Jaywo
Well-known member
Oh man, I have never seen that. I hope she gets better.
She seems about the same today. The almost black dark purple color of her left eye really worries me but so far it hasn't developed necrosis (that I can see) and the amount of swelling hasn't changed in several days. I've been trying to test her level of vision which is hard to do even when they have perfect eyesight but she does notice when I'm bringing the spoon close to her vs my empty hand. She kind of perks up when she sees the spoon because she has come to associate it with food. Maybe the fact that the spoon is shiny & reflects light allows her to be able to identify it using her simple eyes.@Predatorhousepet hopefully you continue seeing improvement.
I've only lost a male one time so far. I do care deeply for each individual I keep, but I didn't even blink at his horrible death, as I had 4 males to the one female. Had I lost the lone female instead of the male, id have gone mental. LOL! Funny how my focus has shifted from the individual, to the species in culture.Breeding them results in tons of deaths and I've gotten used to it happening I guess but I still try to save them when there's any sort of chance they'll make it.
I was mainly referring to all the deaths after hatching an ooth rather than males getting eaten. I've come to expect losses of roughly 25% to 50% of the hatchlings, some from exhaustion, some because they won't eat, some from mismolts, some from cannibalism, some from unknown causes, even a few escapes but certain species have better hatchling survival rates than others. The worst % loss I ever had was from a Tenodera sinensis ooth (given to me for free)...lost 60% within 24 hours but only 10 made it to adulthood out of over 200!I've only lost a male one time so far. I do care deeply for each individual I keep, but I didn't even blink at his horrible death, as I had 4 males to the one female. Had I lost the lone female instead of the male, id have gone mental. LOL! Funny how my focus has shifted from the individual, to the species in culture.
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