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or should I just go ahead and euthanize it?
My E. trigonopodus "Toby" was acting strange all yesterday evening/night...crawling around it's tank trying to climb out. Never does that...not for hours on end anyway. Well, I didn't think much of it until I noticed it starting to twitch it's tail end a bit but I didn't really know what for. It was lying on the substrate this morning before work which it does sometimes so I thought nothing of it. When I got home from work...same thing which had me concerned. Just now I checked it again and it was upside down not even moving unless I touched it.
Upon closer examination I realized that three of it's body segments about 3/5 of the way towards the tail end were swollen more than the others (was more evident when looking at the underside). I think it must have an impacted digestive system...is there ANY hope of it recovering or should I put it out of it's misery by putting it in the freezer now? Dammit![Frown :( :(](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
My E. trigonopodus "Toby" was acting strange all yesterday evening/night...crawling around it's tank trying to climb out. Never does that...not for hours on end anyway. Well, I didn't think much of it until I noticed it starting to twitch it's tail end a bit but I didn't really know what for. It was lying on the substrate this morning before work which it does sometimes so I thought nothing of it. When I got home from work...same thing which had me concerned. Just now I checked it again and it was upside down not even moving unless I touched it.
Upon closer examination I realized that three of it's body segments about 3/5 of the way towards the tail end were swollen more than the others (was more evident when looking at the underside). I think it must have an impacted digestive system...is there ANY hope of it recovering or should I put it out of it's misery by putting it in the freezer now? Dammit