EmmaM
New Member
Hi, this is my first post on here so forgive me if this is the wrong category or something
Before I cleaned out my Tortoises enclosure last, I noticed a few tiny round white bugs in his enclosure, and some were even crawling on him. I didn't think it was that big of a problem, probably just because it was time to clean it meaning the enclosure was stinky, so I cleaned out his enclosure entirely, cleaned the enclosure with a reptile enclosure cleaner, replaced the soil (I found out recently the soil the pet shop recommended to us is actually not suitable for horsefield tortoises, so I'll be replacing that soon entirely) and cleaned Eddie (my tort). Then today (about 3 weeks later) I saw they were back, and there was WAY more of them. It is about time to clean it out again, so I'm going to do that as soon as i have the chance, but I don't want to have to worry about them coming back again. What can I do to make them go away? I've done a bit of research but I want a definite answer, do I have to replace all the wooden things in the enclosure? Do I replace the enclosure entirely? I'm so confused.
(I've tried taking photos of the bugs but they're so tiny my camera can't focus on them)
Before I cleaned out my Tortoises enclosure last, I noticed a few tiny round white bugs in his enclosure, and some were even crawling on him. I didn't think it was that big of a problem, probably just because it was time to clean it meaning the enclosure was stinky, so I cleaned out his enclosure entirely, cleaned the enclosure with a reptile enclosure cleaner, replaced the soil (I found out recently the soil the pet shop recommended to us is actually not suitable for horsefield tortoises, so I'll be replacing that soon entirely) and cleaned Eddie (my tort). Then today (about 3 weeks later) I saw they were back, and there was WAY more of them. It is about time to clean it out again, so I'm going to do that as soon as i have the chance, but I don't want to have to worry about them coming back again. What can I do to make them go away? I've done a bit of research but I want a definite answer, do I have to replace all the wooden things in the enclosure? Do I replace the enclosure entirely? I'm so confused.
(I've tried taking photos of the bugs but they're so tiny my camera can't focus on them)