RIP Ophelia

[mistressofmuses]

Ophelia (my black widow) died. :(

It was very sudden, and I'm not completely sure what happened. There was some discoloration around her abdomen, and I wonder if she may have had a bad molt. I'm not sure that's what happened... it just seemed very sudden. She'd eaten a couple weeks ago, and was still a good size. She had water available. Nothing had changed in her habitat. She was fine one day and down on the ground the next.

Typically they live 1-3 years (sometimes up to 4 in captivity.) We don't know how old she was, but I wouldn't have guessed that old.

She was really interesting to watch, and I feel bad if there was something wrong about her care or habitat that caused her to die. Or perhaps it was something unavoidable. I'm just not sure.

Comments

[umadoshi]

:( I'm sorry she's gone.

[mistressofmuses]

Thank you, me too.

[spikedluv]

Aww, I'm sorry. *hugs*

[mistressofmuses]

Thank you. *hug*

[omens]

<3 RIP Ophelia :(

[mistressofmuses]

Definitely bummed. :( Thank you.

[cosmicjellyfish]

I’m sorry. *hugs offered*

[mistressofmuses]

Thank you. *hugs*

[scarlipswolfwife]

Awwwwww. Hon, I'm so sorry. That's sucky that she passed, especially since she was so well-cared for. Maybe she was older, and you provided her the very best in old age homes before she slipped quietly into the afterlife.

[mistressofmuses]

Yeah, definitely a bummer. :( And we don't know what happened... it very well could have been that this was a retirement home for her, ha. I hope she had a good last few months - she seemed to like the crickets raining from the sky periodically.

[re_vised]

I'm so sorry to hear this! My uncle had a black widow for a while. They are really interesting spiders.

[mistressofmuses]

Thank you. Yeah, definitely bummed: she was really interesting and fun to watch.