Mice/Mites ????

[bundysnake]

Hello,

The missus was cleaning out the mice tubs today and found some small black bugs in the feed, could these be rodent mites? If so can i use TOD?? or how do i get rid of them?
I'm guessing they came for the bag of feed i bought at the pet shop so i checked the whole lot out!!!

Also how do i worm my mice?

Cheers,
Phillip

 

[Vixen]

How big were they? You sure they werent just weevils?

 

[Wild_Storm]

Aristopet small animal wormer and follow the directions. Sorry I can't help you with the mite concern... I am new to rodents myself.

 

[No-two]

I had "lice" on some mice a while ago, I culled the entire collection bleached everything sprayed with tod and started again from scratch. I've had the new lot for a few months now and they're awesome breeders. Much better then the last ones, it was kind of a good thing in the end.

 

[SnakePower]

There is a form of rodent mite, it is a completely different bug to the dreded snake mite. Best way to get rid of it is to treat mice/rats by treating their drinking water. You can use panacur or Ivermectin, you would have to watch the dosages though, can't remember them off the top of my head.

 

[bundysnake]

well my my g/f could see them with her eye and she said they looked oval shaped like a lice.
Any idea what we should do?

how do i know if they are weevels?

If i see them again i will get a photo.

 

[Jewly]

The last batch of rat food that I bought had small black bugs in it and I was told by the shop later on that they were weevels. They weren't small like a flea, more the size of a small black ant but they were oval in shape.

 

[cris]

If they are in the food and not on the mice then they probably arnt lice or mites, but rather just something that eats whatever food you are giving them.

 

[bundysnake]

Jewly i think they sound like wevels as yousaid
Cheers for the help peoples.........................