Scorpion Euthanasia

[itsdeer]

Something went wrong during the molting process. She came out with many deformed limbs. She can barely walk. Im very worried shes suffering and i dont want to prolong her death. Any methods of euthanasia that are painless? Im not sure on freezing, and I definitely wont crush her. Any help will do

 

[FrankiePinchinatti]

Sure it just can't walk because the limbs are still soft? It takes many hours after molting for the limbs to harden enough to walk around on. I wouldn't do anything drastic, just wait it out for a few hours and see how she's doing then.

 

[krbshappy71]

http://arachnoboards.com/threads/question-to-all-scorpion-owners.52387/
I'm sorry to hear it isn't doing well.

 

[Mordax8393]

For reptiles, freezing is not encouraged. Nor is beheading or carbon dioxide. Instead, liquid nitrogen, lethal injection, or crushing the head is considered most humane.

 

[snarf]

Cotton balls soaked in rubbing alcohol placed in a mason jar seems a relatively humane way to euthanize inverts sorry its messed up. How long ago did it molt they walk funky after a molt till they harden.

 

[darkness975]

Something went wrong during the molting process. She came out with many deformed limbs. She can barely walk. Im very worried shes suffering and i dont want to prolong her death. Any methods of euthanasia that are painless? Im not sure on freezing, and I definitely wont crush her. Any help will do

Pictures? Should confirm it is really that far gone before doing anything drastic.

 

[Tim Benzedrine]

Would it be crass to speculate what might constitute suffering with inverts?

 

[Dry Desert]

Something went wrong during the molting process. She came out with many deformed limbs. She can barely walk. Im very worried shes suffering and i dont want to prolong her death. Any methods of euthanasia that are painless? Im not sure on freezing, and I definitely wont crush her. Any help will do

It will be far less stressful for the scorpion if you just leave well alone , it may recover, if not it will come out into the open and curl up and pass on - its what would happen in the wild.