Urgent advice needed!!

[slimeaddict]

Hi everyone,

My mites arrived today and I have only 18hours to use them! he pack says they are contained in a vermiculite/bran mix. Could the bran in this mixture be harmful if eaten by my snails?!

If someone could reply ASAP I would be very grateful as have a limited time to use the mites...

Thanks

Adam

[goose]

Bran is fine for the snails as long as it hasn't been treated with anything which I presume it hasn't since it contains the mites.

[katherineh]

Are these the Hypoapsis miles from Defenders? If so, IME you can just sprinkle the contents of the tub directly onto the snails' substrate, and the mites actually live a lot longer than it says on the instructions! I didn't need all of them, so I put them in a cool cupboard and they were still going strong a week later.