mstalcup
Arachnopeon
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- Oct 11, 2015
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A couple (or maybe three) out of my new brood of H. arizonensis is acting very strange. They are moving in a jerky, uncoordinated way sort of like something is stuck to their legs. They won't eat. They won't dig. All the others are doing fine. What's happening? Edit: I looked more carefully and it seems that only two are acting strange.
I'm wondering if it could be from chemical exposure, but I can't figure out how that could have happened. I'm wondering about the cleanness of the gravel I bought in the landscaping department at Home Depot. I used it as part of my false bottom strategy. The scorplings dug down to that bottom in no time and they were hauling up the pieces of gravel and placing them outside their burrows. I have the sand/excavator clay about three inches deep, which to me seemed like a good amount for such a tiny (2nd-instar) creature. Another thing I thought of is that a friend is dealing with a bedbug infestation and I may have had a trace amount of pesticides on my body, but I wouldn't just touch them without at least washing my hands. I'm hoping I can do something to help these two juvenile scorps. Up until the last week they were eating and behaving normally. I'm afraid they might be really sick.
I'm wondering if it could be from chemical exposure, but I can't figure out how that could have happened. I'm wondering about the cleanness of the gravel I bought in the landscaping department at Home Depot. I used it as part of my false bottom strategy. The scorplings dug down to that bottom in no time and they were hauling up the pieces of gravel and placing them outside their burrows. I have the sand/excavator clay about three inches deep, which to me seemed like a good amount for such a tiny (2nd-instar) creature. Another thing I thought of is that a friend is dealing with a bedbug infestation and I may have had a trace amount of pesticides on my body, but I wouldn't just touch them without at least washing my hands. I'm hoping I can do something to help these two juvenile scorps. Up until the last week they were eating and behaving normally. I'm afraid they might be really sick.
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