Eating itself?

Eating itself?#138578

By guinea pig -  Sat Apr 14, 2012 3:51 pm
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- Sat Apr 14, 2012 3:51 pm #138578

Hello,
I just bought a new plant and one of the traps has grabbed another trap. Is this normal? and if it isn't normal what do i do?
Thanks

Re: Eating itself?#138581

By FlyTrapper1392 -  Sat Apr 14, 2012 4:03 pm
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- Sat Apr 14, 2012 4:03 pm #138581

Don't worry about it. just try to pull the traps apart from each other. The worst case scenario is the one trap will die, but the plant will be fine. If you can't separate them, then I would cut of the trap that was eaten. No matter what, the plant is fine.

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Re: Eating itself?#138606

By dantt99 -  Sat Apr 14, 2012 5:55 pm
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- Sat Apr 14, 2012 5:55 pm #138606

Haha cannibal flytrap! I have had that happen with no ill effects except a trap's death...

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Re: Eating itself?#138617

By 95slvrZ28 -  Sat Apr 14, 2012 6:39 pm
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- Sat Apr 14, 2012 6:39 pm #138617

One of my Czech Giant's decided to grow 3 or 4 traps inside of existing traps. The way I look at it, nobody is there to peel traps apart from one another in the wild, so I probably shouldn't worry about it.

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