What is this???

[Scott&Nikki]

I looked in the tank today and saw all of these little brownish/white like... pieces of something? It looks like it could be some sort of droppings, but there are a lot, and they are not cricket droppings. They almost look a little like seeds. The picture is in front of her favorite hide and that is where most of them are. There is also a line of them from the hide to the water dish, and under the log where she goes at night sometimes. Any ideas??

 

[chad ramsey]

poop

 

[Scott&Nikki]

poop

Whos poop? They are tiny and there are probably 200 in the tank total.

 

[SteveB]

You feed your leos mealworms? They vaguely look like larva...

 

[Scott&Nikki]

You feed your leos mealworms? They vaguely look like larva...

I do, they are in an escape free bowl. I am gonna post another picture so you get an idea of the size. they are pretty small

 

[SteveB]

didn't mean larva... brain fart.

 

[Scott&Nikki]

Here are a few of them next to a Dime, so you can see the size.

 

[SteveB]

Okay wow, that paints a different picture..

Going with the poop theme- Urates?

Or just something being tracked out of the humid hide? Moss?

 

[gecko_man2]

Maybe they are alien larvae. I don't have a clue. Let us know what you find out. I have similar things in my enclosures but they are a little bigger and I know what they are. Dried up vermiculite pellets. Good luck.

 

[brandy101010]

It looks like urates to me but usually the urate would be with the poop......sorry I'm no help.

 

[Scott&Nikki]

It can't be urates, not only has she gone to the bathroom twice today (both with a lot of urates) there are at least 200 of those little things all over the tank now that were not there yesterday. It can't be the moss either. I was afraid it was some sort of vomit or something, but its like they took over the tank this morning/afternoon. Shes acting normal, eating and everything.

EDIT: They are extremely hard too. Almost like rock.

 

[SteveB]

Well without being able to give you an answer, I'd say clean/disinfect the tank thoroughly and watch her to make sure everything seems status quo...

How do you have the tank set up?

 

[Scott&Nikki]

How do you have the tank set up?

water dish back left corner, fake plant that I have positioned as a cool-side hide (which she loves), Mealies on front, right side. Calcium dish next to mealie dish. Humid hide in the back middle. Log in the front middle. UTH on the right side. Hot hide in the back, right.