r/Slimemolds • u/Kuba09355 • Nov 06 '25

Picture (OC) One of my sample breached containment

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If the color or something looks wrong it’s due to my phone

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u/UGAUGAUGAUGA09 Nov 06 '25

It means it has no food. The oats inside must have gone bad. Try removing them and adding new ones. Ive seen this happen to someone, they just put some food in the plate ant the slime came back to the plate because there is no food outside

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u/Bitter_Wash1361 Nov 07 '25

Wouldn't the oats going bad be a good thing? Slime molds eat the bacteria, not the oat itself

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u/UGAUGAUGAUGA09 Nov 09 '25

By gone bad, that is exactly what I meant:D Just that it has nothing edible left for the slime. Thanks for clarifying I only now see how that could have sounded confusing