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my 7" female blondi molted and appeared to have some sort of growth on her abdomen. I thought it was odd that there was a spot that wasn't darkened when she was in premolt (as circled in the first pic).
premolt
growth visible after she molted
She appears to be fine and doesn't show any "death-curl" signs yet. she tried kicking hair when I was cleaning her growth with an alcohol swab but there was no hair to kick. The white stuff was solid and appeared to be rooted in the abdomen.
does anyone have any idea about what I should do about it? it looks like an open wound and I'm thinking of super-glueing it.
*I would also like to add that I live in Malaysia so I don't use a heatpad since we have a tropical climate. I don't think she injured herself in my tank because I had a very basic setup, peat soil+waterdish.
I got her at this size about 3 months ago and do not know if she is WC or not since it was a 2nd hand import. (perhaps she could've gotten injured during shipping? not even sure if it's a result of an injury though)
Her tank was not always as wet as seen in the pic, I just wet it for her molting.
The spot on her abdomen that did not darken along with the rest of the abdomen was there since it i saw the first signs of darkening.
The spot is quite dry now and not wet and icky like it was in the picture. There are no visible leaks but the solid white stuff are still protruding. Dried abdomen in the below pic.
She molted about 5 hours ago and is resting. I'm keeping her in bone dry peat with a large waterdish. ICU is an option but she doesn't seem to be losing any fluid from the deformed area and has no sign of death curl. *
premolt
growth visible after she molted
She appears to be fine and doesn't show any "death-curl" signs yet. she tried kicking hair when I was cleaning her growth with an alcohol swab but there was no hair to kick. The white stuff was solid and appeared to be rooted in the abdomen.
does anyone have any idea about what I should do about it? it looks like an open wound and I'm thinking of super-glueing it.
*I would also like to add that I live in Malaysia so I don't use a heatpad since we have a tropical climate. I don't think she injured herself in my tank because I had a very basic setup, peat soil+waterdish.
I got her at this size about 3 months ago and do not know if she is WC or not since it was a 2nd hand import. (perhaps she could've gotten injured during shipping? not even sure if it's a result of an injury though)
Her tank was not always as wet as seen in the pic, I just wet it for her molting.
The spot on her abdomen that did not darken along with the rest of the abdomen was there since it i saw the first signs of darkening.
The spot is quite dry now and not wet and icky like it was in the picture. There are no visible leaks but the solid white stuff are still protruding. Dried abdomen in the below pic.
She molted about 5 hours ago and is resting. I'm keeping her in bone dry peat with a large waterdish. ICU is an option but she doesn't seem to be losing any fluid from the deformed area and has no sign of death curl. *
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My girl just had a [pioece of molt/deformed hair on her abdomen. My best guess with the Blondi above is a parisite infection or bacterial infection....rob
