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So I've had this problem child Avicularia aurantiaca that seemed to just always have mites on her. Recently, I've been having to flush her with water as the mites started infesting her mouth parts. I hadn't looked underneath her chelicerae for three days, and looked under them today to find a small white gooey mass; nematodes,-along with a couple mites. I quickly flushed her mouth with water, separated her from the collection and hit the internet.
I can't believe this hit my collection, and so far she is the only individual that clearly has them. Unfortunately, I've got dozens and dozens of spiders all in their jars and tubs neatly squished together. I will be SOL if this spreads! I don't know what to do. I've heard a lot about these things and just simply can't believe that within a year this rare, devastating problem has happened to me. I've heard that they are incurable, the spider is toast, they spread without warning and in no apparent specific way, they can even effect humans, etc.
The Avic I have only had for about 4 weeks, maybe not even that I can't remember. She is CB and about 3.5-4". I would post pics but unfortunately my camera is at work. It is very obvious she has nematodes though.
I'm posting this to get the most recent update on controlling parasitic mites, if any break-throughs have come at all within the last few months. I've heard that flushing with a saline solution controls the nematodes to a certain extent. Does anybody know what is the most affective salt form and ratios for this treatment? Does anybody know what other treatments exist? Does anybody know a professional who could use samples of these nematodes, my infected Avic as a specimen to study, or experiments I could perform myself?
Thanks
~Cody
I can't believe this hit my collection, and so far she is the only individual that clearly has them. Unfortunately, I've got dozens and dozens of spiders all in their jars and tubs neatly squished together. I will be SOL if this spreads! I don't know what to do. I've heard a lot about these things and just simply can't believe that within a year this rare, devastating problem has happened to me. I've heard that they are incurable, the spider is toast, they spread without warning and in no apparent specific way, they can even effect humans, etc.
The Avic I have only had for about 4 weeks, maybe not even that I can't remember. She is CB and about 3.5-4". I would post pics but unfortunately my camera is at work. It is very obvious she has nematodes though.
I'm posting this to get the most recent update on controlling parasitic mites, if any break-throughs have come at all within the last few months. I've heard that flushing with a saline solution controls the nematodes to a certain extent. Does anybody know what is the most affective salt form and ratios for this treatment? Does anybody know what other treatments exist? Does anybody know a professional who could use samples of these nematodes, my infected Avic as a specimen to study, or experiments I could perform myself?
Thanks
~Cody