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I just checked my two tegus and my female has some mold growing on her back - the mold is greenish bluish in color. The cyprus mulch may have been too wet and the bin isn't airing out well enough as the holes I drilled were probably too small to allow decent passage of air and evaporation.

I left the lid ajar now so as to promote more air movement. However, my question is this; is the mold bad? It's only on her back and the male, who is also in the same bin has none on him. Could the mold be growing on her dead skin and therefore not an issue? Just curious if anyone else has ever witnessed this.

[QUOTE="carcharios, post: 73291, member: 1050"] I just checked my two tegus and my female has some mold growing on her back - the mold is greenish bluish in color. The cyprus mulch may have been too wet and the bin isn't airing out well enough as the holes I drilled were probably too small to allow decent passage of air and evaporation. I left the lid ajar now so as to promote more air movement. However, my question is this; is the mold bad? It's only on her back and the male, who is also in the same bin has none on him. Could the mold be growing on her dead skin and therefore not an issue? Just curious if anyone else has ever witnessed this. [/QUOTE]

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