What is this?

[bee67]

Poop?
Fungus?
Larva of some kind?

Found in my a. avic's enclosure- brand new, just bought her and set it all up on Saturday.
The plant it's on is a fabric with a waxy/plastic coating. Fake plant from the dollar store, you know.
Each "pellet" of that stuff is about 3mm long.

I would say "poo" but it looks nothing like my g. rosea's poopoo pellets, which are more like birds'- white and liquidy. And stuck to the glass.

Should I clean it off, if it is poo? Would that mould?


... my posts always end up being longer than I intend them to be.

 

[JC]

Their poop does not mold. I'm not too sure what that is though. Color seems a bit off if it were poop.

 

[xhexdx]

Wait...tarantula crap doesn't mold? :?

Where'd you hear that?

 

[thedude]

kind of looks like eggs or pupa to me

 

[JC]

Wait...tarantula crap doesn't mold? :?

Well I'm sure they mold to some degree(perhaps a microscopic level), but I've never seen mold on poop even in the best mold growing conditions, have you?

 

[xhexdx]

Just because you've never seen it doesn't mean mold doesn't grow on it.

No, I haven't specifically seen mold growing on crap, but I don't exactly let my cages get moldy, either. I was just curious if you read something somewhere or if you were saying something perceived as fact based on personal experience.

You've put crap in "the best mold growing conditions" and it didn't mold?

 

[OxDionysus]

I have had poo mold before, and have had their poo dry up and turn brown/tanish also

 

[Clement]

I have had poo mold before, and have had their poo dry up and turn brown/tanish also

me too... i think thats poop on the pic

 

[Travis K]

looks like projectile avic poop to me.

 

[JC]

You've put crap in "the best mold growing conditions" and it didn't mold?

Yup, I still have it in there actually. :}

So far 20 days and counting, part of it is even touching the substrate, humidity 90% and very low ventilation .

 

[JC]

I have had poo mold before, and have had their poo dry up and turn brown/tanish also

What color was it before it turned brown?

 

[xhexdx]

Yup, I still have it in there actually. :}

So far 20 days and counting, part of it is even touching the substrate, humidity 90% and very low ventilation .

Pictures ?

 

[JC]

Pictures ?

You want to see un-molded clear-white tarantula poop? lol. I guess I can take a few snaps.

 

[AbraCadaver]

That looks nothing like the poop my babies send after me.. =/ I really have no idea what it could be, but I don't think it's poop.. Regardless, I'd just remove it..

 

[xhexdx]

Well, if it's in optimal molding conditions, that means there would be mold everywhere else, right?

I'm curious to see a picture of poop in the middle of a mold-field, yes.

 

[xhexdx]

That looks nothing like the poop my babies send after me.. =/ I really have no idea what it could be, but I don't think it's poop.. Regardless, I'd just remove it..

It's poop.

 

[AbraCadaver]

The word poop is making me giggle.. How sad is that..

Well, I stand corrected then.. But it still doesn't look like the stuff that comes out of my T's =p

 

[xhexdx]

Not all (poop poop poop ) is created equal.

Not to mention it also would depend on what the spider is eating. If you're feeding yours crickets and they're feeding theirs roaches, I bet the (poop poop poop ) will have some slightly different characteristics.

 

[AbraCadaver]

Hahaha XD I feel so mature..

 

[JC]

Well, if it's in optimal molding conditions, that means there would be mold everywhere else, right?

I'm curious to see a picture of poop in the middle of a mold-field, yes.

No actually I am preventing mold from growing all over the place with the aid of peat moss. Peat moss is significantly acidic, its levels reach a pH of 3.5 to 4.0. The purpose of the experiment is to isolate the theraphosid's waste from anything else that is growing in the substrate and observe if the waste itself attracts the fungi. The peat moss is only their to hold in humidity. I've also allowed some of it touch the waste to see what happens.