bugs in enclosure

Meilu

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I found some little tiny bugs in the water bowl of my baby Herman tortoise enclosure yesterday, they're tiny and there are black ones and grey ones. they can jump in water aa i saw it when i took the picture. picture attached can anyone tell me if it's harmful for my little baby. hope these pictures are okay as they are so small and difficult to take picture.
Many thanks in advance
ML
 

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Meilu

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I found some little tiny bugs in the water bowl of my baby Herman tortoise enclosure yesterday, they're tiny and there are black ones and grey ones. they can jump in water aa i saw it when i took the picture. picture attached can anyone tell me if it's harmful for my little baby. hope these pictures are okay as they are so small and difficult to take picture.
Many thanks in advance
ML
 

Karen(pebbles)

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They're, springtails, annoying as they are, they're the clean up crew and feed on left over food and faeces in the inclosure, i get them too, some people say to bake/boil/freeze the substrate, but it doesn't always work, they're harmless to your tort.
 

Meilu

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They're, springtails, annoying as they are, they're the clean up crew and feed on left over food and faeces in the inclosure, i get them too, some people say to bake/boil/freeze the substrate, but it doesn't always work, they're harmless to your tort.
Thanks Karen. Glad to know they do no harm to the little thing I would get very upset if anything happened to my little Rocket 😀.
 
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