Little Bugs!!!!

BOOSTFEEN · Member Joined: May 01, 2008 Posts: 13 Location: NYC

hey guys and gals how is all hope all is well. any how i came home tonight from work and i turned on the light in the tank where i have my two tegus and i just so happened to look down at the cypress mulch and saw some small little bugs walking around. should i be worried about this or is it just normal and they come with the mulch. any help will be appreciated.

txrepgirl · Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 10:07 am Post subject:

I'm doing well.Thank you for asking.Hope you are doing well,too.Do you know what kind of color they are ? look at your Tegus next time you take them out and see if they are actually on the Tegus,too.Please keep us posted.

angelrose · Moderator Joined: Jan 05, 2008 Posts: 1455

hi BOOSTFEEN, I have just gone through this and asked about this as well. this is what I learned.

sometimes little bugs come in with the mulch. as txrepgirl said above check the color. you can take a slightly moist white paper towel and lightly wipe it all over your tegus.

if they are red, that's bad. mites. that means they are sucking blood.

in my case I saw just a few very tiny white dots moving. if it still bothers you then you can take all the mulch and bake it in the oven at 350 for 30 minutes.
or
(in my case it bothered me). so I took all the mulch out and cleaned the entire enclosure and replaced it all with new cypress mulch. so far so good (fingers crossed).

I hope this helps you.

BOOSTFEEN · Member Joined: May 01, 2008 Posts: 13 Location: NYC

well they are not red. they are actually white just like you said like white little dots moving. what should i do??? are they harmful to my tegus???

BOOSTFEEN · Member Joined: May 01, 2008 Posts: 13 Location: NYC

i just checked my tegus and they dont have anything on them so is this a good thing

angelrose · Moderator Joined: Jan 05, 2008 Posts: 1455

that's good news. no, the ever so tiny white dots moving like I saw are not dangerous to your tegus.

if they bother you or give you peace of mind (like me. LOL). then you can just take all the mulch and bake it or replace all of it (above).

txrepgirl · Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 9:09 pm Post subject:

I would give your Tegu a bath to make sure you drown all the bugs that are on your Tegu and change all the mulch.