Ryo_the_rat
Warren Scout
Hi everyone!
Im having a big problem in my area lately. I have been getting meadow hay from wilkos for my gang for quite some time now but when i went to stock up again this week the bags were covered in flour mites!:shock:for anyone that doesnt know, these mites can come in on all sorts of things from hay, to pet food, to even things like cereal and obviously hay. they are quite common and most households have them in small numbers, small enough that you dont notice them. they are also very tiny in size so unless you are looking you wouldnt even realise you had them-doesnt help that they are mostly white too.
However a few years back we had a major infestation in our house after it coming in on some pet products and our house being humid enough for them to breed out of control:shock:since then it has made me *very* thorough when i am getting pet food and hay, and this is how i came to notice them while still in the store in wilkos.
So then i checked our local co-op, tescos, pets at home and even our local pet shop that id vowed never to step foot in again, and everywhere had the mites on the bags of hay :? We are running out of options of where to get hay from now-i shall be checking in our vets tomorrow but after that im at a loss of where to get their hay from!
I am wary about ordering online for the same reasons-until a few months ago we had always bought our hay from the same place with no problems, but the last order we took had a very heavy infestation of these bugs and unfortunately put me off ordering from them again. as you can probably guess i pretty much have a phobia of the things-thats what having an infestation will do to you!
I just basically wondered if there was anyone out there that checks as closely for things like this as meand that could perhaps recommend an online store that i wouldnt have this problem with? I would contact some stores direct but i dont think most would know what i was talking about:?
If we cant get any hay from our vets tomorrow we are going to check PAH again for some hay cakes to keep the gang going until we can get our hands on some hay again, which im hoping wont be for long!
Help me please!
Im having a big problem in my area lately. I have been getting meadow hay from wilkos for my gang for quite some time now but when i went to stock up again this week the bags were covered in flour mites!:shock:for anyone that doesnt know, these mites can come in on all sorts of things from hay, to pet food, to even things like cereal and obviously hay. they are quite common and most households have them in small numbers, small enough that you dont notice them. they are also very tiny in size so unless you are looking you wouldnt even realise you had them-doesnt help that they are mostly white too.
However a few years back we had a major infestation in our house after it coming in on some pet products and our house being humid enough for them to breed out of control:shock:since then it has made me *very* thorough when i am getting pet food and hay, and this is how i came to notice them while still in the store in wilkos.
So then i checked our local co-op, tescos, pets at home and even our local pet shop that id vowed never to step foot in again, and everywhere had the mites on the bags of hay :? We are running out of options of where to get hay from now-i shall be checking in our vets tomorrow but after that im at a loss of where to get their hay from!
I am wary about ordering online for the same reasons-until a few months ago we had always bought our hay from the same place with no problems, but the last order we took had a very heavy infestation of these bugs and unfortunately put me off ordering from them again. as you can probably guess i pretty much have a phobia of the things-thats what having an infestation will do to you!
I just basically wondered if there was anyone out there that checks as closely for things like this as meand that could perhaps recommend an online store that i wouldnt have this problem with? I would contact some stores direct but i dont think most would know what i was talking about:?
If we cant get any hay from our vets tomorrow we are going to check PAH again for some hay cakes to keep the gang going until we can get our hands on some hay again, which im hoping wont be for long!
Help me please!