n3xia
Active Member
Firstly, sorry to be a pain and post about the ol' mites problem. I promise I have done a forum search and tried to find all the information I can already...
While handling my adult MD on the weekend I noticed quite a few (maybe a dozen) of her scales were lifted up, with what looked like pink sores underneath. I remember she was bitten by some small ants when I let her slither on the grass a few weeks ago, so I thought it might be from that. But then after handling my children's python I noticed two small black insects crawling on my hand. I couldn't see any on the snakes themselves, and when I squished one of the bugs it was soft, not hard like a tick usually is before it fills with blood. I have looked up images of reptile mites and the bugs I saw were at least twice the size of the mites in photos. The bugs were big enough that I could just make out their little legs moving around, and they didn't bite me even though I let them crawl around on my hand for a few minutes. I have a vet appt but it's not til Saturday - is there any advice anyone can offer? I can take photos of the sores tonight and any more of the black bugs if I see some, but I'm not at home at the moment.
While handling my adult MD on the weekend I noticed quite a few (maybe a dozen) of her scales were lifted up, with what looked like pink sores underneath. I remember she was bitten by some small ants when I let her slither on the grass a few weeks ago, so I thought it might be from that. But then after handling my children's python I noticed two small black insects crawling on my hand. I couldn't see any on the snakes themselves, and when I squished one of the bugs it was soft, not hard like a tick usually is before it fills with blood. I have looked up images of reptile mites and the bugs I saw were at least twice the size of the mites in photos. The bugs were big enough that I could just make out their little legs moving around, and they didn't bite me even though I let them crawl around on my hand for a few minutes. I have a vet appt but it's not til Saturday - is there any advice anyone can offer? I can take photos of the sores tonight and any more of the black bugs if I see some, but I'm not at home at the moment.