Bit of a problem..

[Leroux2008]

Lol I sounded retarded when I coughed XD XD XD

but all those white dots.... thats them... T_T soo nasty.

 

[jdog1027]

Hey- Yeah, I think Dave is right- those definitely look like some type of mites. I've never seen those before on any of my crickets. I would throw all of that away and clean your tubs out with like diluted bleach water, or better yet, just buy a new tub.

 

[Leroux2008]

Alrighty I will have to do that... sux that I will loose babies to those damn things.... but gotta do whats best for the Chams

 

[DavidBuchan]

You can save the baby crickets if you remove all mite covered crap and keep them dry for a few days.

 

[Leroux2008]

So the mites will die off if I just keep it dry? How do I keep the baby crickets hydrated if I keep it dry? Do I take out the paper napkin I use for water?

 

[DavidBuchan]

I know they are very small, but they will cope better than the mites. If you need to put in some small bits of leaf for moisture then don't leave them long, so you don't feed the mites..... I said you can save them. Depends how bad the infestation is, and how much of the mite pop. you remove when you get the dead crickets out.
They are obviously the main breeding ground for mites. Mites also love :- any meat, potato, carrot, in particular. Fortunately, they don't seem to care for leafy greens much, so I think you can get away with this one........

 

[DavidBuchan]

So the mites will die off if I just keep it dry? How do I keep the baby crickets hydrated if I keep it dry? Do I take out the paper napkin I use for water?

I forgot to answer the questions, so yes the mites will die off qiuck if you get as many out as you can, leave them no food and dry it out. If it's a lot of trouble then you can leave the napkin in. Even baby crickets I think can go a couple days with very little moisture, so all they need is to out last the mites. I think best to take the napkin out.
It would be annoying to think it was dealt with, dampen the napkin and then get a new mite bloom ( I don't even know if this would happen, it's a risk though, so I'd get the napkin out)

 

[Leroux2008]

Thanx David =] I already took the napkin out and the old toilet paper rolls and I took out the adults XD I started the adults with fresh everything in a seperate container.... I looked through the container that had the mites and its seeming like theres not as many as before..... Ive only placed cricket crack in there so far... Ill try to stay away from moisture stuff as much as I can.