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05-Aug-06, 10:06 PM
| | Moderator Moderator | Join Date: Jun-03 Location: Sydney, NSW,Australia | | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by hazzard Our University has an affiliated company now selling the predatory mite hypoaspis. This predator is widely being used in the STATES for cleaning up snake mites, eggs etc.
A few prominent herpers have been evaluating them for a season, to come up with stocking rates. They are very impressed with the results.
No chemicals required, an agent will be acting on behalf of the company and they will be available this Spring, Summer. | Hazzard,
Good to hear mate.
It's good to have alternative choices in the market place, please post the results when you have them.
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05-Aug-06, 10:12 PM
|  | FAYSE! Moderator | Join Date: Jun-05 Location: Illawarra Gender:  | | | | Hi Neil,
I tried to catch a couple for you....but they were too quick! I'll keep trying! When I eventually catch them...what will I send them in?
How do you sex them?? I haven't got a probe small enough!!
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05-Aug-06, 10:25 PM
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Originally Posted by GARTHNFAY Hi Neil,
I tried to catch a couple for you....but they were too quick! I'll keep trying! When I eventually catch them...what will I send them in?
How do you sex them?? I haven't got a probe small enough!! | LOL! I reckon that will keep you occupied for a while Fay, try catching them with a pair of chopstick's 
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06-Aug-06, 03:22 AM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Mar-06 Location: Figtree, NSW Age: 32 | | | Awwww Rennie....and I thought you was my friend 
Neil if I had some I'd send you some. I have crickets...will they help? LOL!
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06-Aug-06, 08:39 AM
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Originally Posted by AntaresiaLady Awwww Rennie....and I thought you was my friend
Neil if I had some I'd send you some. I have crickets...will they help? LOL! | Thanks for the thought, but even if you did have some, you wouldn't be able to ship them from WA, they aren't on your collectors list :wink:
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06-Aug-06, 10:49 AM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Apr-05 Location: sydney | | | | due to our fine Sydney husbandry they are proving to be hard to track down Neil?
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06-Aug-06, 11:21 AM
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Originally Posted by junglemad due to our fine Sydney husbandry they are proving to be hard to track down Neil? | LOL ! Yes, your right, but I think it has more to do with the time of the year to!
The warmer month's will bring alot cases out I reckon.
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07-Aug-06, 12:28 AM
|  | Sdaji Subscriber | Join Date: Jun-04 Location: Victoria | | | Wild reptiles in Melbourne (and a still increasing number of locations in Victoria) are often covered with them. I saw five blue tongues this morning (not bad for ten minutes' herping in Melbourne's winter  ), the three I had a close look at were covered in mites and I assume the other two I didn't bother to check were too. If you know anyone down here with the relevant permits you could quite easily collect as many mites as you like. I'm not sure what things are like in Sydney, but in Melbourne there are still some native parasitic mites which are common on reptiles and the snake mite (the one which people have trouble with in their collections) has become very common over the last ten or so years since it was introduced (thanks to relocations/releases/escapees). Some of the snake catchers down here frequently come across mite infested reptiles which need to be destroyed (because they can't be relocated), so perhaps one of them could help you out.
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07-Aug-06, 01:55 AM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Feb-06 Location: Queensland | | | | Sdaji, i had some tosser trying to tell me mites don't exist in the wild? How do you reply to idiots like that?
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07-Aug-06, 02:05 AM
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Originally Posted by nvenm8 Sdaji, i had some tosser trying to tell me mites don't exist in the wild? How do you reply to idiots like that? | Tell them that you are the wallet inspector. When they hand you their wallet, inform them that you'll return soon with your report, then leave.
If they've been particularly annoying, ask for their telephone number, then place an ad in the pet section of the trading post along the lines of:
"Fuzzy Kwumpledumps for sale, adorable, affectionate pets, low maintenance, great with children, young available now, $5 each <their>"
Then kick back knowing that they won't be able to use their phone for the next couple of weeks. |
07-Aug-06, 02:16 AM
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I should add Tosser s I just reviewed their comments.
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07-Aug-06, 06:45 AM
|  | Yes, that Hix Moderator | Join Date: Mar-04 Location: Sydney | | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by Sdaji Tell them that you are the wallet inspector. When they hand you their wallet, inform them that you'll return soon with your report, then leave.
If they've been particularly annoying, ask for their telephone number, then place an ad in the pet section of the trading post along the lines of:
"Fuzzy Kwumpledumps for sale, adorable, affectionate pets, low maintenance, great with children, young available now, $5 each <their>"
Then kick back knowing that they won't be able to use their phone for the next couple of weeks. | Sometimes you're just plain scarey Sdaji!!!
Neil, I've just discovered my cockatiels have feather mite - is this any good to you? 
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07-Aug-06, 08:25 AM
| | | | Of course mites exist in the wild, there are thousands of species of mites all over the world, most of our native reptiles would be targets for mites of one species or another, not just snake mites. The chances of picking up snake mites from branches, rocks etc is just about zero, but you will get them from another infested reptile, or another source which has been in contact with infested reptiles. The only snake mites I've seen in the past 10 years have been on pythons put up for sale to dealers in WA from CALM confiscations - the government body charged with conservation and overseeing the pet reptile trade in WA was selling mite-infested snakes to dealers and pet shops - work that out.
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08-Aug-06, 12:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Hix Sometimes you're just plain scarey Sdaji!!!
| Can I have your phone number? |
09-Aug-06, 07:19 AM
| | Yes, that Hix Moderator | Join Date: Mar-04 Location: Sydney | | | Quote: |
Can I have your phone number?
| Why? Have you lost yours?
Hix
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