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- Jan 17, 2003
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Monday morning I discovered tragedy had hit my home.We lost our ferrets,gerbils and treefrogs, but at least all furry creatures and humans are alive. I never purchased a carbon monoxide detector, but upon discovering all the deaths that morning, I opened all the windows in my house, and shut off the furnace,went out and bought one.When i plugged it in, it registered at 693. Human death can occur in forty minutes at 800.
The tarantula was/is alive. *whew!* It turns out, after gas company inspection that we have a murderous mouse in the house (my cats are fired) who built a nest in the pipe that runs from the bottom of the furnace up and out through the roof. This blocked the intake?/output? and my house was filling up with CO.
To make this tarantula related, the g. pulchra is fine, and has no signs of anything wrong..but last night (wednesday)when i looked in on her, she was laying FLAT.
Other than to give me a heart attack, what is the point of that behavior? She looked like someone had squished her down..completely flat, legs stretched out. She is fine now, prowling around her enclosure.
The tarantula was/is alive. *whew!* It turns out, after gas company inspection that we have a murderous mouse in the house (my cats are fired) who built a nest in the pipe that runs from the bottom of the furnace up and out through the roof. This blocked the intake?/output? and my house was filling up with CO.
To make this tarantula related, the g. pulchra is fine, and has no signs of anything wrong..but last night (wednesday)when i looked in on her, she was laying FLAT.
Other than to give me a heart attack, what is the point of that behavior? She looked like someone had squished her down..completely flat, legs stretched out. She is fine now, prowling around her enclosure.