Mold or Poop?

[Shea]

Saw some white spots on the dirt in my T's cage and thought it might be mold but its kinda looks like poo too!
take a look!

By waterdish

By tiki man!

And if u guys are feeling generous today. any idea on the sex? i sexed the molt but it was difficult and im only a lil sure on what gender it is. thanks!

 

[Necromion]

my guess on the white stuff could be mold, just dry out the substrate. as to the sex I think it could be female, Im still not experianced enough to say, so take it with a little bit of salt.

 

[Chris_Skeleton]

It looks like you need to add a lot more substrate to that enclosure.

 

[Mammothdog]

It looks like poop... But I have never seen it on the substrate.. Mine always poops on the side even though its a terrestrial species.

 

[EndlessForms]

it's poop. no worries. my rosea often poops on the sub and it looks just like that. and yeah, add more substrate

ps, i'm thinkning female what species is that?

 

[Shea]

It looks like you need to add a lot more substrate to that enclosure.

Nawwww it has enough

 

[Mammothdog]

Nawwww it has enough

ROFL!! NICE AMOUNT OF SUBSTRATE!!! That made people eat their words for a second..

 

[Shea]

it's poop. no worries. my rosea often poops on the sub and it looks just like that. and yeah, add more substrate

ps, i'm thinkning female what species is that?

lol B Smithit. oops forgot to mention that!
the molt looked like possible female and some of the community agreed but some said it was male too so who knows
Shes prolly just drinkin and poopin all at ones... what a life!

 

[Chris_Skeleton]

ROFL!! NICE AMOUNT OF SUBSTRATE!!! That made people eat their words for a second..

Ehh... I'd still add a bit more. Rule of thumb is if the front legs are touching the top, then the back legs should be touching the substrate.

 

[Motorkar]

That looks like poop. The pic is a bit of bad quality, and personally I don't like ventral shots since they are not 100%. But I'm thinking a female... Can you take picture of a molt? And thats more than enough substrate for the t.

 

[Shea]

That looks like poop. The pic is a bit of bad quality, and personally I don't like ventral shots since they are not 100%. But I'm thinking a female... Can you take picture of a molt? And thats more than enough substrate for the t.

Yeah sorry about the bad quality but i couldnt get a better one sine she was on the plastic

here is the molt

and up to the sunlight. i dont know if it makes a difference

 

[Musicwolf]

Yeah sorry about the bad quality but i couldnt get a better one sine she was on the plastic

here is the molt

and up to the sunlight. i dont know if it makes a difference

Definitely looks female to me.

 

[Shea]

Definitely looks female to me.

Great! when i looked at it i didnt really see a flap, i just saw that little dent there

 

[Motorkar]

Thats a girl, congrats!

 

[curiousme]

By the water dish looks like mold, but by the tiki is poo. Get that top layer out as best you can with a spoon and let the enclosure dry out for a week or so. You may have to remove some more if it pops back up, but I wouldn't worry about it too much. It will also just go away on its own. The enclosure is rather moist for a B. smithi, so drying it out a bit will be a good thing.

 

[esotericman]

For the thousandth time... mold is not dangerous. I swear, if I lay hands on whomever started this fear that mold is the number 1 killer of tarantulas...

In any case, more air flow will reduce the mold, but mold happens. You have a food source + water = mold. The only way to keep it from happening is to pre-mold your substrate (composting) or keep it bone dry, which doesn't exactly help out your molting animal, does it?

I'm not intending to start a flame on here, but ponder this for a moment... A mold that grows on an acidic plant material would infect or effect a tarantula how?

To the OP, your substrate depth is awesome, as for the rest, just relax.