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Post by crucify on Jan 19, 2014 12:59:47 GMT
Or will be soon, that is. I heard her hissing weakly in the spare tank, she was flipped on her back in the bottom of a plant pot.. again with no feet. I really don't know what's destroying their feet, but this is the second time and there's nobody else in the tank other than springtails/woodlice and flies. I put her in an airtight container in a cold room, she's going to die by the end of the day regardless of what we do and she's completely disabled, so I thought it'd be kindest to just put her to sleep. There's nothing else we can do for her and forcing her to stay alive struggling and wiggling in a ball would just be cruel. I wish I knew what caused it, I thought it was a one-off incident, not something that would happen again.
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Post by malacophile on Jan 19, 2014 14:45:21 GMT
Poor hisser! Could it have been the woodlice, perhaps? I've seen them go to town on some unusual things before. Also, do you have a picture of said damage?
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Zorst
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Post by Zorst on Jan 19, 2014 16:53:21 GMT
Sorry to hear about yr hisser.
Zorst
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Post by crucify on Jan 20, 2014 0:11:04 GMT
Woodlice can do that? That's kinda terrifying.
I don't have any pictures right now, but I can get them both out and take a photo of their condition. I'm preserving them as soon as possible to display their strange fates and possibly learn more about what happened.
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Post by Zorst on Jan 20, 2014 10:02:30 GMT
I'll keep that in mind re the woodlice, I had some in the snails tanks but ended up with a population explosion of them so released them when I cleaned out all the tanks. I haven't put any back in so I think I'll leave them out in future just in case they turn on the slimmers.
Zorst
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