Mites Mites passed to other animals and people?

lunarminx · Oct 19, 2015

My sister is freaking, thinking the piggy's mites may have passed to the cats because Andy sleeps in the cage. And she now is itching more and hinting she may have mites from holding them. I told her people do not get mites from the pigs but I am not sure it they could have passed to the cats and now the dog.

Now I am wondering if her hermit crab could have passed the mites because she had to dump the coconut bedding she uses because she noticed mites in it. We did freeze the news bags for two weeks before switching and bathing him, he got new sponges and all. Still trying to figure out how the pigs got mites.

bpatters · Oct 19, 2015

The mites might bite another animal, including humans, but they generally don't set up housekeeping. They are not species specific, but they are host specific. In the case of guinea pig mites, they might spread to another rodent, but not to a dog or cat or human.

Pigs have mites all the time, as do we. You'd be surprised what's living on you. Something happens to upset the balance of things, and then you get a break-out.

See https://www.rmca.org/Articles/bugs.htm and https://lancaster.unl.edu/pest/resources/medicalmites.shtml.

lunarminx · Oct 19, 2015

Am I cleaning the cage with vinegar or a light bleach solution? Do I have to separate all six pigs during treatment or after treatment so they do not lick it off each other?

lunarminx · Oct 19, 2015

I have also read to clean the cage once every treatment and read twice a week. I use bedding, I am not using the pellets until this is cleaned up, just using the mini flakes.

bpatters · Oct 19, 2015

No, you don't need to separate. And vinegar and water will be fine.

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