Ladycolt29
Arachnopeon
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- Dec 2, 2005
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- 18
Ok. We discovered mites. Realized the Canadian spagmum was not put in microwave to prevent this months ago. We don't leave left over's in the tank. It's in a 40 gallon breeder tank with lots of substrate to burrow. It has a vine bought at pet store to hide under. The vine is like a small log. We put one end going down into the substrate and the other end looks like a cave. The T-blondi loved it and burrowed under this. WE just found these mites last week. We didn't do anything because she was getting ready to molt. She stopped eating maybe two months ago and just turned dark maybe two days before finding the mites. She's about 7/8 bigger than a family size can of soup. We didn't want to stress her out by trying to move her just before she molted. We know Blondi's have alot a molting issues. She molted Friday after lunch. When we came home at 6:00 she was still on her back getting the last of the molt off. She took a long time to flip over. She did it in the doorway of her log cave. The shed was removed after she flipped over and moved away just by a hair. She's had several days to harden. Should we try to move her and clean out the tank or is there another way? The B.F. has to feed her still, not sure if he did that yet since the molt. What's the best thing to do for her since this was so close to a molt? She's still not moving alot just stretching. We can't tell yet how much bigger she got with this molt. She's pretty aggressive, so we don't bother her alot. We just watch her walk around when she's out and admire her. Since the vine was put going into the substrate she says in that most of the time unless it's feeding or water. I'm thinking she will be retreating to the vine soon. Any insight on how to handle now that she has a new set of hairs to throw? Especially if you all think she needs to move while we redo her tank!