The Booklice are back.

[Angel’s Teddybear]

The title sounds like a news headline- but jokes aside, it’s back. If you read my thread on Angel’s ‘new’ cage, you heard about how her past cage had an infestation. I thought I finally got rid of them: vacuumed the whole floor multiple times. washed the ceramics, glass. Froze hay tunnels, sprays. Froze books that rested on top of her cage. Baked all the wood. Got a dehumidifier to kill any remaining bugs. disposed of her old cage. AND THEY ARE IN HER NEW ONE. I can’t escape them!! It’s extremely frustrating and makes me paranoid; the bugs have only been spotted on her house lid and on items on top of that house. after I found them, i baked the house top and the items on it. Washed her water dish. The whole shibang. I was hoping they were only on the top, but wherever they came from, they are still there. I got my little Angel in January of 2024. She was most likely 2-ish months old. Therefore, she is most likely 2.5 years. That’s longer than I expected her to live, because she is from the pet store. I have since decided no more from the pet store after finding out the terrible truth of pet mills. So, my current game plan is to let her live her life and hope to keep the bugs at bay. The bugs technically don’t harm anyone. They harm my mental state- but for some reason they are always coming back, so I don’t think getting rid of them again will fix my paranoia.

What are your guys’ thoughts? any questions about this situation let me know, i’m happy to help you help!!!

 

[Maz]

Oh no. That's not fair if they're back in her new cage. That suggests they might be either coming from the environment in the room somewhere, or from something you moved from the old cage to the new one (but you said you disinfected everything).

 

[Angel’s Teddybear]

Yes! I cleaned around the cage, anywhere I could find. I’ll have to do a deeper dive. I’m off to bed for now.

 

[Maz]

Apparently it needs humidity less than 50% to eliminate them. Did you say you had tried using a dehumidifier?

 

[Angel’s Teddybear]

Yes! I currently have it going at all times; I also keep my door closed, since it apparently works best that way.

 

[Angel’s Teddybear]

It is springtime where i am. Do you think maybe I should move the dehumidifier closer to the cage? I have a plug closer, but it is behind my bed.

 

[Maz]

I'm not sure. It might help.