Today I went to feed my rose hair and noticed therse tiny little bugs that look like really really small crickets. They have antenni about 2 mm long brown/clear in colour. They do not look like mites. They were not there earlier in the day when I opened her tank to handle her but have emerged since. There seems to be quite a few in there. Could they be crickets or are they harmful to my t? What are your suggestions
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HELP bugs in tarantula encloser
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Hello
I have had situations when I fed my tarantulas crickets,some of those crickets laid eggs and would breed out inside the enclosure. A photo would help greatly if the insects,but I'm guessing its small pinhead crickets.
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Female Crickets will only lay eggs if the substrate is damp enough, you really shouldn't be getting them in a chille rose enclosure because the substrate should be bone dry
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He could have moistened a corner or the water bowl spilled over,I have had crickets laying eggs in a small area before. With crickets anything is possible,but logically a Grammostola Rosea enclosure shouldn't have that problem yet again anything is possible.
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I feed large crickets to all my t's and even in the really high humidity enclosures like my t-blondi Ive never had this issue in 2 years in the hobby, because when I feed female crickets I always pull or damage the ovipositor so it can't lay eggs
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Well if you do or don't,tiny pinhead crickets can't harm a T. I have moved away from crickets as a whole,since they do not provide what a roach does in nutrition. Also,as the crickets grow when feeding them to slings you'd have to actually crush the head so that the cricket doesn't harm the sling. In the hobby there are things you do and don't do,but all are highly debatable. You've been lucky so far not to have any pinheads breed out, same as I have had luck with not losing T's or having bad molts. I say its the luck of the draw,and preference may play part in it. In my opinion no crickets for my T's,I'd rather feed them Dubia Turkistan or lobster roaches more nutrition and no danger towards slings. Another thing I hate about crickets,they don't have longevity like roaches thus creating more problems in the end. Not everyone can spend a lot of time with cage maintenance etc,so a cricket dies in a hide causing a possible mite problem or fungi which in turn equates to an enclosure problem. I can toss in a roach,if not eaten just remove and no problem. I have also spoken to people that used crickets(more prone to having parasites),they've had T's die due to possible feeder issues speculated but possibly a fact.
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I understand where your coming from, I use roaches I'm not a cricket lover, but if people don't have a lot of time with cage maintenance why be in the hobby?? the well being of all my t's come first by giving them all the right requirements they need, which is time and clean enclosures so you dont get mites or fungi
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Okay let me put it this way,anyone can be judgemental or find flaws since no one is perfect. Having small pinheads in an enclosure is by far no train smash,but how one comments or conveys is 90% if someone will in the future take your advice. People are lost to hobbies due to how people convey information,and like I said no one is perfect so stating if they don't have ample time for maintenance why be in the hobby ? That's harsh,and there is no tarantula that stays in a clean enclosure in the wild. I could easily debate an enclosure setup,since everyone forgets where tarantulas are found and where they have their habitats situated. Also,looking at the start of the thread he was asking what it could be and if it was harmful ?
-point 1 pinheads
-point 2 not harmful
So anything else is not pertaining to the actual thread, remember everyone started at the bottom no matter how many years you are still learning. So I take it step by step,look at each individual and treat them accordingly. I will say this and emphasise it,people who ask questions don't ask for criticism thus if they get it they will either not ask questions or will simply fade away. I love building someone's confidence,since that opens them up to feel free to post ask questions and be proactive. We are a family,thus we need growth within the family if not seen as family oh well group then.
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Me harsh!!! Well you comment on 95% of peoples threads, thinking you know everything about t's, this forum is to give advice or find help if needed, but you come across like your Stanley A Schultz!!well the tarantulas we keep are not in the wild so they should have a clean enclosure, "since everyone forgets where tarantulas are found" bit harsh!! I always thought they were found in the sea
