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Does this look normal to you? C. e. popei terrestrial juveniles are passing what looks like undigested black worms...
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Looks like sed skin to me.
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Yep, looks like shed skin to me too, droppings tend to be darker than that
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That's what I thought initially as well, but the shape made me think otherwise. Instead of the tell-tale loop, it is long (the camera fails to capture it), but I can see the segments of a black worm. I've also had these guys for a while and they always ate their skin as well.

I've taken them off black worms, and have yet to see this again. (Although some have molted during this time) Perhaps I had a bad batch?
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