Comments on: Tropical Rat Mite???? or Tropical Fowl Mite??? http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2008/11/20/tropical-rat-mite/ Are we experts yet? Thu, 19 Nov 2009 04:16:45 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: halebop http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2008/11/20/tropical-rat-mite/comment-page-1/#comment-3657 halebop Sun, 10 May 2009 13:47:44 +0000 http://www.whatsthatbug.com/?p=13041#comment-3657 Do you own a hamster? or other small animal? I went through a terrible time trying to figure out what was biting me and they bite at night! It was a tropical rat mite diagnosed by the University of Florida. This mite needs to be killed on the animal who is the carrier. I can tell you it reproduces from a larvae, every 7 days so getting treatment for the animal is key my vet gave me drops for the hamster to take weekly this took over 6 months! I wll never buy another small animal before having a vet check. Do you own a hamster? or other small animal? I went through a terrible time trying to figure out what was biting me and they bite at night! It was a tropical rat mite diagnosed by the University of Florida. This mite needs to be killed on the animal who is the carrier. I can tell you it reproduces from a larvae, every 7 days so getting treatment for the animal is key my vet gave me drops for the hamster to take weekly this took over 6 months! I wll never buy another small animal before having a vet check.

]]> By: bmoc http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2008/11/20/tropical-rat-mite/comment-page-1/#comment-133 bmoc Thu, 04 Dec 2008 22:25:43 +0000 http://www.whatsthatbug.com/?p=13041#comment-133 It could also be the "chicken mite", Dermanyssus gallinae, or "swallow mite", D. hirundinis. - Barry It could also be the “chicken mite”, Dermanyssus gallinae, or “swallow mite”, D. hirundinis. – Barry

]]> By: kkroeker http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2008/11/20/tropical-rat-mite/comment-page-1/#comment-119 kkroeker Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:30:53 +0000 http://www.whatsthatbug.com/?p=13041#comment-119 It could also be the tropical fowl mite or bird mite (Ornithonyssus bursa). For information check out: http://www.wsahs.nsw.gov.au/icpmr/pdf/0263.pdf Good luck. KK It could also be the tropical fowl mite or bird mite (Ornithonyssus bursa). For information check out: http://www.wsahs.nsw.gov.au/icpmr/pdf/0263.pdf Good luck.

KK

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