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Should i change the substrate

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Guys today my T moulted and after that i saw mold in her enclosure should i change the substrate is it harmful for her or should i wait for a week.( Mold is in the substrate so i cant just take it)
 
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Are you sure it's mold? What substrate are you using?
İ am using cocopeat and i cant take a photo now but it is really mold( the photo isn't mine but it is almost same
 

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Enn49

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I couldn't say what i mean but is it harmful for her to changing the substrate after couple days. Forgive me if i couldn't tell it in english :D

I'd leave her a week before changing the substrate, the mould won't harm her. Use dry substrate in her container in future, a water bowl will be enough to keep humidity right.
 

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Definitely let her harden up, but I'd change the substrate once she does.

Organic chemical few peat is very mold resistant unlike cocofiber.

I had a T die from fecal impaction. I suspect, but can't prove, that mold did it. It was that yellow mold.

Another youtuYou lost his Singapore blue to the same thing & he had the exact same yellow mold.

That doesn't quite prove anything, but I'll change my substrate ASAP if it comes back again!!
 

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