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Lost my 2nd smallest scorp today.
I was asleep when my wife runs in an tells me she thinks Golith(Now know as the B*tch) was munching on one of the scorps. They've lived together with NO skirmishes what-so-ever for better than a month. I told her they are probably just courting but to make sure I go and check. Sure enough Golith was attempting to eat her. I've always known Golith was exceptionally strong(See Video) but today she proved it again. Golith had Afri by chelicercae. The amazing part was Afri was being held sideways and completely off the ground. As I said Afri is my second smallest scorp but she is by no means small! I poked and prodded Golith so she'd release her and finally she did. Afri was notably stressed and had a broken chelicercae. I placed her in a container of her own in a warm, dark place and waited. There was no other visible damage to her so I assume she died from a sting. I thought it best to separate Golith from the other 2 since my newest emp, Baby is very small! I placed a piece of cardboard in the middle of the tank thereby dividing it up into two 10 gal sections. Little did I know Golith's rampage wasn't over!
As I watched a movie latter that night I heard an odd scratching sound. When I checked on the tank I found Golith hanging half out of the glass top. She had used the cardboard to try and escape. Needless to say, my wife was VERY unhappy about this. I've tried my best to partition the tank in a way that won't interfere with opening, closing, and cleaning and that won't give her a method to climb out. This is much harder than it sounds.
I'm not sure why this happened. I've ALWAYS overfeed Golith so I don't think it's because she was hungry and if she was she could have gone for the smaller scorp. I'm not ENTIRELY upset at the end of all of this. As mad as I am at Golith I can't help but be impressed and maybe even a bit proud of what a predator she is. So it looks like she's going to be taken out of general population and get her own private cell. Live and learn I guess...
For those wishing to pay last respects to Afri she can be found here.
And here is a picture of all of them together, just days before the crime!
I was asleep when my wife runs in an tells me she thinks Golith(Now know as the B*tch) was munching on one of the scorps. They've lived together with NO skirmishes what-so-ever for better than a month. I told her they are probably just courting but to make sure I go and check. Sure enough Golith was attempting to eat her. I've always known Golith was exceptionally strong(See Video) but today she proved it again. Golith had Afri by chelicercae. The amazing part was Afri was being held sideways and completely off the ground. As I said Afri is my second smallest scorp but she is by no means small! I poked and prodded Golith so she'd release her and finally she did. Afri was notably stressed and had a broken chelicercae. I placed her in a container of her own in a warm, dark place and waited. There was no other visible damage to her so I assume she died from a sting. I thought it best to separate Golith from the other 2 since my newest emp, Baby is very small! I placed a piece of cardboard in the middle of the tank thereby dividing it up into two 10 gal sections. Little did I know Golith's rampage wasn't over!
As I watched a movie latter that night I heard an odd scratching sound. When I checked on the tank I found Golith hanging half out of the glass top. She had used the cardboard to try and escape. Needless to say, my wife was VERY unhappy about this. I've tried my best to partition the tank in a way that won't interfere with opening, closing, and cleaning and that won't give her a method to climb out. This is much harder than it sounds.
I'm not sure why this happened. I've ALWAYS overfeed Golith so I don't think it's because she was hungry and if she was she could have gone for the smaller scorp. I'm not ENTIRELY upset at the end of all of this. As mad as I am at Golith I can't help but be impressed and maybe even a bit proud of what a predator she is. So it looks like she's going to be taken out of general population and get her own private cell. Live and learn I guess...
For those wishing to pay last respects to Afri she can be found here.
And here is a picture of all of them together, just days before the crime!