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#1855698
Doug2
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Little brown bugs 
I hadn’t seen my new baby corn for like three days and when I looked at him he had these little brown bugs all over him I removed all of them and cleaned his cage and put in all new cage furniture are these little brown bugs going to have a lasting effect? has anyone else witnessed these? By the way he is doing great besides that ive only had him 2 weeks fed him twice and he shed twice.
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09/09/08 09:01pm
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#1855785
Reptagirl
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Message To: Doug2 In reference to Message Id: 1855698
Little brown bugs
sounds like mites! mine got mites from a type of fluker bedding once. it is not too serious i cured mine by giving them a bath with a couple drops of liquid soap to cut the water tension. this will drown all the mites! my female actually had one imbedded in her eye so i had to put a little vaseline on it to smother it and then it fell off! DO NOT PUT VASELINE ON THEIR SCALES! just bath them for about 15 to 20 min in warm water with a drop of liquid soap and make sure you bleach the crap out of their cage! freeze the substrate for at least 24 hrs if you are using bedding from the same bag before putting it in their cleaned cage! hope this helped! i would recommend getting the corn snake manual by kathy love! it explains it all!
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09/09/08 10:15pm
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#1855874
Wisema2297
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Message To: Reptagirl In reference to Message Id: 1855785
Little brown bugs
Mites are not brown. Are you using aspen? Sometimes these bugs are in the aspen you buy. If so, they are harmless.
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09/10/08 01:17am
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#1855887
RjAmelcorn
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Message To: Wisema2297 In reference to Message Id: 1855874
Little brown bugs
A good idea when you change bedding material is to cook it in the oven. this kills any bugs and helps sterlize the bedding. have the oven at 200 and bake for 30 mins. watch the edges to stop burning. allow to cool over night.
its an extream method but it works.
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09/10/08 02:06am
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#1856213
Doug2
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Message To: RjAmelcorn In reference to Message Id: 1855887
Little brown bugs
thats funny I use the same aspen for all of my snakes and he is the only one who got it
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09/10/08 04:34pm
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#1856217
Wisema2297
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Message To: Doug2 In reference to Message Id: 1856213
Little brown bugs
Order a can of Provent-A-Mite. It works very well if you follow the directions exactly. Just google provent a mite. It will kill any bugs that you may have, bad or otherwise.
Can you take a picture of the bugs. Mites are black and swell with blood when they are been feeding for a while.
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09/10/08 04:48pm
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#1856929
Doug2
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Message To: Wisema2297 In reference to Message Id: 1856217
Little brown bugs
I took all of the bugs off a while ago
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09/11/08 04:09pm
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