VulgarWisdom
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Alright so I rescued a injured baby beardie at my local petsmart about two weeks ago. His name is Pac and he's about 7 and a half inches long so I figure he's about 8 weeks old. He was missing two of his toes, which have healed. He was also too aggressive to be in an enclosure with other beardies, but I kind of viewed this as a sign of him being healthy so I decided to adopt him. He is very, very tame. He's actually more chill than my leopard gecko. He's been great and everything has ran smoothly until yesterday. My girlfriend and I were holding him and we noticed a "tiny red bug thing" crawling on his head.. Suddenly I felt a sinking feeling in my gut. Mites, mites, mites. So I bathed him and used a soft toothbrush and cleaned him thoroughly but did not find anymore on him. I put him in a smaller tank and took out everything in his tank and soaked them in a bathtub with scalding water and a bit of bleach (not even enough to recognize an odor) and scrubbed the inside of his tank down. I did not notice any mites in the water or anything either. After that I put everything in the oven for 30 minutes at 350F. I let all of the stuff in his tank air dry for about 5 hours after being in the oven, and I let his tank air dry for about 6 hours. I could not smell any sign of bleach whatsoever and there was not any residue left on anything. I made a point to be sure that everything was clean.
Here's where my issue is..
After doing a little research after I set everything up and put him back in his enclosure I stumbled upon an article that said that anything treated for mites needed to air dry for 18 hours? Is this true? He woke up today and had a nice poop so I figured that was a sign that everything was cool. I put a couple of crickets in with him and he has not touched them. So that's what has made me worry. I provide him with all his needs, 105 degree basking spot, 85 degree cool side, 10.0 uvb, etc. So I'm not missing anything. The only thing different is that I had to remove his background from his tank so he can see everything around him now. Is this freaking him out? If anyone can give me any insight it would be much appreciated. Thanks guys.
Here's where my issue is..
After doing a little research after I set everything up and put him back in his enclosure I stumbled upon an article that said that anything treated for mites needed to air dry for 18 hours? Is this true? He woke up today and had a nice poop so I figured that was a sign that everything was cool. I put a couple of crickets in with him and he has not touched them. So that's what has made me worry. I provide him with all his needs, 105 degree basking spot, 85 degree cool side, 10.0 uvb, etc. So I'm not missing anything. The only thing different is that I had to remove his background from his tank so he can see everything around him now. Is this freaking him out? If anyone can give me any insight it would be much appreciated. Thanks guys.