going to need to do one of two things, disassemble and bake/ wash everything. Or remove all critters you don't want dead and use dry ice to bath the whole thing. The plants will love it, but anything that needs oxygen will die overnight. Make sure you don't gas yourself either and ventilate the tank properly before returning any oxygen dependant friends.

Does that help?