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Millipede injured/dying? very upset

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Posted by: likeastormagain at Sat Mar 13 21:41:04 2010  [ Report Abuse ] [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by likeastormagain ]  
   

I did a stupid thing the other day and let my sonoran millipede crawl on my lap; I got distracted and he fell on the floor. Now he has a kink in one spot on his body and in that area the gaps between his body segments are widerthan normal. He is also acting strangely; normally he buries himself under the substrate, but since this happened he has just been hanging on top of a peice of driftwood I have in the tank, and he doesnt want to move much. I'm wondering if an experienced millipede keeper can tell me if the kink will heal and go away, or if he is just probably going to die. I don't know if I'm supposed to euthanize him at the vet or what? I feel just terrible and I really think there's something really wrong. This happened two days ago and he has not shown any improvement since the incident. Knowledgable/intelligent replies only, please.


   

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