I work at a pet shop, and we've had this baby burm for about a month, in apparent good health. I went on vacation for 2 weeks and shortly after I got back, the poor thing had bugs ALL over him! They seemed to come out of nowhere. He was soaking in his water bowl and it looked like someone sprinkled pepper in it, there were hundreds of the things drowned in the bowl. I cleaned/disinfected the bowl and the cage and gave him a bath, but I looked in there later and they're still there! They are little black things probably around 1/8 of an inch... maybe a bit bigger. They're too big to be mites, and they really don't look/act like ticks. Any idea what they might be? I gave him a thorough look-over when we first got him and he was perfectly clean, and we've never had this problem before, so I've no idea where they came from... I'm going to treat them like mites and probably be battling them most of the day... just wanted to know what I was dealing with...
2006-07-14
04:34:46
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