Dead vinegaroon

[chuck]

my 1" (w/o tail) giant vinegaroon died. found it in a shallow water bowl with a puncture wound in its side.
i'll try to attach the pic

 

[Cooper]

That sucks, did he drown?

 

[8 leg wonder]

Do know the cause of death, the puncture wound could have been made by a criket after it died. Anyhow, I send my condolences, sorry about your loss

 

[chuck]

there were no crickets in the tank when it died. there were 2 sow bugs in there tho. i'm guessing it did drown, but in the year or more that i had it it never drowned b4. could the sow bugs have attacked it, if there wasn't any food in the tank?

 

[Stardust]

so sorry for ur lost...

 

[chuck]

so sorry for ur lost...

thanks for the smile?

well im going to the show today. lose one pet, gain room for another.

 

[Goliath]

Sorry to hear about your loss, they are great inverts and it is a loss to lose one.
Mike

 

[Fergrim]

The following article discusses a similar type of vinegaroon death. Maybe it could help ya..


http://www.key-net.net/users/swb/pet_arthropod/index.htm

 

[chuck]

yea, she was FAT and i do have a piece of cork that sticks out of the substrate and goes into the air at an angle. perhaps she fell off and burst, and walked to the water bowl?

 

[Fergrim]

yeah, apparently overeating is a popular cause of death for them..

Poor little things.. I might want one, they seem cute..

 

[chuck]

she didnt pop from eating, she hasnt eaten in months. she was just more fragile b/c of the weight.

 

[Fergrim]

ah, sorry for my noobishness.

 

[chuck]

ah, sorry for my noobishness.

its not your fault.....youre from jersey ;P
you were right, the weight did play a part in its popping