White bugs

meacy · 13-05-2013, 09:38 PM

I have spoted tiny tiny white bugs in my substrate (coco choir) 1. what are they. 2. Can they do any harm to my tort. 3. the most important how do I get rid of them

Laura1988 · 13-05-2013, 09:43 PM

Clean out their substrate, clean their home properly with tortoise safe disinfectant and put clean substrate in

TillyTortoise · 13-05-2013, 09:55 PM

I'm not exactly sure what they are, Springtail mites maybe. They won't do any harm though. You need to clean out the enclosure and wash everything. They're a right pain to get rid of.

meacy · 13-05-2013, 10:02 PM

It's just they are tiny and all it takes one to be left in a crevice. Think I might need to nulid a new table

Does disinfectant Kill mites/flys thoughts it was only germs?

sa123 · 13-05-2013, 10:28 PM

I had them when I used top soil ,I cleaned with the f10cs all I had at the time , they went but for now I have gone back to orchid bark they never reappeared , I am sure they came in with the home base top soil .

meacy · 13-05-2013, 10:46 PM

Have been looking into the bugs and looks like there Root Aphids (root mites) still looks like I will be building a new table

13-05-2013, 09:38 PM	#1
meacy Member Incubating Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Scotland Posts: 166	White bugs I have spoted tiny tiny white bugs in my substrate (coco choir) 1. what are they. 2. Can they do any harm to my tort. 3. the most important how do I get rid of them __________________ Michael 1.0.1 Hermanns. Dexter+Morgan 0.1.0 Dogs. Roxi & RIP Ben & Buster 0.0.1 Chinchilla Chinky

13-05-2013, 09:43 PM	#2
Laura1988 Member Incubating Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Oxford Posts: 211	Clean out their substrate, clean their home properly with tortoise safe disinfectant and put clean substrate in __________________ Laura

13-05-2013, 09:55 PM	#3
TillyTortoise Senior Member Adult Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales Posts: 2,327	I'm not exactly sure what they are, Springtail mites maybe. They won't do any harm though. You need to clean out the enclosure and wash everything. They're a right pain to get rid of. __________________ Ross

13-05-2013, 10:02 PM	#4
meacy Member Incubating Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Scotland Posts: 166	It's just they are tiny and all it takes one to be left in a crevice. Think I might need to nulid a new table Does disinfectant Kill mites/flys thoughts it was only germs? __________________ Michael 1.0.1 Hermanns. Dexter+Morgan 0.1.0 Dogs. Roxi & RIP Ben & Buster 0.0.1 Chinchilla Chinky

13-05-2013, 10:28 PM	#5
sa123 Member Incubating Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Dorset Posts: 150	hi I had them when I used top soil ,I cleaned with the f10cs all I had at the time , they went but for now I have gone back to orchid bark they never reappeared , I am sure they came in with the home base top soil . __________________ Horsefields Pygmy Hedgehogs babies ready now

13-05-2013, 10:46 PM	#6
meacy Member Incubating Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Scotland Posts: 166	Have been looking into the bugs and looks like there Root Aphids (root mites) still looks like I will be building a new table __________________ Michael 1.0.1 Hermanns. Dexter+Morgan 0.1.0 Dogs. Roxi & RIP Ben & Buster 0.0.1 Chinchilla Chinky

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