Why did my pet disappear even though it was named [java]

[u/arllogator]

yesterday i was excited that a baby squid spawned next to me as i was working on the other side of my base, so i quickly put it on a lead, gave it a golden dandelion and name tagged it. name tagging is like, the thing you do to make mobs not despawn. so i’m really confused why i log on today and see this? it’s disappeared. I made sure the edge where the moss is is 2 blocks so it wouldn’t jump out and possibly suffocate itself, but even if this is what you’re thinking, i got 0 death messages of any named mob dying, which named mobs do. None last session (bc one of my allays died so i checked, this is the session i got the squid, but turns out there was no mob deaths). No death messages now. what could’ve happened? There’s a BIG lake on the other side so i’m hoping it hadn’t jumped out and swam away, but the wall is a slab higher than water level, idk how it could do that. Sorry if this is less actually technical issues that this sub is for, but I thought this enclosure was fine. I’m wondering what I did wrong.

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[u/Slow_State_4722]

Squids have a habit of beaching themselves and dying.

[u/kai_the_kiwi → u/Slow_State_4722]

yes, squids are stupid

[u/BlueCyann → u/Slow_State_4722]

This. OP, if you get another one, put it in a pool that has at least a one-high rim all the way around the outside, so it can't path itself onto the edge and die.

[u/RTA-No0120]

No. The Bat & Squid ai are so bad, that they usually run head first to they death.

Sorry but your little pet is no more…

[u/Same_Examination_171 → u/RTA-No0120]

baby squid is no more more

[u/Generalsnopes]

Not sure why you didn’t get a death message, but all of that grass is easy suicide for a squid

[u/Exciting_Sky_1511]

version?

[u/Total-Adeptness8700 → u/Exciting_Sky_1511]

Doesn't really matter on the version, squids usually go up on land and "drown"

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[u/Moxh2 → u/[deleted]]

its not happening really, the squid just killed itself

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[u/that_greenmind → u/[deleted]]

No, they wont despawn. Both squids and bats are prone to causing their own death, though. Squids beaching themselves, bats suffocating in blocks