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Moth(?) problem, strange... thing in one of my T's cages
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<blockquote data-quote="TheJuicyFruit" data-source="post: 116772" data-attributes="member: 3275"><p>I've been battling an ongoing battle with what I think are moths. They look like moths anyway, just smaller. Anyway, only one of my T's(Archimedes) has been having them. I've tried killing the humidity (Was already dry, just stopped filling the water dish), drilling more ventilation holes, but every day there's at least one in there. They've left my other T alone, haven't spotted one in Tesla's cage since i first noticed them, and they're only inches away from eachother. Today I was checking, and I noticed this weird, sugary resin type thing on top of Archimedes' hide. I tried to remove it with my tongs but that thing was SOLID. Like, shockingly solid. I basically i thought it might be some sort of moth egg spot and started trying to crush anything inside there, because i couldn't remove it. I took a picture before i jabbed in my tongs, the white spots on the hide are crystals that grinded off the thing trying to pry it off the hide. It's very small, barely wider than one side of the tongs. I'm sorry if this was worded poorly, I'm very tired and very anxious. Archimedes is webbing, which she only does before a molt, and she ate both times i fed her in the past two weeks. Any help would be great. I really hope I don't have to move her enclosure. I did that relatively recently and it was a really stressful experience for both of us.</p><p></p><p>EDIT: I forgot to put up the picture sorry im a mess right now</p><p><img src="http://i.imgur.com/YsZBcYp.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Originally it was all that orangish brown you see around the brighter spots, but when i was trying to pry it off, the shaved part became the brighter color near the hole.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TheJuicyFruit, post: 116772, member: 3275"] I've been battling an ongoing battle with what I think are moths. They look like moths anyway, just smaller. Anyway, only one of my T's(Archimedes) has been having them. I've tried killing the humidity (Was already dry, just stopped filling the water dish), drilling more ventilation holes, but every day there's at least one in there. They've left my other T alone, haven't spotted one in Tesla's cage since i first noticed them, and they're only inches away from eachother. Today I was checking, and I noticed this weird, sugary resin type thing on top of Archimedes' hide. I tried to remove it with my tongs but that thing was SOLID. Like, shockingly solid. I basically i thought it might be some sort of moth egg spot and started trying to crush anything inside there, because i couldn't remove it. I took a picture before i jabbed in my tongs, the white spots on the hide are crystals that grinded off the thing trying to pry it off the hide. It's very small, barely wider than one side of the tongs. I'm sorry if this was worded poorly, I'm very tired and very anxious. Archimedes is webbing, which she only does before a molt, and she ate both times i fed her in the past two weeks. Any help would be great. I really hope I don't have to move her enclosure. I did that relatively recently and it was a really stressful experience for both of us. EDIT: I forgot to put up the picture sorry im a mess right now [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/YsZBcYp.jpg[/IMG] Originally it was all that orangish brown you see around the brighter spots, but when i was trying to pry it off, the shaved part became the brighter color near the hole. [/QUOTE]
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