Mites on eaten dubia?

[maysin]

I have a brachypelma boehmei, and it used to spend a lot of its time in it's burrow. I noticed that once it was done eating a dubia that I fed it a week ago, it burried the leftovers of what was left. I can now see 3 tiny white dots moving around on the dubia parts (it burried it by the side plastic of its enclosure). Would this be mites? If so, should I change out it's substrate? The T has been spending a lot more time above surface the past few days, maybe that might be as to why.

 

[moricollins]

I have a brachypelma boehmei, and it used to spend a lot of its time in it's burrow. I noticed that once it was done eating a dubia that I fed it a week ago, it burried the leftovers of what was left. I can now see 3 tiny white dots moving around on the dubia parts (it burried it by the side plastic of its enclosure). Would this be mites? If so, should I change out it's substrate? The T has been spending a lot more time above surface the past few days, maybe that might be as to why.

Yes it's likely mites. No you don't have to change the substrate. 99.999% of the time mites are completely harmless to the Tarantula.

 

[vancwa]

Remove the bolus and all should be fine. No need to change out the substrate.

 

[Danzog]

Yes, mites. Remove bolus and mites if possible. Being a desert species should mitigate an explosion.

 

[Royalty]

If your substrate is very moist, you could let it dry out a bit, especially since it is a dry species. Over all they are not an issue though.

 

[The Grym Reaper]

Without pics we can't really say for sure, could be springtails or mites, neither are particularly harmful (both feed on decaying organic matter).

Mites are a minor nuisance, pick out the bolus and/or dry out the enclosure, there is no need to dump the sub and/or deep clean the enclosure or anything that extreme.

 

[maysin]

Thank you all for the replies, good to know the T isnt in any harm.

If your substrate is very moist, you could let it dry out a bit, especially since it is a dry species. Over all they are not an issue though.

The substrate is bone dry besides a little section where I have a water dish.

Without pics we can't really say for sure, could be springtails or mites, neither are particularly harmful (both feed on decaying organic matter).

Mites are a minor nuisance, pick out the bolus and/or dry out the enclosure, there is no need to dump the sub and/or deep clean the enclosure or anything that extreme.

The bolus is deep in it's burrow, it burried it practicaly at the bottom. I will keep a lookout for any others that it will leave in the future, though.