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[Hsandovaljr]

Has anyone ever found something like this in there cage. I woke this morning with this stuff in NEON’s cage.

 

[DonKeesh]

What in the hell is that? Almost looks like dead mites or saw dust...

 

[MissSkittles]

What do you have directly above it? Anything on the ceiling?

 

[Beman]

What wood are you using in your cage? Looks very similar to what I experienced with weevils coming out of wood branches. Check branches above for holes in them.

 

[Hsandovaljr]

 

[Hsandovaljr]

Should I remove all the branches ?

 

[Beman]

Should I remove all the branches ?

LOL yeah you had a weevil that dug out of the branch. Are those by chance the hobby lobby long branches you can buy for decor?

 

[Hsandovaljr]

LOL yeah you had a weevil that dug out of the branch. Are those by chance the hobby lobby long branches you can buy for decor?

I actually got them at Michaels. Can you recommend something else?

 

[Beman]

I actually got them at Michaels. Can you recommend something else?

Yep... They are their long willow branches right? Same thing that I had when the weevil came out of mine.

I pulled them all. Honestly I was more afraid of weevils laying eggs in other wood items in my house. Plus it just grossed me out. lol I ended up going with all foraged branches. My neighbor trimmed back huge portions of a large tree. I was not sure what type of tree but it did not produce sap and I knew it was not cedar, pine, or eucalyptus. I scrubbed them outside with dawn and hot water then rinsed the heck out of them. Then put them all out on a table to bake in the sun.

Another way to get branches is calling a local tree trimming company. And a lot of the time they can tell you what type of tree it is.

 

[EmilioTheAnkify]

Or you could just go to Lowe’s or Home Depot and buy some wooden dowels. They have different diameter sizes. Wood stain them if you don’t like the natural wood color.
I even sanded mine down with coarse sand paper to give them some texture.