Can bp catch anything from a leopard gecko??

kiiarah · 11-15-14, 08:13 PM

Hey guys, I have a new little friend...more on that later

. Just wondering if I need to quarantine the new little guy. He is a leopard gecko and I am not sure if anything is likely to be passed from him to a snake. Any thoughts or suggestions?

Thanks!

kiiarah · 11-16-14, 12:05 PM

Any thoughts? Is there maybe a different topic I could post this under where it would get more views by someone with experience in both species?

**Tsubaki** · 11-16-14, 04:27 PM

Mites are transferable, other things i do not know of.

SSSSnakes · 11-17-14, 10:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Tsubaki

Mites are transferable, other things i do not know of.

Snake mites are snake specific and do not live on other reptiles.

**Aaron_S** · 11-17-14, 11:40 AM

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Originally Posted by SSSSnakes

Snake mites are snake specific and do not live on other reptiles.

Jerry is correct here. Leopard geckos don't get snake mites.

However, an animal should always be in quarantine.

murrindindi · 11-19-14, 05:56 PM

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Originally Posted by SSSSnakes

Snake mites are snake specific and do not live on other reptiles.

Hi, NOT true, there are no mites specific to either snakes or lizards, they can live on either.
Can you please show the source of your information?.

SSSSnakes · 11-19-14, 09:04 PM

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Originally Posted by murrindindi

Hi, NOT true, there are no mites specific to either snakes or lizards, they can live on either.
Can you please show the source of your information?.

If you have read my post, I already gave you one source of this information. I also have found it in many other sources as well, do the research yourself. Believe me or not, I don't care, I have researched this topic extensively.

SSSSnakes · 11-20-14, 09:26 AM

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Originally Posted by SSSSnakes

If you have read my post, I already gave you one source of this information. I also have found it in many other sources as well, do the research yourself. Believe me or not, I don't care, I have researched this topic extensively.

Snakes mites can feed on some lizards, but do to their method of feeding they can not sustain a colony of mites. There are to many variables in a topic like this to discuss here. There are the common issues and there are rare possibly issues. There is never an absolute positive answer. It is like saying a single bee is a dangerous venomous insect, in most cases people would argue an say no. But the one person who is allergic to a bee sting and dies from it, proves everyone wrong. There always is an exception to the rule.

**Aaron_S** · 11-20-14, 09:36 AM

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Originally Posted by murrindindi

Hi, NOT true, there are no mites specific to either snakes or lizards, they can live on either.
Can you please show the source of your information?.

Can you post up your information for everyone else to read as well please? I'd like to read it for my own personal knowledge.

murrindindi · 11-20-14, 11:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Aaron_S

Can you post up your information for everyone else to read as well please? I'd like to read it for my own personal knowledge.

Hi, as you will see "snake mite" IS a commonly used term to describe them but they are NOT specific to snakes and can and do infest lizards, too...
Maybe we should all just use the term "reptile mites" instead!

http://r.search.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0LEV...YRp5aIOuqepMM-

Zoo Nanny · 11-17-14, 10:35 AM

Cryptosporidia can be transfered across a number of different reptile species. Geckos and ball pythons are both effected by it. So yes you should keep your gecko in guarantine.

**Tsubaki** · 11-17-14, 02:33 PM

I have Had snake mites on a bearded dragon at my in-laws house, they do bite other reptiles.

**Aaron_S** · 11-17-14, 02:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Tsubaki

I have Had snake mites on a bearded dragon at my in-laws house, they do bite other reptiles.

Are you sure it wasn't a different kind of mite if it was infesting the dragon and enclosure? Mites are species specific. However, a single mite would take a meal and then continue on to find a better home.

With the hundreds of lizards I've dealt with in my time, I have never witnessed a snake mite infesting them.

murrindindi · 11-19-14, 06:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Tsubaki

I have Had snake mites on a bearded dragon at my in-laws house, they do bite other reptiles.

Hi, you are correct, in fact "snake mite" is a misnomer, they infect lizards too.

**Tsubaki** · 11-17-14, 03:30 PM

Hmm unsure now, it was back in 2006 so it's been a while. By the time he noticed a new snake having them it was too late we had to treat both the dragon and the snake, they seemed to like the lizard even better. These were not my animals b.t.w. but i did help getting rid of the mites.