So as some of may know I order Taurrus mite last week from Pilabra
On first view the delivery was sooner then said very happy with that. the packeging was very good no chance of the pot the mites are in escaping.
So I spent £90 on them which seems like a lot of money, however the size of the tub was very big... I am using these as a curative not preventative so need more for the vivs. I only have four vivs to treat and the amount was plenty, however this size was suggested by Chris at Pilbara,
Included in the package was a few leaflets explaining the dosage required for certain size vivs and racks, information about Taurrus mites, etc
So Basically they are very easy "to use" I poured the contense of the pot into my vivs, a little bit more in each then the sheet says as you can not really store these mites, the lid on the container has two holes in the top about the size of a ten pence piece you push in and Pour away. That's basically it simple as...
Here what the contense looks like in the viv on aspen
And the contense in the bucket
The bucket was full to the brim by the way this was an after thought as you can't really see it on the aspen.
When you pour the contense onto your chosen substrate you have to look carefully and you will see the mites moving around.
Last weekend I have a full f10 clean of the vivs and EVERYTHING in them so my Taurras mites would not die due to the use of callingtons- I chose these to change to Taurrus mites as I do t like the effect chemicals can have on snake especially since I have some young ones. I put substrate in as the Taurrus will burry themselves
Basically these predator mites eat the black parasite mites at any stage egg to adult when the infestation of parasite mites has gone the Taurrus mites die naturally as they run out of food.
I hope this is helpful to anyone looking for a biological way to rid parasite mites.
I shall keep you informed of how the Taurrus work out, but I have a lot of confidence in them after the chat with Chris last week.
On first view the delivery was sooner then said very happy with that. the packeging was very good no chance of the pot the mites are in escaping.
So I spent £90 on them which seems like a lot of money, however the size of the tub was very big... I am using these as a curative not preventative so need more for the vivs. I only have four vivs to treat and the amount was plenty, however this size was suggested by Chris at Pilbara,
Included in the package was a few leaflets explaining the dosage required for certain size vivs and racks, information about Taurrus mites, etc
So Basically they are very easy "to use" I poured the contense of the pot into my vivs, a little bit more in each then the sheet says as you can not really store these mites, the lid on the container has two holes in the top about the size of a ten pence piece you push in and Pour away. That's basically it simple as...
Here what the contense looks like in the viv on aspen
And the contense in the bucket
The bucket was full to the brim by the way this was an after thought as you can't really see it on the aspen.
When you pour the contense onto your chosen substrate you have to look carefully and you will see the mites moving around.
Last weekend I have a full f10 clean of the vivs and EVERYTHING in them so my Taurras mites would not die due to the use of callingtons- I chose these to change to Taurrus mites as I do t like the effect chemicals can have on snake especially since I have some young ones. I put substrate in as the Taurrus will burry themselves
Basically these predator mites eat the black parasite mites at any stage egg to adult when the infestation of parasite mites has gone the Taurrus mites die naturally as they run out of food.
I hope this is helpful to anyone looking for a biological way to rid parasite mites.
I shall keep you informed of how the Taurrus work out, but I have a lot of confidence in them after the chat with Chris last week.