TortillaEnrique
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We noticed very very very small whitish bugs in the crevices of the scutes of his shell. They just recently showed up. We have had the same substrate (orchid bark and organic peat moss) in his enclosure for about a month. I can’t spot any inside his enclosure, but I noticed a few on his shell yesterday. I cleaned him off but there are a few more today. Any ideas of what these are?? We had some fruit flies/gnats in the house (there are a lot outside of the house this time of the year and I grow him food indoors which attracts them), but we have a Katchy bug catcher that has been working pretty well. Mites? Springtails? Is this harmful/something I should be worried about??? I was planning on changing all of the substrate this weekend. Also, humidity is around 80% (baby sulcata). He has been peeing in his hole that he digs in too and I have been replacing the peat moss over there so it doesn’t get too gross. He seems to like peeing in there rather than his water dish or bath time. They are hard to see in the pic, but just to give everyone an idea of what I am talking about. Thanks for the help!