What Does Tarantula Poop Look Like?

You lastly Googled it didn’t you? You had been so intrigued you determined to seek for “what does tarantula poop seem like?”. Don’t fear – you’re not the one one 🙂

And I’m not going to disappoint you. After 25+ years of maintaining tarantulas you’re about to be taught all the pieces you needed to find out about tarantula poop – and possibly just a few belongings you didn’t wish to know both…

Tarantula Poop Look

Tarantula poop is usually a runny liquid. It’s mostly white in shade, although may also be darker in shade. It dries quickly after the tarantula has pooped, producing a dry, chalky materials.

As tarantula poop is liquid when produced, it’s usually soaked up by the substrate on the ground of the tarantula cage. In consequence, you very hardly ever see it.

Tarantula poop is nevertheless much more seen in arboreal tarantulas. It is because arboreal tarantulas poop on the glass whereas they’re clambering about. With out the substrate to soak the poop up it dries on the perimeters of the cage. Beneath these circumstances it largely seems to be like white dots scattered across the sides of the cage. 

Tarantulas can poop with stunning drive. The spray they emit could cause the poop to journey fairly far. Seeing as air flow is so essential for the well being of your tarantula it’s doable that a few of this poop could also be sprayed by means of air flow holes or mesh, attaching itself to different objects close to the cage.   

Why Does My Tarantula Poop In Its Water?

Tarantulas are indiscriminate poopers. They poop wherever they fancy. Sadly, no one has but managed to litter-train a tarantula. 

This shameless conduct means they may also poop of their water. Don’t assume your pet tarantula is saving all of it up specifically to dump into their freshly-filled water bowl, although it could generally really feel like that.

The fact is that poop sprayed elsewhere within the cage tends to shortly dry, and to be absorbed by the substrate. The character of a water bowl, nevertheless, signifies that any poop sprayed there may be much more seen. It isn’t soaked up by the substrate however as a substitute both sits in liquid type within the formerly-clean water, or congeals on the outer floor of the bowl. 

Because of this I strongly advise all readers to not simply high up your tarantulas water bowl recurrently, however to really take away it, clear it totally after which enable it to air dry. Having just a few spares could make this course of rather a lot faster and simpler, as you possibly can simply swap out bowls as you perform your routine upkeep, then clear all of the soiled bowls on the finish. 

Does Tarantula Poop Odor?

Tarantulas are very clear animals, and produce just about no scent of any sort. Tarantula poop is not any totally different, and regardless of sitting proper now in a room with over 200 tarantulas I can scent no disagreeable odors. 

It most likely helps that the poop dries virtually immediately within the heat environment of a tarantula cage. It additionally most likely helps that the substrate does a great job of absorbing most poop, and I modify the substrate from time-to-time to maintain this to a minimal. 

If tarantulas do produce a scent of any sort it’s extra more likely to be a results of a lifeless feeder insect in there. Crickets, particularly, can scent fairly unhealthy as soon as they die. 

Because of this it’s sensible to examine your tarantula quickly after feeding. I wish to feed my spiders within the night, then examine their cages the next morning. You should definitely take away any uneaten feeder bugs. 

On the similar time, search for the meals bolus {that a} tarantula produces when it kills and eats a feeder insect. That is usually a small, almost-circular object, brown and/or white in shade. It’s principally what’s left over from the feeder insect when your tarantula has digested it and sucked all of the juices out. So it’s principally the powerful, indigestible exoskeleton, all rolled up right into a ball.

These meals boluses can appeal to mites should you’re unfortunate. They will additionally pong a bit. So take away these too everytime you see them. 

Is Tarantula Poop Harmful?

Tarantula poop is just not harmful. By the point you see it, it’ll seemingly be a dry, dusty substance anyway. 

For security I all the time advise washing your palms totally after doing any pet care – be that with tarantulas or every other animals. However should you occur to the touch tarantula poop don’t fear an excessive amount of. It’s water soluble, so a fast rinse beneath the tab and also you’ll be able to get again to your pizza. 

How Do You Clear Tarantula Poop?

Tarantula poop is straightforward to wash off the cage. There are a few choices for cleansing tarantula poop relying on whether or not you’re doing a full clear or only a spot-clean of a very messy cage space.

Firstly, a window scraper with a blade might be helpful. You may run this over the floor of the glass and many of the poop will probably be immediately eliminated. 

Secondly, tarantula poop is water soluble. This implies eradicating it is so simple as making it moist, then giving it a agency wipe. As soon as moist, tarantula poop can streak. So initially the tarantula cage can look worse than earlier than you began, with white smudges everywhere in the glass. However hold spraying and wiping and it’ll quickly look pretty much as good as new.

For actually cussed poop marks I wish to take away the tarantula, take the cage out into the backyard on a heat day, and use a moist kitchen scourer to actually scrape the poop off the glass.

What I don’t suggest is using any chemical compounds round your tarantulas. Simply water and elbow-grease ought to do it. No person exams family chemical compounds on tarantulas so finest not take the danger of by accident poisoning your pet spider simply to get their cage spotless. 

I have been maintaining and breeding unique pets for over 25 years. I presently reside within the East Midlands within the UK, and hold a group of a number of hundred tarantulas, mantis and extra.

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