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White spots on my log

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Alsoknownas

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Hi, I have a question about these weird white spots I have seen on my snake's log. Here is a picture of the tank with the log in it(don't have a seperate log picture at the moment):

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The white spots are really odd, it looks almost as white power such a flour spreaded on it. I'll update the this thread with better pictures tomorrow, but I was just wondering if anyone has encountered this before. The first thing I thought was urine, perhaps mixing with the material on the wood.. I wouldn't think it was a regurge, for there is no sign of a pinkie or anything.. Could it possibly be some fluid coming out of his mouth?
I read in The Corn Snake Manual that if the snake pushes against things often with force it has a greater chance of getting Mouthrot. My snake it always, almost every night, pushing against the top of the cage, which is hard crossed metal wiring. He pushes quite hard too, though I see no scars on the outside of his mouth area.
Any help is appreciated, i'll try to get those pictures tomorrow.
 
Possibly wood mites? The might have come in in the bedding...I'd wait for confirmation, but that's what I'd assume was happening.
 
Wood mites? Hm, it's hard to explain the look of it without a picture, but they aren't tiny dots or even circles for that matter. They're just shapeless spots, and it's like a powdery substance. I can rub my finger on it and it will get on me. It's really white too, and almost in a snake-like S position, as if he'd left it as a trail..
 
I'm reading from some sources I just found about tortoises and boas of white chalky substance being normal, "The presence of white chalky substances in tortoise urine is normal, it is urates being voided from their body." and "Urates (Snake pee) are the white chalky substance/ with water that you find in the enclosures. "
White chalky substance sounds exactly like what I see, but i'll get a picture if it comes up again.
 
Doesn't sound like poo to me. If you'd of said pile of white powder in liquid with sausage of fur then maybe.
 
Man,,for some reason I just don't care for the light colored substrate.I know a LOT of people use it,but I have seen a # of tanks set up more natural,with the dark chips,and I must say,they look natural.Sorry to go WAY off topic. :-offtopic
 
It could very well be wood mites or termites or some other wood tunneling bug. The white powder is actually sawdust left from their tunneling in the wood. I had a similar thing happened when Ihad a real log in one of my snakes' tank. I got rid of the log, and no more problem.
 
:-offtopic

Do you have any temp probes that monitor the temperature of the substrate? I only see a stick on strip at the top of the tank and a circle gauge towards the top as well.
 
PnyKlr said:
:-offtopic

Do you have any temp probes that monitor the temperature of the substrate? I only see a stick on strip at the top of the tank and a circle gauge towards the top as well.
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Well, as you can see, that picture was taken a long time ago. The first time I set it up, actually. I'm now using an UTH with a probe thermostat, so those are mostly useless. Either way, could the temperature really differ that much a few inches below in that 10 gallon?

I'm going to get a new log today, clean the tank, replace this one, and see if they come up.
 
I wasn't sure if that was the true date of the picture, or if the time had not be reset (I am notorious for doing this).

Yes, there is a difference even 10 inches above the surface. There is nearly a 12F difference in my tank between the substrate and the air 10 inches higher (I just looked). A UTH heats the substrate, which heats the air. Even if you have a heat lamp, the lamp will heat the substrate and item in the tank, which will then heat the air.

If you still have the other temp gauges as well as a probe, you should take a look and see what the difference is.
 
...and after checking it now (about 1 1/2 hour later) the difference is about 17F.
 
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