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Strange Death
Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2016 6:13 pm
by soilentgringa
Well...discovered a dead crab with dropped limbs under a plant while doing weekly tank maintenance. Abdomen was being eaten by small white worms. They appeared to be some sort of maggot.
No evidence of attack. All limbs were right next to the crab and the crab itself was very stiff.
Strange.
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Strange Death
Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2016 7:33 pm
by cap7
So sorry, i hate the fact that we don't always know what causes sudden death in these crabs.
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Re: Strange Death
Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2016 7:14 am
by KayedeeLove<3
?!?! Omg im so sorry soilentgringa!! I hope you get to the bottom of this!
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Re: Strange Death
Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2016 8:58 am
by aussieJJDude
Any ID of the said worms? Maybe if we could find the species (or at least, genus) of the worms we could work backwards from there? Hows the tank conditions going? And (roughly) how long have you had the said crab?
(even though it may be trivial, fill out the emergency help template?)
Re: Strange Death
Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2016 12:18 pm
by soilentgringa
I'll post a pic later.
My tanks have been stable for a long time, everything is on point, nothing new added, nothing different as far as food, etc.
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Re: Strange Death
Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2016 12:35 am
by shanedaman112
That's really weird.. I had tiny white worms once crawling on the walls around my sw dish.
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Re: Strange Death
Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2016 12:50 am
by soilentgringa
shanedaman112 wrote:That's really weird.. I had tiny white worms once crawling on the walls around my sw dish.
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These are short and fat like rice grains. The long skinny ones are nematodes. I keep meaning to take a pic but have been crazy busy.
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Re: Strange Death
Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2016 11:57 am
by CallaLily
Fly larvae? Not the cause of death, just a clean up crew. Sorry for your loss.
Re: Strange Death
Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2016 3:47 pm
by JDL_1104
Not to be weird... You all know waaay more about hermies than me. I'm just throwing this out there. Did the hermies have any poo to eat? Maybe fleas got in the tank somehow & the little guy ate the larve or something? I believe I remember you said you have other animals, even though you don't need them for even 1 flea obviously.
The description just reminded me of when I rescued my poor kitty. She had white rice like worms near her rear and she had no fur on her tummy, bum & half her tail (we called her Princess Bald Butt). Come to find out, she was extremely allergic to fleas & the worms were from the fleas. She's all good now! Almost 10 years old... Furry... Fat... And happy!
Anywho, I'm really sorry for your loss. That is a very odd thing. Hope everyone else is OK. I'm curious to hear if you guys figure out what the heck happened & what the worms are.
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Re: Strange Death
Posted: Sat Aug 20, 2016 1:53 pm
by mool
JDL_1104 wrote:
The description just reminded me of when I rescued my poor kitty. She had white rice like worms near her rear and she had no fur on her tummy, bum & half her tail (we called her Princess Bald Butt). Come to find out, she was extremely allergic to fleas & the worms were from the fleas. She's all good now! Almost 10 years old... Furry... Fat... And happy!
You are describing tape worm segments.