u/noodlini777

Don’t mind the paper towel, he’s currently on mite treatment. My little buddy has suddenly started open-mouth flashing at me when I open his tank… the mite treatment has him very stressed, so I want to say it’s that and that once I get his enclosure back to normal that he’ll be fine, but it’s really freaking me out… once is a fluke, but 3 times has me worried for him… could this be a symptom of some kind of illness? Will he be ok? Has anyone else ever gone through this? I’m just worried about the poor little guy… once his tank is back to normal I’m going to give him a week or two or minimal contact and I hope that’ll help… I just feel so awful for him. What can I do to make sure he doesn’t feel so scared?

Image quality is awful, so I understand if there’s no species or genus ID, just wanting to confirm this is a springtail or some sort. Found a bunch of these dudes in my python’s water but not really anywhere else? From what I can tell when they walk around they have 6 legs but they’re very very tiny (maybe 1-2 mm) so it’s hard to tell even through the magnifier (which was a gift that I unfortunately do not have the name of but I’ll try to figure out. I’m like 99% sure it’s just a springtail but I’m a helicopter parent so I’m double checking. Thank you!! I’m trying to get ahold of a memory card for this thing so hopefully I can get better pictures.