Extremely small spiders by food bowl

[TheLastGreen]

I was moving my torts food bowl when I see something moving.
Loads of small spiders, about 1 mm in length, running around, has anyone had similiar problems?

 

[Yvonne G]

This means a female deposited her egg sac somewhere close by and the babies have now hatched out. If you're not a fan of spiders, just vacuum them up.

 

[TheLastGreen]

Thanks @Yvonne G , could it do harm if ingested by a tort while eating?

 

[Yvonne G]

Probably not, but I doubt a tortoise would eat one.

 

[ss22matt]

Honestly I'd keep them in there. Babies will go for the smaller nasties that can build up as it's all they are able to eat. Will probably keep the enclosure cleaner overall. They won't hurt your tortoise at all, they're too quick to really be eaten, and the couple it might nab will do no harm.

Or just get rid of them if you don't like spiders. It's likely just an egg sac attached to something you put in there at some point hatched.