im freaking out guys!!

hmm...i dont know how to put this...my Heterometrus has little white things that look like babies on her back...and well..im not setup for this at all....i need help guys...

Shes aggro, and very very thin...so just in case those were babies...I need a list of things i need to take care of these...

how little...
could be mites...

no...there kiddos..i saw them...there cute and all..but i have no clue what to do

just take em out tof the tank at about the middle of 2i when they have left mum and you can either seperate them into there own deli cups or put em all in a big tub
read connies "scorplings" thread... it should be the same with hetrometrus as it is with emps

just make sure humidity and temperature is at right level and let them come off her back. You cant go far wrong.

Personally i'd put them in separate containers when you take them out. that way stronger siblings wont take all the food and they all have equal chance of survival.

Huge mites she has on her back lol.

..so put them in small ziploc box containers with plantation soil\hide\water supply?
i think i counted like 8-9...but thats a rough count

I used to put a little substrate in , spray water at one end (they drink the droplets) and use milk bottle tops with a hole cut in them for hides for my slings. Make sure there are enough air holes in though, you dont want it to go stagnant in their little containers.

Keep it simple no need for decoration

one last question...is cannibalism big in these scorps?

Not really

Ok so one casualty should be the most she'll eat..hopefully

Just pretend you don't have a scorpion for a week or two . . . then, if you want, you can put the younguns in their own container.

Mine birthing today! I made a post *laughs*

As what I did in my scorpling thread. Im going to wait a few days after they are into 2I and off mums back and again I shall put them all into one big tank.
All together I have witnessed some many wonderful things *like hugging for protection and siblings protecting others when moulting*

Just ignore them for a week. cover them up and dont stress.

If she was to eat them, then you can not stop her.
Just wait a week and if still not off her back *sometimes it takes longer, my pandinus took 2 weeks and 1 day to come off back* put the towel back on and have one peek every evening until you see they are off.

They will not eat each other. Mum does not need food. She will not eat her young out of hunger.

Congratulations on the brood!

As I said in someone elses thread, it really is birthing time!
At one point we all suffered deaths and now its the birthing we are all holding hands about!

xxxxxxx

congrats man! i felt the same when my scorp gave birth.

And so it begins...
prepin'

looking good?

hopefully i counted right and its nine or lower

hehe i can see you've been having fun!

Yeah...im actually getting used to the fact that i have...more scorpions in the house ...im so excited to see them grow...well that is til i have to sell em ...but for now i will settle for watching little babies grow

Why sell 'em?

Cause the girlfriend said i could only have 4...not 12....i dont want to..but i have no choice

Congrats whit your mite problem!

Dont let your girlfriend tell you what to do:P its your choise really
But you can earn some money, and buy another new ones

*insert whip sound effect*

What's your girlfriend's favorite color? Buy her a tarantula in that color and you should be good to go.

Red = B. smithi
Orange = OBT*
Yellow = Poecilotheria sp. (ventral leg color)
Green = Trinidad dwarf olive*
Blue = P. metallica
Purple = A. purpurea
Pink = G. rosea or A. versicolor
Black = G. pulchra
Brown = T. blondi

*I don't know Ts well enough to know the scientific names.

P.murinus "usambara" is OBT

lol, thats a good way to introduce her to arachnids.

get your girlsfriend this one... even the tarantula says how much you love her, it has a love heart on its abdomen!

Cyriocosmus elegans...

click

thats awsome man
yay for helping the canadian hobby!
sence there are no boarders except for those of other provinces
you should ship me some! just kidding