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Amethyst_ice · 10-09-2022, 05:11 PM

They are not weevils. I am a gardener and fight with them during all life cycles. What you have are book lice, tinier than a grain of sand.

There is no need for insecticides. Just a mild bleach solution and a good nozzle hoover totget numbers down. Keep check on room humidity and open windows.

They aren't harmful and a very common house pest.

They aren't an indication of a dirty house and can get via many ways. Read about their life cycle...they moult 4 stages that look the same why some are darker and some translucent.

Dried hammy food and substrate mimics a natural environment for them so that is why they are attracted.

A good month of wiping down, hoovering and airing should beat them back x

10-09-2022, 05:11 PM
Amethyst_ice Moderator Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Birmingham Posts: 8,029	Re: Book lice problem in hamsters cage. Any help? They are not weevils. I am a gardener and fight with them during all life cycles. What you have are book lice, tinier than a grain of sand. There is no need for insecticides. Just a mild bleach solution and a good nozzle hoover totget numbers down. Keep check on room humidity and open windows. They aren't harmful and a very common house pest. They aren't an indication of a dirty house and can get via many ways. Read about their life cycle...they moult 4 stages that look the same why some are darker and some translucent. Dried hammy food and substrate mimics a natural environment for them so that is why they are attracted. A good month of wiping down, hoovering and airing should beat them back x __________________ Feel free to ask me about rat advice too Last edited by Amethyst_ice; 10-09-2022 at 05:27 PM.