how in the world do iguanas gets mites to being with?

Question

i bought an iguana on wednesday(1-09-07) and i bought everything i needed... this morning i let it take a nice bath so he can get some moister and refreshment. once it was done. i let him try off and then put it back in its tank. about 20mins later i went to check if it had ate its food and i noticed that it had this mites running around its back.now i have to take it to the vet. but my question is how in the world to iguanas get mites

Answer 1

The wood or the bedding can have mites...

That is how my Hedgehog used to get them..

also he could have had them before you left the store

Answer 2

reptile mites can ONLY be transferred from one reptile to another. They cannot live long on non reptiliean hosts. So, sometimes mites get onto a cricket, that gets in contact with another reptile, now they both have mites. etc.Chances are that he had them when you bought him, you just didnt see them right away, he probobly got them from the pet store. Look closely at the little bugs. Mites are sandy or red colored bugs about the size of a pinhead. Make sure they are mites, not baby crickets. A lot of times in pet stores, cricket eating reptiles don't eat all their crickets and they breed in the tank and get into other tanks. Now, iguanas are NOT cricket eating reptiles! but, most likely, if they are crickets, the reptile next to him was, and his baby crickets got in with your iggy.

If they are mites, you have quite some work ahead of you. Mites can be gotten rid of without a vet visit. I have done it myself. Go to Home Depot and find 'no pest strips' they are in back by the pesticides. Use only a small piece of it. DO NOT LET YOUR IGUANA COME IN CONTACT WITH THESE STRIPS!!!!! these are to clean the habitat, not the iguana. To get them off the iguana you can buy spray for reptile mites at your local pet store. but the habitat needs to be fumigated; put a small piece of the strip in the tank, and seal it off completly for 48 hours. Wash out the tank with a 5% bleach solution, then rinse with really hot water several times.

Wash everything in the habitat with hot soapy water. You are going to have to find a temporary place to put your iggy for the 3 days that it is going to take to clean and fumigate his home. Meanwhile you need to give the ig baths every day, and treat him with mite spray daily to make sure he is mite free before putting him back in his habitat.

- DO NOT TOUCH THE PEST STRIPS WITH YOUR BARE HANDS
- DO NOT TOUCH YOUR IG AFTER YOU ARE IN CONTACT WITH THE STRIPS
- DO NOT LET YOUR IG ANYWHERE NEAR THESE THINGS! he will die, i am not even close to joking here, these things are strong!!! so, be very atimate about cleaning his habitat and washing the residue from the strips.

Answer 3

eco-friendly Iguanas (i'm assuming that you've a eco-friendly iguana) at the instantaneous are not venomous! So kick back! Wash the reduce with cleansing soap and water, and position a bandage and anti-biotic ointment on it, bypass see the physician at the same time as he's decrease back in, to ascertain there's no an infection. yet there is not a chance of a eco-friendly iguana being venomous!

Answer 4

hi there
OK most likely it's from the substrate ... had the same problem from reptile bark substrate... we use aspen now for all our reptiles ... go to the pet store and get mite away spray... give ur Iggy bath a again ... b4 u put it back in the tank clean it out with bleach and water rinse well ..put newspaper in the tank for now ...and then treat ur Iggy... good luck hope this helps

Answer 5

a lot of the time mites are found in the bedding that you buy. check with the vet to make sure that you are using the correct bedding. also you might want to check with either the petshop or breeder you got him from.

Answer 6

if you want to get rid of your mite problem just give your iggy a wipe down with some oliveoil its natural it works will help moisturize and there are no side effects

Answer 7

IM REAL SORRY BUT I HAVE NO IDEA MAYBE TRY CHECKING URE TANK?