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<blockquote data-quote="DewDrop" data-source="post: 60621" data-attributes="member: 4217"><p>oh ok thanks ya'll. We got a round of bed bug treatment like way over a year ago where the professional dusted, sprayed and gassed. He told us to make sure that the spider was out of the house and that we didn't bring her back for 48 hours and not until after all the pesticide powder had been cleaned up and the place vacuumed. Wonderful customer service. It is nice to know that exterminators can be found that do care for the safety of the pet tarantulas. We did as ask of course. We imposed on the in law for a couple days, but I had to go back that night for my meds I had forgotten, which were placed in the bathroom for easy reach. My husband and I walked in covering our mouths and eyes, all bare skin covered and it looked like it was snowing a powder everywhere. We didn't realize the massive amount of residue we'd have to be cleaning but were so thrilled once we realized, there wouldn't be a bed bug one able to withstand that. We haven't had any recurrence of infestation. We even got a reminder on the note on the door about not bringing the spider back until we were told. So I can definitely assume pesticide exposure causes the DKS to occur in tarantulas.</p><p></p><p>However there is a fungus I believe it is that kills malaria in mosquitoes, Metarhizium anisopliae, I have an article by the NIH on the modified fungus. It is on public domain so I am assuming it has been released for public knowledge.</p><p></p><p> <a href="http://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/genetically-modified-fungi-kill-malaria-causing-parasites-mosquitoes" target="_blank">http://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/genetically-modified-fungi-kill-malaria-causing-parasites-mosquitoes</a> </p><p></p><p>For those interested. This is where the topic of soil used in tarantula husbandry has left me with a particular conundrum. After having microwaved the peat moss for 5 minutes I had a spot of mold pop up twice the size of a tip of a safety pin after it was warmed to about 75 to 80f after two days in the damp. If you have ever tried germinating orchid seeds you know molds and fungus are just among us and there is no certainty about any of them without a masters degree pertaining. I got the spots out and dried up the enclosure pretty well, but my wonder is about if a fungus is killing mosquitoes, there is another one I did read about that will kill them because it renders them unable to populate or something I cannot find the name, perhaps I read THAT article months ago wrong, but here is this one <a href="http://entomologytoday.org/2013/12/17/fungus-spores-can-kill-mosquitoes-save-lives/" target="_blank">http://entomologytoday.org/2013/12/17/fungus-spores-can-kill-mosquitoes-save-lives/</a> Perhaps it is a fungus causing the DKS. Then again if I can think it with the lack of college I have, I can only assume it has already been questioned and answered to the point that if it was a fungus or mold, it would of been discovered by now and proven. That was the only pesticide treatment we had besides the monthly round of pest control spray for the kitchen and bathroom we get as a courtesy in the apartments and the spiders are never around that. I wanted to share that the bed bug treatment went well and so far the spider is great. So no certain kinds of pesticides have been pinpointed or proven?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DewDrop, post: 60621, member: 4217"] oh ok thanks ya'll. We got a round of bed bug treatment like way over a year ago where the professional dusted, sprayed and gassed. He told us to make sure that the spider was out of the house and that we didn't bring her back for 48 hours and not until after all the pesticide powder had been cleaned up and the place vacuumed. Wonderful customer service. It is nice to know that exterminators can be found that do care for the safety of the pet tarantulas. We did as ask of course. We imposed on the in law for a couple days, but I had to go back that night for my meds I had forgotten, which were placed in the bathroom for easy reach. My husband and I walked in covering our mouths and eyes, all bare skin covered and it looked like it was snowing a powder everywhere. We didn't realize the massive amount of residue we'd have to be cleaning but were so thrilled once we realized, there wouldn't be a bed bug one able to withstand that. We haven't had any recurrence of infestation. We even got a reminder on the note on the door about not bringing the spider back until we were told. So I can definitely assume pesticide exposure causes the DKS to occur in tarantulas. However there is a fungus I believe it is that kills malaria in mosquitoes, Metarhizium anisopliae, I have an article by the NIH on the modified fungus. It is on public domain so I am assuming it has been released for public knowledge. [url]http://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/genetically-modified-fungi-kill-malaria-causing-parasites-mosquitoes[/url] For those interested. This is where the topic of soil used in tarantula husbandry has left me with a particular conundrum. After having microwaved the peat moss for 5 minutes I had a spot of mold pop up twice the size of a tip of a safety pin after it was warmed to about 75 to 80f after two days in the damp. If you have ever tried germinating orchid seeds you know molds and fungus are just among us and there is no certainty about any of them without a masters degree pertaining. I got the spots out and dried up the enclosure pretty well, but my wonder is about if a fungus is killing mosquitoes, there is another one I did read about that will kill them because it renders them unable to populate or something I cannot find the name, perhaps I read THAT article months ago wrong, but here is this one [url]http://entomologytoday.org/2013/12/17/fungus-spores-can-kill-mosquitoes-save-lives/[/url] Perhaps it is a fungus causing the DKS. Then again if I can think it with the lack of college I have, I can only assume it has already been questioned and answered to the point that if it was a fungus or mold, it would of been discovered by now and proven. That was the only pesticide treatment we had besides the monthly round of pest control spray for the kitchen and bathroom we get as a courtesy in the apartments and the spiders are never around that. I wanted to share that the bed bug treatment went well and so far the spider is great. So no certain kinds of pesticides have been pinpointed or proven? [/QUOTE]
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