Dont know what this is please help!!

[Doggey75]

I was looking in his food bowl and I found this. I have no idea what it is .

 

[acpart]

IT's a very blurry picture but it looks like a mealworm that's morphed into it's pupa form (pre-beetle) that most of us call "aliens" for obvious reasons.

Aliza

 

[Doggey75]

It didn't have any eye looking things. Also on the side of the bowl is more of the stuff.

 

[Tongue Flicker]

Looks like a regurgitated, digested mealies to me haha

 

[Doggey75]

Weird. He hasnt eaten in almost 3 weeks maybe it was because of all the mealies he ate his 1st week that he was too full? lol

 

[Some87]

What are your temps at?

 

[tb144050]

I cant tell from the photo (and i am on my phone), but if you are talking about the long white "thing"......it looks somewhat similar to a mass of eaten-shedskin. Is that possibly a piece of normal feces beside it? (small phone screen...sorry)

If he stopped eatingbfor three weeks, i agree with the above question and add to it:

What are the floor temps (for proper digestion. ....And prevent belly aches, not eating)
What substrate (maybe he was a little impacted)?

 

[Doggey75]

I cant tell from the photo (and i am on my phone), but if you are talking about the long white "thing"......it looks somewhat similar to a mass of eaten-shedskin. Is that possibly a piece of normal feces beside it? (small phone screen...sorry)

If he stopped eatingbfor three weeks, i agree with the above question and add to it:

What are the floor temps (for proper digestion. ....And prevent belly aches, not eating)
What substrate (maybe he was a little impacted)?

I use paper towels and the floor temp ranges from 85-95 it gets hotter at night.

 

[tb144050]

Can you post a pic of the "piece" that was outside the feed bowl? And you didn't say,...is that a piece of feces on the left side of the white-thing? Now that I am on my computer, it looks like I see a mealworm enveloped in the right-end of it. That makes me think even more that it might be eaten shed-skin...either pooped or vomited... Idk.. :0

 

[Doggey75]

I'm not sure what is wrong with him. He moves around at night into different hiding spots and I've don't see him acting strange .

Can you post a pic of the "piece" that was outside the feed bowl? And you didn't say,...is that a piece of feces on the left side of the white-thing? Now that I am on my computer, it looks like I see a mealworm enveloped in the right-end of it. That makes me think even more that it might be eaten shed-skin...either pooped or vomited... Idk.. :0

On the side of the feeding bowl. On the top right is another piece of it.

 

[tb144050]

IT's a very blurry picture but it looks like a mealworm that's morphed into it's pupa form (pre-beetle) that most of us call "aliens" for obvious reasons.

Aliza

^^^I'd go with the experienced people (above). Does it look like it was growing from the mealworm attached on the right end?

And is that feces on the left? (suggesting this thing got pooped)

Did he shed during the last 3 weeks? (shed wrapped around mealies and impacted him?)

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Idk, but if he is acting funny, I would answer the questionaire in "Health and Medications" and describe his behavior (and this pic/story too).

 

[Doggey75]

No he is acting pretty normal . I'm not sure if he shed within 3 weeks. I know he was in shed 4 days ago. No there is no feces in this pic. But he still does poop almost every day.

 

[Phoenix1115]

Working with rescues I see regurges all the time. This doesn't look like that. It looks like shed skin to me

 

[Doggey75]

Working with rescues I see regurges all the time. This doesn't look like that. It looks like shed skin to me

I guess he tried to eat it all in one try and couldnt hold it all down maybe?

 

[tb144050]

I guess he tried to eat it all in one try and couldnt hold it all down maybe?

Working with rescues I see regurges all the time. This doesn't look like that. It looks like shed skin to me

^^Pheonix said it doesn't look regurgitated, and it looks like shed skin that passed through. I'm a rookie and that was my guess (since it looked like a mealie was wrapped in it at the right side).

 

[Phoenix1115]

Well, it doesn't look like a food regurge, at least. If it's fresh, it could just be rolled up skin that he didn't eat at all. Normally poop has some urate to it so if he passed it there should be some there as well

 

[Doggey75]

Well, it doesn't look like a food regurge, at least. If it's fresh, it could just be rolled up skin that he didn't eat at all. Normally poop has some urate to it so if he passed it there should be some there as well

It was all just a squishy thing so I don't think it was passed like that. Alright, but its strange that how it ended up in his food bowl lol