Kanayla Tyler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
>Where do these mites usually come from? I have been
>battling these pests for three-four months now...They
>are nearly driving me and my babies crazy. Thankfully
>they are only isolated to the room in which the
>gerbils are. But it also looks like I have two
>different kind of mites. One is very small, light
>brown...The other is red, like a wood mite. Could I
>have gotten them from a bad batch of litter? Or did
>they come with the gerbils I bought at the pet store
>in Dec. which is when this all started. Help!! I
>usually do not have these kind of problems, until
>lately...
>
>Kanayla
Hay is the commonest source of mites. Other sources include food.
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Julian
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