I fed my PZB today, she had six good sized crickets for dinner. I noticed this evening when I went to clean her cage out (27 hours later) she had done some cleaning and moved her left over ball of food across the cage. I thought that this was funny until I got close enough to her cage to smell the inside. What was normally a somewhat pleasant, peat moss smell was now a sickening, rotting smell.
After smelling the cage I quickly removed the left overs and inspected the cage to find the source of the smell. I bent down to see even with the cage and when I did I put the cricket left overs right in front of my face and woah nelly!
I guess my question would be, will this smell hurt my T? If so is there any way that I can get the smell out without completely cleaning the cage? She seems to be content staying inside of the hide as she has not come out (other than to remove the smelly food) since a week ago Tuesday.
Also, I would like to thank everyone who posted to my question about my G. pulchra. I removed all of the food and noticed that her back side seemed to be darkening around the area of her urticating hairs. We'll see what happens in the next week or two. If she hasn't gotten too much darker or molted by next feeding day (Sundays) should I try to feed her again or hold off until two or three weeks?
I know that once she molts I shouldn't try to feed her for four or five days but I don't know much of anything about the pre-molt feeding. Thanks to everyone who is helping me! You've all been great!
After smelling the cage I quickly removed the left overs and inspected the cage to find the source of the smell. I bent down to see even with the cage and when I did I put the cricket left overs right in front of my face and woah nelly!
I guess my question would be, will this smell hurt my T? If so is there any way that I can get the smell out without completely cleaning the cage? She seems to be content staying inside of the hide as she has not come out (other than to remove the smelly food) since a week ago Tuesday.
Also, I would like to thank everyone who posted to my question about my G. pulchra. I removed all of the food and noticed that her back side seemed to be darkening around the area of her urticating hairs. We'll see what happens in the next week or two. If she hasn't gotten too much darker or molted by next feeding day (Sundays) should I try to feed her again or hold off until two or three weeks?
I know that once she molts I shouldn't try to feed her for four or five days but I don't know much of anything about the pre-molt feeding. Thanks to everyone who is helping me! You've all been great!