Worried T Mom

[MissKitty]

I contacted the person I got her from( Jamie's Tarantulas) she said it didn't look like mites, and some T's are just messy eaters!

 

[Nunua]

No matter how messy eaters my Ts have been, they've never had such white mouth area. But that's just what I have observed.

 

[menavodi]

If it is mites, you should see them move when you look at them...and then follow @Arachnoclown to get rid of them. If you see no movement, most likely you have no mites.

 

[New2T’s]

I have seen something before bout white stuff on Ts mouth and it being from nematodes. Can’t remember if it was on here or it. It’s been several months ago. But you said you’re seeing mites, right?? How long ago did you get the T??

 

[Taraspatula]

I don't care for those cubes either. They are very hard plastic so I dont know about putting holes in it.
Can you recommend a better one?
I bought a new exoterra but it's too big for her right now.
I cleaned out her enclosure with HOT water let it dry overnight and put her back in this morning. I am still puzzlef about the white in her mouth.
See pic.

Although hard plastic it is still plastic. When creating the ventilation I would recommend anything sharp and small that you can heat up to poke tiny holes. Literally just take maybe a (large needle, small screw driver, paper clip, etc.) make sure it's not going to create a big enough hole for your T to escape through of course. Heat up the large needle with a torch, lighter, open flame what ever you want and it should go right through the plastic when hot enough.

 

[Taraspatula]

My C. Versicolor set up with the cross ventilation. Still a baby but when Cari grows I’ll take out more of the substrate and more of the wood will be exposed but Carry definitely likes the ventilation.

 

[MassExodus]

My C. Versicolor set up with the cross ventilation. Still a baby but when Cari grows I’ll take out more of the substrate and more of the wood will be exposed but Carry definitely likes the ventilation.


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This is how 90% of my slings were set up. Amac boxes are ok as long as you drill plenty of vent holes. For hard plastic, use a high speed dremel for holes, and apply light pressure. Let the drill do the work and they wont crack. Has to be high speed though.