So, I'm new to the Frog Forum, but I've been reading it for years now, and I've had so many questions to ask. This is the one I find most important. For a year now I have had a female American Toad named Lola. She is healthy, always eats, has clear eyes, and is very active. (She has become diurnal) but, in the corner of her cage there is this whole colony of tiny white bugs, not even a millimeter long, eating these mushrooms in her cage. Now, they've been in there forever, but I don't think they affect my toad. They crawl on her, but it doesn't seem like they annoy her. They have infested her entire cage, and I would like to know what they are and if I should get rid of them and how. Thanks!
They are either springtails or mites, either way harmless.
Can you poste a photo or a drawing.
Okay, I know they're insects because I looked at them through a microscope, and I think mites are Arachnids, so it can't be mites, but lately every thing I've researched says that they're springtails. But seriously, there are thousands in there, are they seriously harmless?
"Look on the wall behind you. Look at that little girl's face. I know you've seen it. But you know what she's never going to be able to see? She's never going to be able to see the simple wonder of a leaf in her hand. Because there's not going to be any trees. Now you think about that."
R.I.P. Lola
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To be sure that they are springtails and search for Photos in Google,when you have Been sure that they are springtails you can leave them with your toad because they eat your toad poop,bacteria and fungus that is in your terrarium.
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