Omothymus schioedtei (malay earth tiger) juvie seemingly dying for no reason, that I can tell at least.

[Goldenyeetkako]

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I found them stuck to the branch, not moving for a whole day and looking stiff, resembling being dehydrated. The water bowl was full the day before and still had a bit left. I gently touched them with a brush and they responded veeery slowly and stiffly. I placed a wet piece of moss at their mouth and left them alone.
Following day they were on the ground and had moulted and I felt relieved.One and a half day later they still laid in the same spot, but with a bit of a curl. I wated a few more hours, let's say two days total after moulting, and gently placed a soaked tissue paper under their mouth, which it actually grasped onto, because I wanted to do as much with as little disturbance as possible. They are moving a bit now, but is still in a semi curl position, although a bit less. Is there hope? What could have gone wrong.They did lose two legs two moults ago when the lid of the previous container slipped and pinned them against a corner. But they moulted out very good and was eating good. It's summer here so nice and warm around 28 to 30 in my room, good humidity and ventilation, top as well. Ground might have been a bit too damp but not soaking or sweating against the plastic.

And how does the formatting work on this site holy hell sorry about that.

 

[viper69]

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I found them stuck to the branch, not moving for a whole day and looking stiff, resembling being dehydrated. The water bowl was full the day before and still had a bit left. I gently touched them with a brush and they responded veeery slowly and stiffly. I placed a wet piece of moss at their mouth and left them alone.
Following day they were on the ground and had moulted and I felt relieved.One and a half day later they still laid in the same spot, but with a bit of a curl. I wated a few more hours, let's say two days total after moulting, and gently placed a soaked tissue paper under their mouth, which it actually grasped onto, because I wanted to do as much with as little disturbance as possible. They are moving a bit now, but is still in a semi curl position, although a bit less. Is there hope? What could have gone wrong.They did lose two legs two moults ago when the lid of the previous container slipped and pinned them against a corner. But they moulted out very good and was eating good. It's summer here so nice and warm around 28 to 30 in my room, good humidity and ventilation, top as well. Ground might have been a bit too damp but not soaking or sweating against the plastic.

And how does the formatting work on this site holy hell sorry about that.

What formatting?

How’d a lid slip??

 

[Goldenyeetkako]

What formatting?

How’d a lid slip??

I moved the lid over to the side to fill up the water bowl and the corner slipped inside and landed precisely in the only corner the T was chilling, pinning two legs to the side. I do not know if it pinned the abdomen as well because it happened so fast, they were out of there in a second leaving two legs behind. It was horrible and I felt like crap. How likely is it that if it did touch the abdomen, that internal damage could only become a problem two moults later? Could it cause something like impaction?

 

[viper69]

I moved the lid over to the side to fill up the water bowl and the corner slipped inside and landed precisely in the only corner the T was chilling, pinning two legs to the side. I do not know if it pinned the abdomen as well because it happened so fast, they were out of there in a second leaving two legs behind. It was horrible and I felt like crap. How likely is it that if it did touch the abdomen, that internal damage could only become a problem two moults later? Could it cause something like impaction?

Depends on how hard you pressed down, and where. Their heart is dorsally located for example

 

[Goldenyeetkako]

Depends on how hard you pressed down, and where. Their heart is dorsally located for example

I see, thank you for sharing Mr Viper. It looks like they passed unfortunately. The accident probably happened around 5 to 6 months ago.