Dead Charlotte

[snailrind]

My beloved Chilean rose tarantula has died. I feel as though part of my identity has gone with her. I have had her since not long after I left home. I have had her for longer than I was with Gothly. I thought I would have her for longer still--I kept her so carefully. She was fourteen years old.

The other day, I was sitting in my room feeding a blob

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[snailrind]

I am so pleased you think so. I always thought she was beautiful.

I'm still trying to figure out where to put her now she's dead. I don't want to bury her, but thought I might leave her in a hole in a tree or something.

Charlotte & her world-wide web

[anonymous]

*Prays that LJ finally lets me post direct*

Oh, Snaily, poor you. And poor her, if it was vile poisonous human-made chemicals that did it. But we will never know, post mortems on spiders probably don't exist & "knowing" for sure that your friend died because of unthinking carelessness won't help.

My dearly beloved deaf dalmation puppy died on Christmas Eve some years back; probably through poison; nobody who hasn't had this happen can imagine how you feel.

The only tiny crumb of consolation is that, yes, she had a far better life with you than she would be likely to have had & we all have to die.

You were very kind to Erik...i don't think i would have been able to do that.

Terri. xxx

Re: Charlotte & her world-wide web

[anonymous]

Ye gods, it posted!

As to her body, if you put it somewhere cold but dry, she will probably naturally mummify, like the lizards Yoda used to bring me; keep her in a covered but porous box though, you don't want flies etc. Then, once that stage is through, you could make a sort of cheesebox thing, a lovely environment like the places she liked best...this may seem either gruesome or an act of rememberance; i don't know.

I obviously couldn't do that for Meg, but i did make a box in her memory with a china Dally, wept like hell whilst doing so, but i am glad now i did. If you like the idea,but couldn't actually handle doing it yourself; i would do it for you (& her!)

Terri xxx

Re: Charlotte & her world-wide web

[snailrind]

Ah, thanks for the info, Terri. I'll give that a go. Why must the box be porous, though?

Re: Charlotte & her world-wide web

[snailrind]

Erik didn't set out to kill my pets, and was very nice to me. He was only trying to kill flies--and while I personally disapprove of fly killing, I also appreciate that not everyone thinks like a vegetarian animal freak, and it is his home too.

[anonymous]

I suppose she'd be too big for coating with gold for scanning electron microscopy? (Or is that too cold a fate for a beloved pet?)

There were some interesting trees in the photoes you took near the Llanfairpwg church. Do any of them seem likely to you?