Ok, I have a totally dumb question but feel compelled to ask anyway..... When checking on some of my T's I realized that a few of them had dead crickets in there enclosures - well, apparantely the dead crix had been there a while because when I went to remove the dead crix, well, it STANK!!! My dumb question is, will the enclosures return to their normal, non existent, smell eventually or do I need to change substrate to get the 'no smell' back? These are terrestrial, dry enclosures and I removed all cricket parts.......
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You would either have to really dry up the substrate or replace it completely.
Right now, I am using Kritter Keepers (small size) and a few of my T's are in the clear shoeboxes from The Container Store that I made 3 2" holes with screens in. There were about 4 containers that had dead crix in....I'm gonna have to look a lot harder after feeding time....
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Yes they can only when their DEAD!!!! lol youre fine just take them dead ones, out if u dont like the smell...
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No way!
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After you remove the dead crix the smell should dissipate fairly quickly. There may be some you have missed, though.
If it's still rank in a week or so, consider changing out the substrate, I guess.
A nice dry tarantula enclosure typically has no smell at all. I have 16 tarantulas in my living room and you can't tell from the sniff even if you get real close.
Roach enclosures are a different matter...
If it's still rank in a week or so, consider changing out the substrate, I guess.
A nice dry tarantula enclosure typically has no smell at all. I have 16 tarantulas in my living room and you can't tell from the sniff even if you get real close.
Roach enclosures are a different matter...
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really?
t's can't smell? :?
i guess you can say they don't have noses or tongues, but they most certainly smell and taste.
t's can't smell? :?
i guess you can say they don't have noses or tongues, but they most certainly smell and taste.