crust on the butt

[chuck]

2 of my Ts, my gbb and L.parahybana has some sort of whiteish crust on her ab. is it just from a messy poop, or do i have to worry about something?

 

[Gail]

Is the white substance around their anus, if it is, I hate to be the bearer of bad news but it is likely that they have the dreaded "butt plug of death" as Code Monkey put it.
It is an basically incurable condition that will eventually kill the t's. I'm sorry to have to tell you this and I hope that it is just a messy poop...

Gail

 

[Code Monkey]

Maybe.

Is it just some "smoodge" here and there or are you talking what could described as a blocked anus (a bit below the spinnerets on the ventral surface of the abdomen)?

The blocked anus is caused by emerging nematodes and is usually but not always acompanied by emerging nematodes at the mouth as well.

 

[chuck]

dont scare me, but no, its not on the anus, its higher up on the ab. since i dont have a pic i guess it would be in the area of where they would kick hairs from their ab

 

[hillie16]

Sounds kind of like what was happening to Pixies B. smithi, check out this thread...

http://www.arachnoboards.com/ab/showthread.php?s=&threadid=13599

 

[Code Monkey]

Originally posted by chuck
dont scare me, but no, its not on the anus, its higher up on the ab. since i dont have a pic i guess it would be in the area of where they would kick hairs from their ab

If it's higher up, it's probably nothing to worry about. The only sort of problem on the dorsal abdomen that I'm familiar with is the fungal infections Ts kept in very moist to wet environments are prone to get (another reason to keep your Ts on the dry side).

Take a look at that thread hillie posted and see if that's similar to what you're seeing.