I am crushed

I am so sorry to hear of your loss! I know it doesn't bring much comfort, but like Ed said - some animals just die - and we don't know why. Don't give up on your dreams though!

I'm so sorry to hear of your loss, darlin'. I will send you prayers.

That is so sad. I am very sorry to hear about your loss. :(

Losing a snake is never easy.

Bruce

Sorry to here about your spider. It's always painful to lose an animal. especially one you had high hopes for.:(

hugs!! it happens sometimes, hon. Don't give up on the bees - they haven't given up on you!

Not to be painfully morbid, and I'm sure it doesn't help right now, but it's perhaps better that this happened before you bred him anyway, if it was to happen at all: if it wasn't a husbandry issue, it could well have been genetic, and imagine how crushed you'd be to learn that the bees you worked so hard to make might be prone to similar problems...

He'll always have a place in your heart, but don't bury your dreams beside him.

I wish i had a ton of baby spiders - i'd send you one in a heartbeat. I'm so sorry :(

all that matters is that you loved this animal of God, you did all you could for him but this happens to the best of us
sorry for your loss....:tears:

That's so sad. Sorry for your loss. :tears:

Thank you all. I have decided not to try and replace him, for now. Heather has been great and offered to help me find another spider when I am ready. I have never had a snake die in my care. He was doing so well then just like that he was gone.

He was only 126g but I had him breeding (in my mind) several different females. The pastel female that I wanted to breed him to is only 400g now so she is not even ready to breed yet. The biggest thing is not that my breeding plan will be put back, but the shock of looking in his cage and finding him gone just like that. I am sorry to go on so. He was so beautiful. He enjoyed being handled. His name was spidy, and he will be sorely missed.

So sorry about your lose

I think i understand what you're saying. I hope you find peace soon. Losing animals is so, so hard.