A. mauritanicus molt

Saw this before I left for work. The second pic was when I got home. *phew*





-Chris

Lucky you. What was the temp and humidity?

Temps around 83-87F. Not sure about the humidity but I can tell you DRY. This gal made the largest effort to burrow among the rest of her mates. Shortly after, she fattened up and popped a seam, so burrowing may be an indicator of an upcoming molt (?)

It was also cute to watch her make a clearing shortly before her molt.

-Chris

Their husbandry is a lot like the A. Australis right?

very cool indeed!

I believe about the same, although I've heard that mauri's do better in groups while australis are better in breeding pairs.

-Chris

I lost an Australis under the same conditions from a molt and someone said I had it too dry, but you seemed to have good luck with it.

That's awesome! Glad to see she was alright.

Yeah these are a bit more comunal given enough space. All the ones I have are burrowing good news for who ever is getting them from me.
-Eddy

pretty cool housing? what kind of box is that?

im glad she/he made it out ok!

xxxxxx

Kejser wrote:

pretty cool housing? what kind of box is that?

They're called "Amac" boxes...weird name. I bought them from "The Container Store" - http://www.containerstore.com. $4-5 US each. I believe they're acrylic.

I also use 24 and 36 compartment boxes for scorplings, which is working out well.

-Chris

fauxshow wrote:

Temps around 83-87F. Not sure about the humidity but I can tell you DRY. This gal made the largest effort to burrow among the rest of her mates. Shortly after, she fattened up and popped a seam, so burrowing may be an indicator of an upcoming molt (?)

It was also cute to watch her make a clearing shortly before her molt.

-Chris

I think you may be right about the burrowing and moulting... I have 3 A.m.'s and 2 moulted and both cleaned out their scrapes and covered over their entrances and basically hid away inside and moulted... then later opened the door and kicked out their exuvium...

fauxshow wrote:

Kejser wrote:

pretty cool housing? what kind of box is that?

They're called "Amac" boxes...weird name. I bought them from "The Container Store" - http://www.containerstore.com. $4-5 US each. I believe they're acrylic.

I also use 24 and 36 compartment boxes for scorplings, which is working out well.

-Chris

they're made by amac plastics and you can buy them wholesale on their site: http://www.amacbox.com/index.html

Nice pics. Pretty sweet