I recently purchased an H. Lividum, which promptly molted (two days later.) I went to feed it 4 days later, and it ate, then last night (the same day it ate) I noticed little white dots (MITES!) on a piece of wood that I had as a hide until my T decided to burrow (still hasn't :?) so I semi-freaked out and initiated extraction of my poor spider 10 minutes of chasing it around with a catchy cup, I figured hell, if I get bit, oh well, and let it crawl onto my arm. I put my arm to a Tupperware with ventilation holes poked in it, and there it still sits.
I'm going to boil the wood since it's small enough, and change all of the substrate (eco-earth,) but I was wondering if anybody could point me in the direction of how to NOT get mites (I still think they're from the crickets.) I've heard of using isopods, which I probably will end up doing, but do they really work that well? Since H. Lividums need moist and humid environments, I don't want to dry out the cage, but is there any other viable way to permanently(or close to it,) rid my T cage of this scourge known as mites?
Thanks!
I'm going to boil the wood since it's small enough, and change all of the substrate (eco-earth,) but I was wondering if anybody could point me in the direction of how to NOT get mites (I still think they're from the crickets.) I've heard of using isopods, which I probably will end up doing, but do they really work that well? Since H. Lividums need moist and humid environments, I don't want to dry out the cage, but is there any other viable way to permanently(or close to it,) rid my T cage of this scourge known as mites?
Thanks!