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Post by alice042 on Aug 15, 2014 1:24:56 GMT
I recieved a shipment of snails yesterday. I decided to leave the smallest ones in the container with soil that they came in. Today, on closer inspection, I realized there were several VERY tiny bugs in with them that look like redish-brown spiders! I immediatly moved them to another container and washed them down. What could those things be??!!
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Post by cliath on Aug 15, 2014 10:00:15 GMT
I'm unsure as to what the bugs are but giving snail a bath in green tea can help kill pests. Also, baking the soil will kill anything in it.
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Post by etana on Aug 15, 2014 13:12:34 GMT
Usually bugs that resemble miniature spiders are mites. Not sure if they could harm the snails, many mite species eat veg fluids but some like blood.
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Zorst
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Post by Zorst on Aug 26, 2014 6:12:02 GMT
Sounds like some kind of mite, I'd wash / bath all the new snails in some green tea and change all the soil they have been in contact with. Repeat the baths a few times over the next week or so and change the soil again after those baths that should sort out the worst of the problem, I find it usually does with any mite problems that I've had with snails.
Zorst
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