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Patcho
SCORPIONMOD
Number of posts : 833
Age : 74
Registration date : 2013-01-15
| | Subject: Rest in peace, my dear gracilis. Time to update my sig yet again... 7/10/2013, 8:43 pm | |
| I knew something was wrong when I saw him out of his hide during the day. He never comes out, and so to check on him I put on my glove and touched his back legs. No immediate response, but he kinda casually walked away from my hand. Then yesterday I saw him drinking and thought "maybe it's too dry in there?". So I gave it a good mist down. Then today I noticed he REALLY wasn't doing good, when I saw his right pedipalp in a very uncomfortable position, bent all the way behind him. So, I put the gloves on, moved him out of there, and took some final "Goodbye" pictures.  There he is, dying on my hand, but still alive. Pictures of him on my hand. Don't worry, I tried not to stress him out too much. I did this at my own comfort, since he was dying after all. He was much too ill to put up a fight. - Handling Pictures:
He was the best looking of the three adults I have, and the largest. I'm going to miss him very much.  He's in the freezer now, to end his suffering. He was one of the coolest scorpions I had, and I believe everyone in the hobby should at some point own one of these magnificent species. 
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Bayss
Tityus
Number of posts : 623
Age : 54
Location : Sandpoint, Idaho, U.S.A.
Registration date : 2008-12-29
| | Subject: Re: Rest in peace, my dear gracilis. Time to update my sig yet again... 7/10/2013, 11:06 pm | |
| So sorry Patrick  I had no idea they got so big. Keep them going...nothing like a new brood to ease the pain some. | |
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Patcho
SCORPIONMOD
Number of posts : 833
Age : 74
Registration date : 2013-01-15
| | Subject: Re: Rest in peace, my dear gracilis. Time to update my sig yet again... 7/10/2013, 11:30 pm | |
| - Bayss wrote:
- So sorry Patrick I had no idea they got so big. Keep them going...nothing like a new brood to ease the pain some.
Yeah well, he was wild caught. So I think maybe he was just too old and his time has come. I'm cremating him right now... I have another males who looks like he could be a whole instar behind, but as a matter of fact he was old enough to mate with my female. As for the broods, I've got another one on the way! They mated a month ago! Also have 4 hungry 3i's babies  . | |
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ShredderEmp
Tityus
Number of posts : 515
Age : 26
Location : Illinois
Registration date : 2012-08-08
| | Subject: Re: Rest in peace, my dear gracilis. Time to update my sig yet again... 7/10/2013, 11:40 pm | |
| Sorry for the loss man. Hopefully one of mine will grow to look like that. | |
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shaneshac
Babycurus
Number of posts : 485
Age : 47
Registration date : 2013-03-07
| | Subject: Re: Rest in peace, my dear gracilis. Time to update my sig yet again... 7/11/2013, 1:24 am | |
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bjaeger
Leiurus
Number of posts : 2282
Age : 35
Location : Pennsylvania, US
Registration date : 2008-04-29
| | Subject: Re: Rest in peace, my dear gracilis. Time to update my sig yet again... 7/11/2013, 5:57 am | |
| sorry for the loss. sometimes these things just happen RIP little feller! | |
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guats85
Centruroides
Number of posts : 135
Age : 38
Location : St. Louis, Missouri
Registration date : 2013-03-13
| | Subject: Re: Rest in peace, my dear gracilis. Time to update my sig yet again... 7/11/2013, 11:13 am | |
| Sorry this happened. It always hurts. Wishing you the best on your new brood!! | |
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~Abyss~
Administrator
Number of posts : 6472
Age : 35
Location : Los Angeles Cali.
Registration date : 2008-02-05
| | Subject: Re: Rest in peace, my dear gracilis. Time to update my sig yet again... 7/11/2013, 12:11 pm | |
| I lost my adults recently too one of the victims of my ant attacks. | |
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shadowfoot
Parabuthus
Number of posts : 1296
Age : 32
Location : South Africa
Registration date : 2012-01-18
| | Subject: Re: Rest in peace, my dear gracilis. Time to update my sig yet again... 7/11/2013, 12:15 pm | |
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Shakudo
Tityus
Number of posts : 870
Age : 39
Location : Tiel, The Netherlands.
Registration date : 2013-01-20
| | Subject: Re: Rest in peace, my dear gracilis. Time to update my sig yet again... 7/15/2013, 5:45 pm | |
| Sorry to hear man, it was a beautiful specimen!! May he rest in peace.
Joey | |
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