EmotionSick
Arachnopeon
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- May 3, 2024
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My H arizonensis has been in the same position in one of its shallower burrows for about three days now, tail straight out and flat on the ground. It’s still a juvenile so I thought maybe it’s in pre-molt but I’ve heard how notorious this species is for dying in molt. I haven’t tried to stimulate it because I know messing with them in molt can kill them but I feel like it’s been a while of no activity. It hasn’t shriveled or started to decay at all though and I can’t smell any kind of dead animal smell but it is slightly buried so I don’t know if I would be able to smell anything. I bumped humidity a bit to try and help if it is having trouble molting but am hesitant to put a lot of moisture in the tank at the risk of doing more harm than good with their susceptibility to mycosis. I wish I had gotten a picture to put here before I left to work.
It wasn’t acting lethargic or strange before this. In fact it was pretty active at night and had eaten a cricket literally the day before I found it like this, so I don’t know what else it could have been to cause it to suddenly die. I am new to keeping scorpions so is there any advice at this point? Anything I should do or even could do?
It wasn’t acting lethargic or strange before this. In fact it was pretty active at night and had eaten a cricket literally the day before I found it like this, so I don’t know what else it could have been to cause it to suddenly die. I am new to keeping scorpions so is there any advice at this point? Anything I should do or even could do?
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