jahines1
Centruroides
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Age : 35
Location : milwaukie oregon
Registration date : 2012-06-08
 | | Subject: water dish 7/10/2012, 2:00 am | |
| I heard somewhere that a water dish is not required in an emporers enclosure because they get most of their water from the damp substrate. True our fals? And why? | |
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DolbyR
Leiurus
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| | Subject: Re: water dish 7/10/2012, 3:11 am | |
| You always need to provide a water dish for emps.
While the damp substrate provided the necessary humidity for the air they breathe, a water dish is essential to avoid dehydration as the scorpions do need to drink as well. | |
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jahines1
Centruroides
Number of posts : 106
Age : 35
Location : milwaukie oregon
Registration date : 2012-06-08
| | Subject: Re: water dish 7/10/2012, 2:27 pm | |
| ok just wanted to check. i had the water dish out for a bit because they had burrowed down to where the were sitting on the rocks of my false bottom. i put it back in tho. | |
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Scorpion19981000
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Location : Cortland, New York
Registration date : 2011-07-03
| | Subject: Re: water dish 7/10/2012, 4:46 pm | |
| - DolbyR wrote:
- You always need to provide a water dish for emps.
While the damp substrate provided the necessary humidity for the air they breathe, a water dish is essential to avoid dehydration as the scorpions do need to drink as well. +1. They also sometimes like to submerge themselves for short periods of time. | |
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jahines1
Centruroides
Number of posts : 106
Age : 35
Location : milwaukie oregon
Registration date : 2012-06-08
| | Subject: Re: water dish 7/10/2012, 11:54 pm | |
| Cool thanks for the info y'all | |
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