Spider mites?

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- 07/12/2009 at 6:09 PM
  jerseygirl
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  I discovered tiny little spider like bugs crawling around a bit of hay on the floor. They are reddish brown and bit smaller than a poppy seed. I think they might be spider mites…these don’t seem to be parasitic. Any clues to what else they may be or where they come from? I thought perhaps they have come in with the hay.
- 07/12/2009 at 6:37 PM
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  Hay can contain live mites even if stored for up to a year. Not sure if those are what you’re seeing.
- 07/12/2009 at 6:42 PM
  FluffyBunny
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  I’m not sure if they can harm a bun, (I wouldn’t think they could) but I had spider mites on my houseplants recently, and they were white, a little smaller than a poppy seed and had feather-like webs around leaves near eachother…do you see any webbing on the hay? I would throw out the hay they were on and inspect it carefully before feeding it to the buns.
- 07/12/2009 at 8:05 PM
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  Ok… you got me interested, Jersey! I did some looking up. Spider mites have a reddish appearance and are a common pest on Timothy hay. They live on plant juices, not on blood. They will not infest your rabbits. I wonder if there is a way to get them out of your hay, if this is their origin. –do you have indoor plants?
- 07/12/2009 at 8:47 PM
  jerseygirl
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  No plants – they never last with me. I’ve yet to check the hay. I’ve had it for couple months but not noticed anything before. Rabbits seem fine too, no mad scratching etc.
- 12/22/2018 at 12:09 AM
  Loisguerra
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  They use to get attract to the carrots.
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