Mites?

[Running Elk]

I saw two light brown mites on one of my turtles. They were moving very fast and not just 'hanging out' like I've seen them do on snakes. It
s the first time I've seen them. I also have live plants in my enclosure that have suddenly started looking shabby. Do these sound like some sort of plant mites, or reptile mites?

 

[Running Elk]

Anyone? :/

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This was on my small female EBT. My gulf female doesn't seem to have any on her, and my male is too shy to inspect for them.

 

[Levi the Leopard]

Are you sure it was a mite? And only 2?

Could it have been a spring tail? I get these in my indoor enclosures. I add pill bugs to keep their population down.

Seeing only 2, I wouldn't worry.

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[Running Elk]

Are you sure it was a mite? And only 2?

Could it have been a spring tail? I get these in my indoor enclosures. I add pill bugs to keep their population down.

Seeing only 2, I wouldn't worry.

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I'm thinking Springtails or something. I couldn't find any on my male EBT either, when I finally coaxed him out of his shell. Then I checked Minerva, the little EBT that I thought I saw the mites on, and saw nothing. She saw buried the first time I saw the "mites". I think it's just some little critter living in the soil.

 

[Behnad]

I also have springtails in my indoor enclosure. I just leave them alone since they aren't harmful.