The first casualty.

My little Red Claw has kicked the bucket. The smallest and youngest of them all.

How old was it? Cause?

Not a clue. It was probably a 3i judging from the size of it. The cause I suspect was parasites, they're common in wild caught specimens and the way it died points towards parasites.

It had outright refused food since I bought him, but he was pretty active, and then all of a sudden just stopped moving and ceased to function. Not a nice way to go.

:-/ I just bought a red claw from the pet store, I think its 4I hes pretty big, hes eaten like 3 times since I got him and he moves around at night trying to climb the wall lol

Sorry for your loss

How long did you have it?

Really not long, so I'm pretty peeved about it. I think I had him a month or so. Thankfully the Emperor I bought on the same day is still going strong.

I need to find a seller that breeds them instead of getting them in the wild. They last much longer.

I'm going to preserve him in a block of resin, but until I get my hands on some, he's in the freezer.

Yeah I am always paranoid about my little guys too.

wild caught as in pet store wild caught or you went out hunting? cause if its a pet store cant you return it if its under a month??

I am pretty sure my emp and red claw are bred, not sure about my desert hairy but hes full grown (id hope) so no worries about molting lol

i know how you feel, i have had a bad day today. lost my scorpio maurus and a 3i h. paucidens! also noticed my h. arizonensis with its tail flat and my gravid h. spinifer looks like she might die before she births.
also lost my albino land snail, some fish and my little purple land crab this week.

holy crap, contagious parasite/sickness going around?!

now for your DH is the tail flat and curved to the side like mine was? ( I think you were the one who told me if its on the floor and curved to the side its normal, but straight back like a stick is bad?)

Hey, sorry for your loss man! I too lost a 3i red claw once and I had just barely bought it.

bah getting me worried about mine now

Wild caught by the shop, if I went out hunting them I'd have a pretty damn hard time getting them back from Africa.

And yeah, they always say if it dies or if I'm not happy with it then return it, but in a weird way I'd rather keep it.

I'm definitely going to get another Red Claw, as they're an interesting little species, but I'll make sure it's bred.

I am pretty sure mines still a juvie or sub adult and it was bred lol hes still eating he tore up a cricket and devoured it earlier lol, hes soaking gin the water right now

they are like emps and dont do much too right?

Mine was only like an Emp in body shape.

Behaviour wise he was quite active and chipper.

Yours being bred there's probably zero chance of parasites so yours will live through to adulthood well... Provided you take care of it.

Of course, I ordered a 12x12x12 exo terra from joshs frogs for him, it will be at my place weds I cant wait ! I got plenty of coco fiber ready to put in there for him

mines active at night as it tries to climb the wall lol

Sorry for all loses.

My Scorpio maurus is dead

Sorry to hear that buddy, definitely not a good start to the month.

damn not another horrible sdtart indeed

Tis a sad time for all.