Tiny white bug

[ConcinusMan]

It looked exactly like the picture Kat posted.

As for the enclosure, the humidity doesn't seem to be too high at 55%. The substrate is completely dry pretty much all of the time. Either way, I think I will be switching substrates because my albino regurgitated a piece of Tilapia about 30 mins after I fed it to her and it was covered with aspen. I'm still nervous of whether or not she got any into her system, so I will be getting either some newspaper pellets or repti-bark.

Reptibark is even worse if it gets swallowed. Loose coconut fiber (ecoearth) seems to pass just fine with no harm. I guess the lesson here is while some substrates are safer than others one should still take all precautions to ensure that it doesn't get swallowed no matter what you're using. I simply tong feed bite sized pieces and that works for me. They swallow it so fast it never touches the substrate. As for the tilapia, it does happen sometimes (regurgitation) with that fish for some reason. It's happened to me a few times. Try feeding them smaller pieces, and smaller quantities per feeding when using tilapia. I wouldn't worry. Your snake was probably in no mood to eat after throwing up that tilapia.

As for the little white bugs, they don't generally bother the snake. If they bother you, a little provent-a-mite should get rid of them.

[kibakiba]

You can make a large bag of carefresh last a long time by frequently picking out soiled pieces. Since we're always broke, we tend to improvise when it comes to anything costing money. Whether its feeding a little bit less ofen/ less in amount or cleaning the tank less often, but picking out soiled pieces more. My snakes are well taken care of despite the money problems, so don't make a stink about it like people tend to... But, it works.

[ConcinusMan]

Spot cleaning is common practice. Nothing wrong with that.

[infernalis]

Spot cleaning is common practice. Nothing wrong with that.

I just did that to a dozen cages tonight. I was feeding, and since they were all in the feeding boxes, I washed water bowls and picked out the soiled spots.

[EasternGirl]

Do it myself quite often...water bowls and poop removal!

[kibakiba]

Well, I mean I spot clean for longer than most people would, just because the lack of money.

[EasternGirl]

You do what you have to do...you love your snakes, we all know that.

[kibakiba]

Yeah I know. There have been a couple people that have attacked me over that sort of thing though.

[infernalis]

Hey, check it out, I found a tiny white bug in one of my enclosures this evening...

[kibakiba]

Hehe, those actually look cute after moulting... They still scare me a bit though!