annanlove19
Arachnosquire
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- Dec 12, 2014
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My female juvie A. avicularia's terrarium started smelling funny this morning. She's in an Exo-Terra with good ventilation, a water bowl for moisture, and no additional humidity spraying.
I gave her a dead cricket a couple days ago (she won't catch them if they're live) and right away she took it back into her web, but last I saw it was just lying on the ground. It's very hard to see if it's still there, but it's possible it's decaying and that's what's causing the smell, but I can't get to it without dismantling her web.
There's no mold that I can see.
Can spider poop smell? I know that sounds silly, but she poops on the walls and I don't like bothering her to scrub, especially when I can't get to some of it because of her web.
Any suggestions for possible dead cricket extraction, poop scrubbing without disturbing anything, or other ideas for what could be causing it would be super awesome.
If it's not obvious, she's fine. It's not a mysterious dead spider incident. She's actually been extra active, climbing around and webbing up and drinking and generally acting like a healthy spider. I'm not sure what to make of it.
I gave her a dead cricket a couple days ago (she won't catch them if they're live) and right away she took it back into her web, but last I saw it was just lying on the ground. It's very hard to see if it's still there, but it's possible it's decaying and that's what's causing the smell, but I can't get to it without dismantling her web.
There's no mold that I can see.
Can spider poop smell? I know that sounds silly, but she poops on the walls and I don't like bothering her to scrub, especially when I can't get to some of it because of her web.
Any suggestions for possible dead cricket extraction, poop scrubbing without disturbing anything, or other ideas for what could be causing it would be super awesome.
If it's not obvious, she's fine. It's not a mysterious dead spider incident. She's actually been extra active, climbing around and webbing up and drinking and generally acting like a healthy spider. I'm not sure what to make of it.