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Andrew273
Babycurus
Number of posts: 498
Age: 22
Location: Colorado
Registration date: 2008-02-06
 | | Subject: My first death... 2/12/2008, 12:02 pm | |
| So today I found one of my emperor females laying on the ground away from the burrow. I nudged her and she didn't move. I flipped her over and finally realized she was dead. This is my first arachnid death and I have to say: it really sucks... I'm rather upset right now. Tonight I've decided I'm going to redo the entire setup, include a false bottom, larger water dish, the works. I don't know how this happened. They just got fed a few days ago and everyone seemed active and healthy. The temperature did drop dramatically today but it only changed a few degrees in their setup. This really really sucks. |
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Venom
Leiurus
Number of posts: 2820
Age: 22
Location: Chicago
Registration date: 2008-02-05
| | Subject: Re: My first death... 2/12/2008, 12:18 pm | |
| Well, I had my second death today. One of the newborns drowned in like half a mmL of water. |
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Andrew273
Babycurus
Number of posts: 498
Age: 22
Location: Colorado
Registration date: 2008-02-06
| | Subject: Re: My first death... 2/12/2008, 1:23 pm | |
| Gosh it sucks doesn't it? We can mourn together. I'm glad I'm working tonight. I need to take my mind off of it. |
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Guest
Guest
| | Subject: Re: My first death... 2/12/2008, 1:29 pm | |
| The first death is always the shocker... Sorry to hear about yours. I just had my second brood of H paucidens, they were promptly ate as they came out and tried to get on the moms back.  If you had an adult it was probably just age that done it in, I had one male drop dead drinking from the water dish. Found him face down in the dish. |
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Mr. Mordax
Administrator
Number of posts: 7741
Age: 26
Location: PNW
Registration date: 2008-02-06
| | Subject: Re: My first death... 2/12/2008, 1:50 pm | |
| I agree with the age diagnosis. I'm sorry to hear about your loss (my first death was a cool H. laoticus I'd had for less than a month). I'm sorry to hear about your munchies as well, Thaedion! all around. _________________ If your emperor scorpion stops eating, don't panic. | My reviews | My Bug Pictures | My blog Be nice -- you were a noob once, too "Never ask an engineer to explain something, because he will." |
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~Abyss~
Administrator
Number of posts: 5068
Age: 23
Location: Los Angeles Cali.
Registration date: 2008-02-05
| | Subject: Re: My first death... 2/12/2008, 2:34 pm | |
| | Andrew273 wrote: | | So today I found one of my emperor females laying on the ground away from the burrow. I nudged her and she didn't move. I flipped her over and finally realized she was dead. This is my first arachnid death and I have to say: it really sucks... I'm rather upset right now. Tonight I've decided I'm going to redo the entire setup, include a false bottom, larger water dish, the works. I don't know how this happened. They just got fed a few days ago and everyone seemed active and healthy. The temperature did drop dramatically today but it only changed a few degrees in their setup. This really really sucks. |
IF the temp dropped a lot it might just haved slowed down. Try to heat it up and see if it starts moving again.
-Eddy |
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~Abyss~
Administrator
Number of posts: 5068
Age: 23
Location: Los Angeles Cali.
Registration date: 2008-02-05
| | Subject: Re: My first death... 2/12/2008, 2:35 pm | |
| | Venom wrote: | | Well, I had my second death today. One of the newborns drowned in like half a mmL of water. |
Did you take out the water and put it back on the substrate. Sometime they "revive" I'll post my resurection story up later.
-Eddy |
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g-thing
Hadogenes
Number of posts: 83
Age: 36
Location: west Texas
Registration date: 2008-02-06
| | Subject: revive 2/12/2008, 3:37 pm | |
| yes some times they do this comma thing a not just pandinus imperator
i had a tityus falconensis do that i removed him from the tank and left him by the tank to get some water to mist with
later i returned and he was gone
2 days later found him stuck on the wall wagging his tail at me |
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~Abyss~
Administrator
Number of posts: 5068
Age: 23
Location: Los Angeles Cali.
Registration date: 2008-02-05
| | Subject: Re: My first death... 2/12/2008, 3:38 pm | |
| I had it done with an M.martensii. And lq
-Eddy |
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Andrew273
Babycurus
Number of posts: 498
Age: 22
Location: Colorado
Registration date: 2008-02-06
| | Subject: Re: My first death... 2/12/2008, 7:12 pm | |
| I've heard the ressurection stories so I put him in an ICU just before work. Not back yet... Telson is still white so it wasn't even mature... Sad day, here's a pic.  |
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Mr. Mordax
Administrator
Number of posts: 7741
Age: 26
Location: PNW
Registration date: 2008-02-06
| | Subject: Re: My first death... 2/13/2008, 12:44 am | |
| The telson looks brown in that picture . . . _________________ If your emperor scorpion stops eating, don't panic. | My reviews | My Bug Pictures | My blog Be nice -- you were a noob once, too "Never ask an engineer to explain something, because he will." |
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*Connie*
Post-whore
Number of posts: 3705
Age: 28
Location: England
Registration date: 2008-02-06
| | Subject: Re: My first death... 2/13/2008, 9:44 am | |
| Im sorry your scorpion died. I was heartbroken when Pinchy randomly...or maybe not so randomly died. he was the one with "most character" yeah I know what you might think but he did! |
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missford
Pandinus
Number of posts: 14
Age: 32
Location: Greece
Registration date: 2008-03-07
| | Subject: Re: My first death... 3/7/2008, 3:48 am | |
| I get really emotional with my pets. When it comes to deth I get reeeealy depressed...
I understand your sadness Andrew... |
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Andrew273
Babycurus
Number of posts: 498
Age: 22
Location: Colorado
Registration date: 2008-02-06
| | Subject: Re: My first death... 3/7/2008, 11:34 am | |
| | missford wrote: | I get really emotional with my pets. When it comes to deth I get reeeealy depressed...
I understand your sadness Andrew... |
It was tragic. I was completely inconsolable until I bought another 5 scorpions. Then one of the LQs I got died as he tried to molt in transit. *Flicks tear away* |
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gambite
Pandinus
Number of posts: 3
Age: 22
Registration date: 2008-03-07
| | Subject: Re: My first death... 3/7/2008, 10:35 pm | |
| As terrible as losing a scorp can be, it completely changed my keeping habits. After my first Emp (Napoleon) died, I looked all over the 'Net for info on what I did wrong. Now, I have two new Emps, and about 8 tarantulas, a colony of isopods, and three millipedes. Did I mention that Napoleon was my first invert, and that I was pretty arachnophobic before I got him? |
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