Watched it happen!

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Postby Trayton » Tue Mar 04, 2008 10:25 pm

Long story short,this evening i watched my beautiful Homopholis wahlbergii die...thats him as my avatar...he was super healthy so i'm stumped as to why it happened.

Our first photo shoot...amazing eyes.
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Sorry about this poor quality pic but this is him smashing a roach...the force that these things hit prey items with is mind blowing!
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Took this pic this evening after he had died.
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Sadly he is now in my freezer,waste not want not,Dna samples wwill be taken and or used for feeding something bigger than himself...he will be missed.
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Postby Michelle » Wed Mar 05, 2008 12:09 am

So sorry Trayton. That is really sad.
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Postby gino » Wed Mar 05, 2008 12:49 am

Damn sorry man, if you dont mind me asking, what exacly happened???
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Postby ylangylang » Wed Mar 05, 2008 7:50 am

Shaim...I'm sorry for you loss
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Postby Nasicornis » Wed Mar 05, 2008 8:28 am

Strongs to you. That really bites hard.
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Postby Bushbaby » Wed Mar 05, 2008 8:33 am

Sorry to hear that. I had the pleasure of catching one last time I was in Natal. They are amazing creatures.
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Postby froot » Wed Mar 05, 2008 9:19 am

Sorry to hear that Trayton, they are wonderful geckos.
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Postby JVG » Wed Mar 05, 2008 9:41 am

Ag no… so sorry to hear of your loss Trayton…
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Postby Bjorn » Wed Mar 05, 2008 1:49 pm

sorry for your loss. Those do look like awsome gex.
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Postby Pythonodipsas » Wed Mar 05, 2008 5:43 pm

So sorry to hear that Trayton. That was such a nice animal. I hate it when an animal dies for no apparent reason. Recently I had it with a large 'healthy' female coral snake.
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Postby Trayton » Wed Mar 05, 2008 8:33 pm

I hate it when an animal dies for no apparent reason. Recently I had it with a large 'healthy' female coral snake.


Thanks Craig, like Rob says,feels cr@p tp take an animal out of the wild just to have it die in your cage :cry: .

Damn sorry man, if you dont mind me asking, what exacly happened???


I have no idea...i was feeding my roaches next to their cage as i always do,and as always i threw a couple in for them,i thought i saw him come out to have a look but having another look he was shaking his head from side to side.

I picked him up and he stopped,when i turned him over he started again shaking his head from side to side,openeing his mouth every now and then...the nerves in his tail were going ballistic and eventually he gave up the ghost.
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Postby Pythonodipsas » Wed Mar 05, 2008 9:16 pm

Where do you get your roaches? If they were wild maybe they had some residue of insecticide?
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Postby Rob » Wed Mar 05, 2008 11:03 pm

He breeds them in his bedroom. The Madagascan Hissers.
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Postby cornsnake » Thu Mar 06, 2008 6:25 pm

sorry to here that . he was realy pretty .
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Postby Trayton » Mon Mar 10, 2008 10:32 am

Where do you get your roaches? If they were wild maybe they had some residue of insecticide?


Craig as Rob said i breed my own but i was feeding them Madiera roaches not the hissers.
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