[billschwinn]

Just a warning, in the past I lost some frogs due to a mite infestation, they sucked blood from the frogs. Just be careful as you don't know what your dealing with. Bill

 

[billschwinn]

In cases like this the mites should be identified as I've had cases like this when I've found a freshly dead frog covered in mites only to have those mites turn out to be free living detrivore mites that are commonly found in the enclosures. In those cases, the mites don't kill the frog, they are simply the first decomposers on the scene. If there were/are blood sucking mites in the enclosure then you should find them attached to the frog(s) while the frogs are still up and active or lesions showing where they are embedded in the skin of the frogs.

See this abstract for an example of the issue JSTOR: An Error Occurred Setting Your User Cookie
Pathology of cutaneous trombidiosis caused by larval trombiculid mites in a wild Lesueur's tree frog (Litoria wilcoxii) - [email protected]

Hey Ed, my vet at the time made the discovery when I brought him live frogs for exam.But no ID was made.

 

[billschwinn]

Hi Bill,

Interesting. The reason I was saying they need to be identified is because all of the ones that are in the literature as feeding on live frogs are trombiculid mites (chiggers) so it is possible you could have had a new species on your hands.
Did he at least determine if they were adults or nymphal mites?

Typically clearing up trombiculid mite infections can take months with repeat ivermectin treatments and manual removal. Simply stripping down the cage doesn't do anything to resolve the issue particularly if the adult mite is a feeder on organic detritus allowing for multiple breeding cycles in the cage.

Hey Ed, there were several sizes so I think there were several stages of life cycle present. They were Opaque or a milky-pearl color and very tiny. I could not see them unless I took the sample out in the yard under sunlight.