help! my poor millipede might be dead

roaches17

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so my millipede, sligo, is curled up and not moving whatsoever I tried giving him gentle pets and his legs didn't even move whats so ever and his antenna are stuck to his head :( so I have two questions 1. is he dead? // also my dad says hes going to get a bowl of water , put him in it and see if there are air bubbles ,2. is that safe?
tempImagejEozhJ.jpg an old photo of my baby
 

fcat

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Sorry to hear about your friend. Any updates?
 

sparticus

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I wouldn't put it under water. If you wait and there continues to be no movement and no response to stimuli, plus it starts to smell, you can be certain it has passed. From what I've read they tend to go limp when dead, not curled. I would continue to monitor and you'll know one way or another.
 

Glorfindel

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a more recent photo might help to figure out whats going on, hope he pulls through alright.
 
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