I recently added top soil to my Russian tort's cage to grow grass and other plants. Today I came home and found a bunch of very tiny bugs crawling all over my tort. I don't know weather they were interested in him or the warm spot he was sitting in under the heat lamp.
They are so small you cant even tell what they look like and jump around very quickly. They may have wings but I can't tell.
Any idea what these are, how to kill them safely, and how dangerous they are for my tort?
As luck would have it I'm almost done with a new cage so he will be moving soon and I'll dump the soil. Are bugs a common problem when you grow plants in the cage? I've had my tort 10 years. He goes outside all the time and have never had a problem untill I added the soil.
thanks
They are so small you cant even tell what they look like and jump around very quickly. They may have wings but I can't tell.
Any idea what these are, how to kill them safely, and how dangerous they are for my tort?
As luck would have it I'm almost done with a new cage so he will be moving soon and I'll dump the soil. Are bugs a common problem when you grow plants in the cage? I've had my tort 10 years. He goes outside all the time and have never had a problem untill I added the soil.
thanks