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title: "I fed my Venus flytrap a big fly and it was about a week before my…"
description: "I fed my Venus flytrap a big fly and it was about a week before my Venus flytrap opened like this. It’s been only half open like this for 4 days. The trigger…"
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author: "Samuel"
published: "2024-05-24T06:46:08.655791Z"
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# I fed my Venus flytrap a big fly and it was about a week before my…

_Posted by Samuel on 2024-05-24_

I fed my Venus flytrap a big fly and it was about a week before my Venus flytrap opened like this. It’s been only half open like this for 4 days. The trigger hairs don’t work to close it again. What should I do

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## 3 comments

### DanishGramma commented on 2024-05-25

It’s ok to leave it alone, this sort of thing happens in the wild and it’s fine. Flytraps are pretty resilient and can live without a trap working right. They don’t digest the exoskeleton either so it’s normal to still see it in there. 😊

### F. T. Scruggs commented on 2026-03-04

My Venus Flytrap mouths closed after eating some small annoying gnats. They used to hover around the other plants but I suppose Vinny has solved that problem

#### F. T. Scruggs replied on 2026-03-04

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