Tiny white bugs

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What is a CRB?

The bugs are more than likely springtails. Completely harmless. They eat decaying matter, feces, etc. Think of them more as a clean up crew.
 
hhmmm, sounds like to mites to me, id say get some mite off, and clean everything. but make sure if u use anything on the substrate or rub/viv that is has dried out/aired out before u put the snake back in.
we had a load of baby royals and hoggies get dumped at the shop because the bloke hadnt done this. most died and if not resulted in bad neurological damage that killed them a few days after. the few that got away alive have head wobble.
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kearth;4790179; said:
What is a CRB?

The bugs are more than likely springtails. Completely harmless. They eat decaying matter, feces, etc. Think of them more as a clean up crew.
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Hi sorry for my acronym its Columbian Rainbow Boa, they are long and rather fast for their size, and so i dont have to worry about them?

chloe;4790193; said:
hhmmm, sounds like to mites to me, id say get some mite off, and clean everything. but make sure if u use anything on the substrate or rub/viv that is has dried out/aired out before u put the snake back in.
we had a load of baby royals and hoggies get dumped at the shop because the bloke hadnt done this. most died and if not resulted in bad neurological damage that killed them a few days after. the few that got away alive have head wobble.
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Hi chloe they deffo arent the black bad mites.
 
I doubt they are mites. Look over the snake well and make sure it doesn't have any (or many, a few may be incedental) on it. If there is a mite infestation bad enough to see a bunch of them in the enclosure then it is bad enough to be easily seen on the animal. Mites tend to not get really bad on Rainbow Boas...don't think they like the humidity or something.
I agree with Kearth...probably springtails or some type of isopods, dart frog keepers intentionally seed their tanks with them as they help keep them cleaner (and the frogs like eating them). I wouldn't worry too much about them...
 
jeosbo01;4790287; said:
I doubt they are mites. Look over the snake well and make sure it doesn't have any (or many, a few may be incedental) on it. If there is a mite infestation bad enough to see a bunch of them in the enclosure then it is bad enough to be easily seen on the animal. Mites tend to not get really bad on Rainbow Boas...don't think they like the humidity or something.
I agree with Kearth...probably springtails or some type of isopods, dart frog keepers intentionally seed their tanks with them as they help keep them cleaner (and the frogs like eating them). I wouldn't worry too much about them...
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Thanks for that am fairly certain that they are springtails now :).
 
get any new plants or dirt, I added a plant to my crestie viv last week to find some garden mites on it, harmless but they started getting out so Im had to clean it out and saturday Im doing a gassing of them
 
lol sorry, that was completely my mistake! im not sure y but i didnt seem to read the white colour part lol

sorry, such a dimwit sometimes x
 
lol its written in the bloody title and all i saw was tiny bug! i shall carry on dying my hair blonde lol
 
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