I'm very sorry you lost your TOKAY. It's very hard to say what caused it's early demise; other than captivity is not a normal thing. Even captive bred ones can get infected.

I keep mine in a 55 gallon tank. But even so it could die like yours (and it was hatched as an egg and I bought it newborn). I had it about 2 years now. Tame, yes-but I only let it on me if it wants to go on me. (She jumps on me only sometimes otherwise I won't hold it).

My TOKAY is heafty sized--I think I feed it too much. Yeah it could die young.

I'm sorry your died and I know you did what you could and I know you gave it a good home.

Maybe some are just BORN WEAK. I keep tarantulas, and sometiems you get one that lives for years and years (I had one live 16 years), but when you buy a tiny tarantula sometiems you get a weak one and it won't make it to adult. NO fault of yours--it was just BORN WEAK.

NORMALLY in the wild, like most wild animals, they simply die of disease or preditors--those fully sized ones in the wild, for each fully grown adult represents perhaps several hundred that died.

Or maybe Tokays just aren't really suitable for captivity.

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