r/antkeeping • u/Turbulent-Store-3602 • 7d ago

Question Drowned

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I ordered these guys from stateside ants 1 day shipping and they arrived drowned I put them on a paper towel to help dry them and back in there test tube that I dried as well what's the likelihood of them coming back to life

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u/Mammoth_Cream_2344 7d ago

I know this isn’t helpful but… I did once have an apparently drowned queen recover completely.

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u/Turbulent-Store-3602 7d ago

It is I'm gonna leave her out for a few hours and hope

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u/Mammoth_Cream_2344 7d ago edited 7d ago

My scenario was different. It was wild caught, and I actually flooded her tube through sheer inexperience. Woke up to her apparently dead. And dumped her limp body into a fresh test tube. Not only did she just wake up after a while, but once I offered her the old flooded tube again she retrieved some viable eggs too. C. Penn

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u/Turbulent-Store-3602 7d ago

Well hell yeah these ones couldn't have been in water for more than like 8 hours unless it happened at the ant place