Cut Gigs are back

[God.]

Hello everyone,

no pics but I saw some potential gigs for sale last week and ordered in 2. my suspicions paid off and received two blue gigs. Sadly they had both been manually separated.

I don't understand how any still thinks splitting a haddoni or gigantea is acceptable.

I maybe in the dark on this, but the last time I checked every attempt at this feat has ended in failure. maybe they live for 1-5 months, but I've never heard of longer than a year of life after.

Keep an eye out for these because I do not know if it's this local Midwest wholesalers doing it or if it is being done over seas. If you run into any of these split gigs, feel free to PM me.

I would like to get to the bottom of this once and for all to save these animal from a certain untimely death.

 

[D-Nak]

We definitely need to see photos. We can judge by the cuts how long ago it was done. In my research about this, I learned that this may have occurred overseas in the past, but they're savvy enough to know now that it doesn't make sense (at least through one exporter).

 

[OrionN]

I think there are occasional survival. D-Nak, was it yours Gig that may have been cut?

 

[God.]

Unfortunately both the gigs are now piles of blue goo, I fear pics do no justice. I'll see what I can find.

 

[D-Nak]

I think there are occasional survival. D-Nak, was it yours Gig that may have been cut?

Yes, I was one of the people who received what appeared to be a cut gig. As I mentioned in my original thread, I can't confirm that it was actually cut, it only had scar tissue and the shape of what appeared to be a cut that was healing. It may have been a sloppy collector who used a sharp object to remove the gig from the rock it was on the wild, which inadvertently cut it. Or a rock may have fallen on it, which sliced it open. I have yet to see a photo of a gig that was freshly cut bilaterally.

Here's a photo of the cut/scar site:

And here's what it looks like as of 5 minutes ago:

What's interesting is that it's still not a round shape of a typical gig. It's more of an oval, where the left side is circular, and the right side (where the cut was, is flatter). Imagine a flat tire, where the flattened part of the tire is located is where the cut was on the nem.

God: Can you give us some background on your gigs? What condition were they in when you received them? How long did you have them? Did you try to treat them? What symptoms were they showing? Any information you can provide would be helpful. The reason I want to see photos -- specifically of the cut site -- is to compare them to my gig. I'm curious to know how fresh the cuts appeared to be. If fresh, since we know gigs don't travel well, we can most likely assume that the cuts were made after import. If old, it doesn't tell us much, but could give us insight on how it was done and the affect it had.