Got a message from a friend to find that one of his young T's was moulting and then just exploded into a cloud of white powder. What could of caused this?
There was no parasite present and it was captive bred.

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explosive diarreah!



or more likely, verbal diarreah.
i dont beleive it one second, for a T to be alive in the first place it needs moisture, the movement of Ts is by water pressure, so in order for it to explode in white powder, it would need to be dry. the spider would be long dead before that occured.
maybe some pics or something?:P

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hope that dont ever happen to my T when i get it 8 0

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I dont know all i got was an email telling me that his spid had done this. I texted him and he was really upset about it. Maybe it was white goooooooo i really duno but its still wierd.

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possible nematoads? try to ensure he finds out if the 'goo' or what ever is moist, get them to look to see if they can see any worms.
I dont know whether nematoads are likely to rupture the exocuticle or purely endoparasites

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Is it contageous at all?

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not contagious afaik but it could be a dodgey batch of crix that brought em.. IF it is..
wot species, how long has he had it? what size?

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I think nematodes is another name for roundworm
Most wild animals have nematodes, that's why it's a good idea to thouroughly wash your hands after handling any wild animals

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Was a Brachypelma smithi was about 1 inch in size and he had brought it just over a month ago.

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Nope, completely different. Kills spiders. Paralyses chelicerae, stops them eating and drinking etc and they die.

Absolute load of rubbish!

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