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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jess S" data-source="post: 160103" data-attributes="member: 29302">You've got what some people call a 'mould farmer' lol!!  I've got a couple like that who never bring up boluses.As long as the substrate is more on the dryish side (the damper the substrate the more chance of mould) which it should be with a vagans (occasional overflowing of the waterdish should be fine), I wouldn't worry as spiders web up their food remains to stop it moulding & the mould spreading. You may even find that it will eventually take some out itself. Obviously, if over time the boluses or uneaten prey build up and you start seeing mould then I would personally try to scoop it out (obviously wrecking the burrow in the process). I'd wait until the spider was out before doing so, or I'd lure it out. Or if it was really bad then I'd rehouse. Maybe others would do it differently.</blockquote>