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One of my centipedes is acting strangely.
He's an S. subspinipes, about 6 inches long, and since the day I bought him (about 2 1/2 months ago) he's remained underneath his water dish 9/10ths of the time. He's also been a voracious eater.
Now last week I dropped 4 crickets in the cage. The next day, one was gone, 3 were dead but not eaten. A couple days ago I dropped 4 more crickets in the cage. The next day, 2 were dead but not eaten, and 2 were still alive.
Strangest of all, the centipede was in a corner of the cage, coiled up. One of the live crickets was actually walking over him without being attacked. Needless to say, I took all the crickets out of the cage.
Today I checked up on the centipede, and sure enough he's still in that corner.
I'm kind of hoping that he's preparing for a moult, but not really having all that much experience with centipedes, I don't know for sure.
What do you guys think?
He's an S. subspinipes, about 6 inches long, and since the day I bought him (about 2 1/2 months ago) he's remained underneath his water dish 9/10ths of the time. He's also been a voracious eater.
Now last week I dropped 4 crickets in the cage. The next day, one was gone, 3 were dead but not eaten. A couple days ago I dropped 4 more crickets in the cage. The next day, 2 were dead but not eaten, and 2 were still alive.
Strangest of all, the centipede was in a corner of the cage, coiled up. One of the live crickets was actually walking over him without being attacked. Needless to say, I took all the crickets out of the cage.
Today I checked up on the centipede, and sure enough he's still in that corner.
I'm kind of hoping that he's preparing for a moult, but not really having all that much experience with centipedes, I don't know for sure.
What do you guys think?