The dogs have ticks, dogs and cats have fleas, and hermit crabs are sensitive to their own type of parasites called mites. The mites are very small, almost microscopic in size compared to the values, or a hermit crab, and a lot of damage to the health of your cat do if untreated, including premature death. This is not something you want to explain to your son or daughter.Even much smaller than those crabs, mites are brown and black, look like grains of sand, and is visible to the human eye. In contrast to the infection of other pests, which seems to be just pure luck, a good prevention and treatment of its zero is much easier to cope if they scratch, infected, and will be very useful for these preventable crabs infected mites .
compliance with the following five steps to prevent or treat mites hermit crab once the infection begins as follows: * Although it seems tempting, do not buy or trade mite spray. This, unfortunately, kills both mites and cat .* If you notice mites in the tank, each piece of equipment should be properly treated to ensure that the infection has disappeared. This means that all the bowls of food and water, wood, rocks, artificial plants, and the tanks empty and boil for 10 minutes before drying of these products and return them to the cage .
* When all substrate was removed and all accessories to be sterilized is important to properly clean the cage and to see signs of mites. You can use the cage with a damp cloth or paper towel and clean the walls and bottom of the tank. Make sure you clean the whole lot of pressure to kill mites, including those hidden in the four corners of the tank removed and replaced .* all substrate in the cage, to ensure that no trace of mites in shape. You want a shaved coconut substrate or sand replaced. If replacing the substrate of sand is not an option, rinse with water and cook over high heat for 10 minutes and allow to cool before cage hermit crabs .
* Baden immediately if you have an infection with mites. Be sure to dip them in and out of treated water a few times to remove any mites hermit crab from its shell. You can see the mites floating above the water, That you want so the mites do not throw back in your crab shell.Mites is an unfortunate part of the possession of hermit crabs, But can be prevented by changing Their food regularly clean the tank regularly and give your crabs a bath twice a month. If you do not have to do with the hermit crab mites, follow the steps above will help you overcome the problem and prevent it in future.
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