My set-up...

Lol sub-adult i might add

To be honest I'm surprised that you got a sub-adult because the pet stores don't normally know what they're talking about nor give you what you want, so that's good to hear.

The thing that you may want to do if you are ever planning on adding another emperor would be to confirm it's sex.
The pet store I'm assuming told you it was a male? but its always good to get a confirmation on here because as i mentioned earlier, the pet shops are often wrong.

If, when you want to have it confirmed, just take a clear close-up pic if you can of the pectines (feather looking wing-like features under the scorpion) when it is in a plastic container or somewhere where you can get a clear shot.

The guy at the store seemed to know a good bit about them. They told me if you run out of crickets you can feed them raw ground turkey, is that true? Oh, and I was looking at the pectines on the car ride back and it looked like an oval shape and long feathers, but it was hard to tell.

Here's a couple of pics I got when he came out with the cricket:

i dont know about feeding it turkey, or any kind of "real" food...
i just stick with gut loaded crickets, its what all my scorpions eat...

K thanks... I've also heard instead of pill bugs you can put mealworm beetles into the tank to clean it... And I managed to get some pectine shots... Really hoping for a male!

You have no idea how long it took me to get the scorp into the container.






Sorry they're blurry the camera was acting weird.

the lycan mikey wrote:

lol...he was probably like FOOD!

that lol-ed me

in my opinion...thats a female...
it looks like my females pectines...

https://scorpionforum.darkbb.com/the-burrow-in-ghana-emperor-zone-f34/new-clearer-pectine-shots-t4588.htm

or you can use this as a reference too

At first I thought definite male because it is very oval, but after looking at the other pictures I think I can see a "point" on the operculum indicating female.

yeah.. looks female

Aw... Well crud. The guy at the store said it was a male...

lol...you trusted a pet store employee with no experience...
oh well...
thats why were here on this forum

I checked before we left the place and could've sworn it was a male... I'm bummed...

Oh and I'm not bummed because he is actually a she, it's because I thought I had gotten the gender right, and that I had already came up with a male name...

dont feel bad...
i thought i had a male and female, and i had 2 females...
so you cant imagine the stupidity i felt...lol

I can't think of a female name lol... I thought of Snowflake but then I thought: "Why would a scorpion be named Snowflake?"

lol...
why not google female names?

My first female was called Odyssey. It means epic tale (pun and a play on words).

My male was also called Homer, as in Homer's Odyssey which is a tale in itself.

lol...

my 1st emperor is named Tenebre (which is Italian for darkness)
my 2nd one is Lyca (short for lycan, i have an obsession with werewolves)
(both females)

my C.Hentzi male and female
the male is named Kadaj (which is short for Khadaj - Persian for incomplete - i shortened it)
and also its my favorite character in Final Fantasy VII Advent Children
and my female is named Erised - Desire backwards (i seen it in a harry potter book)


you just gotta get creative....

hmmmm ok, yea thought it was a wad of soaked paper towels... but a wide water dish is preferable, as they like to soak sometimes... it also helps them get rid of parasites and debris... no rush... take it easy....

Lol for my luck i seem to only get males so i consider you to be lucky to have females. Ive been looking for months for a female and im yet to find one.

ive been trying to find a male, but the guy i go through at the pet store i go to only gets females...or atleast thats what he always seems to have...

hes got 2 immature females too, and im dying to get one, just because i wanna see one molt =/

I've decided to name her Dusk. The way she shines in the moonlight is beautiful and the name just seems to fit.

that sounds pretty awesome

Yep!

well good luck...and remember, theres more than enough people here to answer w/e questions you have =)