scorpion drowned?

[cinnacinnasean]

i had dribbled a small bit of water into my female emperor scorpion's tank and i checked on her later today and she's just limp and laying there

her abdomen is crinkly and feels almost hollow
she isnt moving and i think she's dead
she had a small droplet on top of her head
what do i do please i'm so upset

EDIT: her tail is dried up and crinkly too
please help i dont want her to be dead even though she already probably is

 

[cinnacinnasean]

Please help me.

I feel horrible because I did this to her. What happened??

 

[Tim Benzedrine]

Are you sure what you found is not a moulted exoskeleton? The scorpion may be hiding somewhere recovering from the moulting process.

 

[cinnacinnasean]

Are you sure what you found is not a moulted exoskeleton? The scorpion may be hiding somewhere recovering from the moulting process.

No, like... her body was squishy still not like, hollow as in exoskeleton hollow
I meant like just.... squishy and Bad

 

[cinnacinnasean]

I also don't appreciate the fact somebody put the "Funny x 1" on your post, considering we're talking about my dead pet.

 

[NYAN]

How was it being kept? Can you post pictures of the enclosure?

Your scorpion probably didn’t drown. It’s fairly difficult for them to, especially a moist species.

 

[Bob Lee]

I also don't appreciate the fact somebody put the "Funny x 1" on your post, considering we're talking about my dead pet.

It's a "Funny x 2" now, always here to help.

 

[Bob Lee]

A picture would help a lot, the chance of scorpion drowning is low. The chance of it drowning in a tiny bit of water is close to zero.

 

[cinnacinnasean]

i regret posting here everybody thinks my pet dying is funny ive been crying since last night

@NYAN i already changed the enclosure around but i have an old picture that wasnt far off from how she was kept

 

[NYAN]

Is that a heat lamp?


No one is laughing at your pet dying. What we think is funny is the idea of it just being a molt.

 

[cinnacinnasean]

@NYAN it's a normal light that does give off some heat; my room is usually kept extremely toasty though.

 

[NYAN]

@NYAN it's a normal light that does give off some heat; my room is usually kept extremely toasty though.

Okay, well, heat lamps are bad. They do benefit from some heat, but a space heater or infrared bulb tend to be better.

Was the substrate kept moist? What was the substrate that you used?

 

[cinnacinnasean]

@NYAN the substrate was kept moist but not soggy or overly damp to the touch; i used regular potting soil with no ferts added

 

[Bob Lee]

i regret posting here everybody thinks my pet dying is funny ive been crying since last night

It's not the dead scorpion we think is funny. It's your reaction

 

[Bob Lee]

it's a normal light that does give off some heat

Ceramic heat lamps would be better because they only release heat but not light, insects generally don't appreciate a huge ball of light right above them.

 

[cinnacinnasean]

@Bob Lee i still don't really think it's funny to laugh at a 17 year old's reaction to people putting "funny" on their thread because of the idea that it was just a molt, despite not being a molt, and being squishy and dead.

 

[NYAN]

@NYAN the substrate was kept moist but not soggy or overly damp to the touch; i used regular potting soil with no ferts added

That sounds correct. It is possible that it wasn’t wild caught and died from something out of your control.

 

[Bob Lee]

Take a picture of the scorpion

 

[cinnacinnasean]

@NYAN i'm just upset because i found her limp and floppy with a little bubble of water right on top of her head, where her top facing eyes are, and i dont know what happened.

 

[cinnacinnasean]

@Bob Lee