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White fur on plastic imitation log


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15 years 1 month ago #28162 by james
Good day, i am hoping someone can advise me.

I have a plastic imitation log I bought from a pet shop, it has been in the T's home for about 2 weeks, when I checked on him this morning I noticed the log had a white "fur" growing on it.
The problem is the T has dug its burrow entrance along side the log and I dont want to damage the burrow removing the log!

Has anyone had a similar thing happen?
Do you think this "fur" is dangerous to my T?

Thanks in advance!

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15 years 1 month ago #28166 by Cameron Torode
Ah yes, the Dreaded fur. Normally this is a case of the substrate bieng too wet or putting a real log in. But as you say it is fake.

Now you can scrape the fur off but you might not get all of it, leaving some left over to start over. You should take the log out and clean it and try to leave the tank a little more dry.

I don't know how dangerous it is but in The Tarantula Keepers guide the author states that some of the fungus that grows in T's cages is not dangerous or at least not dangerous enough to kill your Tarantula.

I however don't know if the "fur" is a type of mould or fungus so I would suggest you clean the "fur" off and take the substrate out if there was fur on the substrate too.

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15 years 1 month ago #28168 by james
Thank you for the info, does the T get very stressed out if its home is damaged or will it just build a new one?

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15 years 1 month ago #28170 by Cameron Torode
It will get a bit stressed out but it should build a new one. All my T's build new burrows if they get disturbed. Ideally you shouldn't need to take it out but it's better to be safe than sorry.

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15 years 1 month ago #28171 by james
I do agree with you, I will remove it and give it a good cleaning, thanks again for you advice!

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