Hi everyone. I recently bought my hottentotta franzwerneri and it has sand stuck onto its stinger pretty good. I just tried to get it free using tongs and could only get a little off. I’m wondering if it’ll be fine to let it just molt it off. It ate a cricket yesterday although I didn’t see it actually use its stinger to kill it first but I suspect it did. Here’s an attached photo of it.
Sand stuck to stinger
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Hi everyone. I recently bought my hottentotta franzwerneri and it has sand stuck onto its stinger pretty good. I just tried to get it free using tongs and could only get a little off. I’m wondering if it’ll be fine to let it just molt it off. It ate a cricket yesterday although I didn’t see it actually use its stinger to kill it first but I suspect it did. Here’s an attached photo of it.
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It likely frassed and sand got stuck to the wet frass. You can use a damp piece of paper towel to try to wipe it off.
That was what I was thinking actually. I’ll probably use a Q-tip to remove it though to avoid getting tagged.
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Your concernn about getting tagged demonstrates at least an implicit understanding that the sand isn’t practically interfering with proper function.