EricSeamans
Arachnopeon
- Joined
- Sep 2, 2019
- Messages
- 9
Hi, all!.
I got my first T, a B. albopilosum, two days ago. I planned on getting a juvenile or adult, but fell in love with a small guy, about an inch big, and names him Queequeg. I have a 12 x 12 x 12 Exo Terra terrarium, but decided to wait until he grows before putting him in there. I have him in a Kritter Keeper right now. At the pet store, the guy set up some Zoo Med hermit crab substrate for me without saying anything (while I was looking around, waiting for the other employee to get my T from the spider room). He told me it was coco fiber, the same as Exo Terra, just a different brand. He made it wetter than I would have. It took about 24 hours for the condensation to dissipate from between the substrate and plastic, and also from right above the substrate. I put a small curved piece of cork bark on top, and Queequeg went under it about an hour after getting home. He covered the entrance with substrate. I left him be, went to bed, and the next morning (yesterday morning), there was a hole for him to get in and out from under the bark. I might be getting off topic, but I want to give all the detail I can. Anyway, today, I came home from work to check on him, and found a small amount of light gray mold on the cork bark where it touches the substrate, not entirely around it, but in a few spots. I have a thermo/hygrometer, and checked the humidity, which is leveling out at about 95%. Should I change his substrate to something dryer and use a new piece of cork bark? Would this stress him out after the car ride home only two days ago? Should I scrape what mold I can off he bark, increase the ventilation in the room, and wait a few days to see what happens? Any advice is appreciated! Thanks.
I got my first T, a B. albopilosum, two days ago. I planned on getting a juvenile or adult, but fell in love with a small guy, about an inch big, and names him Queequeg. I have a 12 x 12 x 12 Exo Terra terrarium, but decided to wait until he grows before putting him in there. I have him in a Kritter Keeper right now. At the pet store, the guy set up some Zoo Med hermit crab substrate for me without saying anything (while I was looking around, waiting for the other employee to get my T from the spider room). He told me it was coco fiber, the same as Exo Terra, just a different brand. He made it wetter than I would have. It took about 24 hours for the condensation to dissipate from between the substrate and plastic, and also from right above the substrate. I put a small curved piece of cork bark on top, and Queequeg went under it about an hour after getting home. He covered the entrance with substrate. I left him be, went to bed, and the next morning (yesterday morning), there was a hole for him to get in and out from under the bark. I might be getting off topic, but I want to give all the detail I can. Anyway, today, I came home from work to check on him, and found a small amount of light gray mold on the cork bark where it touches the substrate, not entirely around it, but in a few spots. I have a thermo/hygrometer, and checked the humidity, which is leveling out at about 95%. Should I change his substrate to something dryer and use a new piece of cork bark? Would this stress him out after the car ride home only two days ago? Should I scrape what mold I can off he bark, increase the ventilation in the room, and wait a few days to see what happens? Any advice is appreciated! Thanks.