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Whelp, I had a hunch this was coming up. As I had written a couple of months ago, my G. rosea had been acting quite odd, often sitting in a death curl position, then suddenly "reviving" for a trip to the water dish. She did this constantly at least until New Year's Day. I've noticed that she had not budged at all for over a week now.
Finally went ahead and did the paintbrush test. She wasn't in a typical death curl, which had me doubting until this moment. No reaction when touched or prodded, completely limp and unresponsive :/ Sigh, that confirmed it for me. I'll definitely miss her, especially when she was often amongst the 1st of my quartet to catch her crickets. Boy, did she love those ! I've witnessed some great takedowns from her over the years. So I've owned her for 11+ years, being WC, I had no idea how old she could've been. She might've been at the end of a fairly long lifespan. Who knows ?
This sucks ! But at least she's at peace now, probably chowing down on all the crickets she'd want in T Heaven.
Rest well, Maggie. You'll be missed
Finally went ahead and did the paintbrush test. She wasn't in a typical death curl, which had me doubting until this moment. No reaction when touched or prodded, completely limp and unresponsive :/ Sigh, that confirmed it for me. I'll definitely miss her, especially when she was often amongst the 1st of my quartet to catch her crickets. Boy, did she love those ! I've witnessed some great takedowns from her over the years. So I've owned her for 11+ years, being WC, I had no idea how old she could've been. She might've been at the end of a fairly long lifespan. Who knows ?
This sucks ! But at least she's at peace now, probably chowing down on all the crickets she'd want in T Heaven.
Rest well, Maggie. You'll be missed
