Paroedura sp. "Spiny Tail"

[danscantle]

I had my first hatch over the weekend, so here are pics.

Sorry for the size of the pics.

 

[Bowfinger]

you might want to resize that...by the way you have mites :shock:

 

[danscantle]

Yeah, every time I try to treat mites with the vegetable oil trick bad stuff happens. Those mites have been in those exact spots for over a year and have not spread to any of my other collection... not even the male in the same cage. For the moment I find the presence and isolation of the mites intriguing, and not worth sacrificing an egnimatic species to treat unecessarily.

 

[Bowfinger]

pravent a mite works good for me, but it is poison, some might not recomend it. I spraced cage, let it dry out then place lizard in cage...never sprayed lizard.

Anyone know of geckos sensitive please chime in.

 

[geckoboy]

Those red mites are generally harmless and do not spread unless there is direct contact between specimens.
The only way they may be bad for your animal is if they are new and/or stressed for other reasons. Stress will bring down the immune system of your animal allowing them to become suscpetible to parasites like these red mites.
I've had WC animals harbour these mites for years and as dan said, they never grow in numbers and don't change location.
If you really want to remove them, I'd suggest using very small tweezers and picking them off. Not an easy task with a flighty gecko but it can be done. I've done it with minimal stress on a fantoed gecko before with no reoccurence of the mites.

 

[Bowfinger]

Be careful with tweezers, a lot of times the head can break off and cause an infection. There is something, I think alcohol on a q-tip to get them to release first before removing.
I just don't like mites or ticks for any reason. They can potentially spread disease from one cage to the next and since I keep different species all in the same room I would rather not take the chance.

 

[the moof]

wow, what awesome geckos! the baby is really sweet! fantastic! what is the species of these? or are they just "spiny tail" at the moment

regards,
*the moof*

 

[danscantle]

I have no clue what species they are. They don't key out to anything I have the key for. I like the name spiny tail, and I hope whoever describes them as Paroedura strophrurus, or something like that.

 

[the moof]

it is very interesting that their tales are completely different... so they ahvent been described yet? ooh, you must feel very special

regards,
*the moof*

 

[danscantle]

It is interesting, until you realize the male's is a regenerated tail, and the female's is her original.

 

[klondike4001]

olive oil works quite well on the red mites, they suffocate and fall off within hours.

 

[danscantle]

i don't like olive oil. it killed some of my rare geckos.

 

[Nathan Hall]

Jack Daniels always worked well for my geckos. I pour it all over the mites, they get drunk and proceed to beat each other up then go back to their little mite frat houses :lol:

Seriously, great job with the new hatchling. That is one of the cutest hatchlings I've ever seen.

 

[Hazpat]

it looks like a bastard! :lol: Wont jack daniels make them breed more?
Ive had that type of mite on my desert iguanas I just scraped em off with a credit card and they didnt come back.

 

[lilernie]

very interesting tail :?