CentaurChilopoda
Arachnopeon
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- Apr 5, 2021
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Hi,
as the title says. I was feeding my emperor, misting, filling his water dish etc. , when I noticed some strange tiny white worms in the water bowl. They were feeding on some spagnum moss pieces that fell in and were rather shy of light when I looked at them with a microscope, which makes me believe they're nematodes or at least not parasitic. I imagine they got in, as I started switching from crickets to locusts as feeders, who I fed with blackberry leafs from outside. But I'm still a little sceptic since some of the locusts have died mysteriously, in spite of everything provided. My scorpion has also acted a bit odd for the past year or so, refusing food, attacking my tweezers instead of prey items and overall lethargic, but I don't believe it to be anything serious or at least not related to the worms, as I still find excrements regularly and he doesn't appear ill or weak. Anyhow, sorry that the microscope pictures are of such poor quality, I do not posess an appropriate camera for my model and had to take them with my phone.
as the title says. I was feeding my emperor, misting, filling his water dish etc. , when I noticed some strange tiny white worms in the water bowl. They were feeding on some spagnum moss pieces that fell in and were rather shy of light when I looked at them with a microscope, which makes me believe they're nematodes or at least not parasitic. I imagine they got in, as I started switching from crickets to locusts as feeders, who I fed with blackberry leafs from outside. But I'm still a little sceptic since some of the locusts have died mysteriously, in spite of everything provided. My scorpion has also acted a bit odd for the past year or so, refusing food, attacking my tweezers instead of prey items and overall lethargic, but I don't believe it to be anything serious or at least not related to the worms, as I still find excrements regularly and he doesn't appear ill or weak. Anyhow, sorry that the microscope pictures are of such poor quality, I do not posess an appropriate camera for my model and had to take them with my phone.
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