Hi everyone hope all is well. As some of you know I posted a thread about little white bugs roaming around in my cypress mulch but now yesterday I just so happened to look at my tegus basking area and I saw a bunch of little black bugs like jumping all over the place and walking fast. They kinda look like fruit flies, should I be worried about this??? I inspected my tegu but I didn't see anything on him as I'm worried it might be mites but I'm hoping Its not as I never had mites before. Has anyone had this problem??? What should I do in a situation like this??? Any help will be appreciated thanx.
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littel black jumpy bugs!!!
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They are not mites since mites generally don't jump and they are very difficult to see on a dark surface. My guess is that they are harmless gnats. They shouldn't bother you or your tegu other than being a mild annoyance. Make sure that you clean up quickly after you feed your tegu or when he defecates. Old food sitting around will definately attract gnats.
Well what can I do to get rid of them??? Should I change out the mulch completely??? So your saying that they aren't mites??? Do they usually walk fast and do they roam around or they usually stick to the animal???MMRR - jif said:They are not mites since mites generally don't jump and they are very difficult to see on a dark surface. My guess is that they are harmless gnats. They shouldn't bother you or your tegu other than being a mild annoyance. Make sure that you clean up quickly after you feed your tegu or when he defecates. Old food sitting around will definately attract gnats.
Yea I know I'm always killing all types of bugs in my house. I looked up gnats and found out that some are harmful since some are blood sucking so I think I might just change out all the mulch.Nero said:Its just that time of year right now when all the bugs start invading our homes. We have huge cockroach problems here in Nevada and they are unstoppable.
Yea the last time I baked the mulch in the oven my wife wasn't too fond of the idea so ill just buy new mulch lolangelrose said:or you can just bake it.
i changed out all of my cypress last night, bobby (varnyard) Told me of a really great way to get rid of mites n bugs in your cypress, big black garbage bag, fill it with your mulch and leave it out in the sun. the heat cannot escape, and you cook the little buggers, just make sure there's no hole in the bag.
Oh wow I can work with that. I think ill give it a try. is it a proven method??? How did it work out for you???Kharnifex said:i changed out all of my cypress last night, bobby (varnyard) Told me of a really great way to get rid of mites n bugs in your cypress, big black garbage bag, fill it with your mulch and leave it out in the sun. the heat cannot escape, and you cook the little buggers, just make sure there's no hole in the bag.
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We buy our mulch in 3 cubic foot bags. We could just make sure there are no holes and leave the bags out in the sun on the driveway and bake those little buggers!!Kharnifex said:i changed out all of my cypress last night, bobby (varnyard) Told me of a really great way to get rid of mites n bugs in your cypress, big black garbage bag, fill it with your mulch and leave it out in the sun. the heat cannot escape, and you cook the little buggers, just make sure there's no hole in the bag.
