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PostSubject: Noob questionz   Noob questionz Empty2/2/2011, 12:11 pm

Im new to keeping scorpions, just bought a adult male and female yesterday. They seem pretty aggressive, guess you can't always win as i've heard most are docile...anyways. I have a few questions :-


1.) What temp should it be at day/night time for an emperor scorpion?

2.) Whats the best way to keep up the humidity? do u need to buy a humidity gauge?

3.) Whats the best way to identify which scorpion is male or female?

4.) Should u handle the scorpions the for the first few days or let them be?

5.) Best way to handle a scorpion? I've seen guys at the pet shop pick it up by its stinger is that a good or bad way to handle?

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PostSubject: Re: Noob questionz   Noob questionz Empty2/2/2011, 12:37 pm


1.) What temp should it be at day/night time for an emperor scorpion?
26 or 28 degrees i guess, just put a heat mat on the back

2.) Whats the best way to keep up the humidity? do u need to buy a humidity gauge?
no you dont need a humidity gauge, they are useless. just pour water onto the (cocofibre) substrate when it looks like its a little bit dry

3.) Whats the best way to identify which scorpion is male or female?
show us a picture of the underside of both scorpions and we can tell you which is which

4.) Should u handle the scorpions the for the first few days or let them be?

5.) Best way to handle a scorpion? I've seen guys at the pet shop pick it up by its stinger is that a good or bad way to handle?
dont handle the scorpion unless you really have to. i coax them into a tub with a lid if i need to move them. handling a scorpion stresses it out, increases the chance of you getting a pinch or sting, and you might drop it (well, it might let go) which is likely to kill it.
dont do it.

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PostSubject: Re: Noob questionz   Noob questionz Empty2/2/2011, 12:49 pm

My scorpions keep trying to climb the tank is that normal?
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PostSubject: Re: Noob questionz   Noob questionz Empty2/2/2011, 3:15 pm

they are exploring it, they do all sorts of things for the first week or so, after a while they will just dig a burrow and sit in it for the rest of the time you own them. have a small tile or flat piece of slate in the tank for them to breed on.
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