My scorpion died today and I have absolutely no idea why. He's been refusing to eat for a few weeks now. The pet shop said it was probably due to the winter or molting. Is it possible that he had an internal parasite or something? Any ideas would be appreciated, as im baffled.
2006-12-19 11:14:55 · 18 answers · asked by StrongBoy 1 in Pets ➔ Reptiles
Stress is the main cause in my opinion. They use to commit suicide. Or it was very old...
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2006-12-19 15:10:16 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 10⤊ 0⤋
Firstly Spiders are creatures that has a life in the wild. The different nature brought by by people into the spider causes itself to have discomfort. It may feel unsafe and may have died out of so called "suicide". It realeses this venom from one of its glands and secetes it into its digestive region. This is the cause for not eating for a few days. Once the venom reaches its peak, it then sort of like acidify the digestive region and burns everythin inside, and eventually it dies. This process of dieing may take some times. It's all on the type of the spider. Different types of spider has different period.
2006-12-19 12:05:50 · answer #2 · answered by Dudeee 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How can you be baffled? The pet shop gave you two very likely explanatons. Not to mention refusing to eat= starvation, giving you a third option.
2006-12-19 11:23:50 · answer #3 · answered by Kiss My Shaz 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you one hundred% particular he develop into in effortless words 6 months previous? If he develop into, he may've been about a million.5 to 2 inches lengthy.. If he develop into finished length, then he wasn't 6 months previous.. a large number of human beings that purchase them at puppy shops purchase the biggest ones, yet, they in effortless words stay by skill of i believe it truly is 7 molts? So, when they end their very last molt, they in effortless words stay for a pair years after. regrettably, some human beings will promote previous grownup ones to puppy shops to resell to the unsuspecting public, so, if yours develop into over 6 inches, he ought to've been elderly. they many times stay about 5-8 years in captivity with shorter lifestyles spans contained in the wild.. There are all sorts of different issues that ought to've lengthy gone incorrect in spite of the undeniable fact that and there has yet to be a lot study on disease in scorpions. they look somewhat more beneficial immune to parasite infestation then say a tarantula, yet, some type of infestation ought to've got here about from prey animals. those are nevertheless in many cases bought as wild stuck ones, so it ought to've already been infested earlier you get carry of it..
2016-11-27 20:57:31 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sometimes the pet shop owners dont know themselves how old some creatures are like my zebra knee tarantuls, so perhaps it was just old, or just died froma very natural cause such as heart attack or blood clot!?!?!?!? i'm sorry for youre loss though!
2006-12-20 00:42:12 · answer #5 · answered by adams girl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is really no way to be sure, if it stopped eating it could have died from that or because it stopped drinking. Ours died when it stopped drinking and there just isn't much you can do about it. Treatment just isn't possible.
2006-12-19 11:16:59 · answer #6 · answered by Proud to be APBT 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
sorry but i have no ideal .maybe the shop was no good in advice.you would have been better going to a vet.before it was to late.sorry about your scorpion
2006-12-20 00:58:42 · answer #7 · answered by stephen eblue eyes 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
stress i had a scorpion once it didn't take well to it new enclosure and it died
2006-12-19 19:41:22 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
uy, no, sorry to hear that. but possibly scorpions life expectancy is not very long.
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2006-12-19 11:17:16 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
maybe ur scorpion didnt like his home or was just sick
2006-12-23 10:22:09 · answer #10 · answered by YOSE C 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋