when mating goes BAD!

Subject: when mating goes BAD! 3/28/2009, 3:48 am

it all started so promisingly, got the "kiss" and everything but for some reason it broke up, so i decided to leave them overnight to see if they might change their minds whilst i wasn't watching, and the male decided to change tactics, maybe he thought a bit of metasoma chopping might get her in the mood.
it didnt and now he is on the naughty step and she is in the freezer Sad

Subject: Re: when mating goes BAD! 3/28/2009, 3:56 am

wow

sorry about the loss

Subject: Re: when mating goes BAD! 3/28/2009, 4:51 am

omg. I guess she wasnt fully receptive to him then, she changed her mind and over night they had a fight and he won
I dont like the death image though. I wont edit it because its nothing "gory" but none the less I never liked images of dead scorpions for whatever reason.

Subject: Re: when mating goes BAD! 3/28/2009, 5:00 am

yeah its not a pleasant image, but that's pretty much how i found her (had to get her tail out of the burrow)

Subject: Re: when mating goes BAD! 3/28/2009, 6:07 am

Sorry for your loss, dude. Same thing happened with one of my B. Jacksoni. Woke up and found a [seperated] body and tail ...

Subject: Re: when mating goes BAD! 3/28/2009, 11:20 am

that really sucks man... wierd a male killing a female.

Subject: Re: when mating goes BAD! 3/28/2009, 11:48 am

Oh crap!

Subject: Re: when mating goes BAD! 3/28/2009, 2:14 pm

Harsh!

I'm having a hard time telling in that lighting if this was P. imperator or P. cavimanus -- if it was the former, that's a bit of a shock; the latter, I guess this is a solid example of "no, they're not very communal."

Subject: Re: when mating goes BAD! 3/28/2009, 4:18 pm

its the former, a P. imp

Subject: Re: when mating goes BAD! 3/28/2009, 4:27 pm

In that case, a bit of a shock. Sad

Subject: Re: when mating goes BAD! 3/28/2009, 4:51 pm

Damn!! sorry for your loss! its abit of a shock the male doing the killing!! confused

Subject: Re: when mating goes BAD! 3/28/2009, 6:15 pm

I read that a female p.cav will kill the male after mating? and I thought P.imps were communal

Subject: Re: when mating goes BAD! 3/28/2009, 6:17 pm

they don't always kill the male after mating. it all depends on what the female wants do (most of the time) usually the male will make a speedy getaway..

Subject: Re: when mating goes BAD! 3/28/2009, 6:21 pm

wow I have never com across a male killing a female.. all my previous 'bad' matings involved the female chewing up the male.

sorry to hear it went badly

Subject: Re: when mating goes BAD! 3/28/2009, 6:24 pm

same happened to my H. spinifer.s.. except all that was left were claws and other gory bits... i would have thought the female would do the killing... very odd...

Subject: Re: when mating goes BAD! 3/28/2009, 6:32 pm

I thought you could keep h.spins together? I was planning on getting a friend for my giant forest scorpion.

Subject: Re: when mating goes BAD! 3/28/2009, 7:19 pm

"They're always communal until they're not."

Subject: Re: when mating goes BAD! 3/29/2009, 6:32 pm

soz to hear that mate i had to split up my mate and female the other day

Subject: Re: when mating goes BAD! 3/29/2009, 7:34 pm

so putting two h.spins in a ten gallon tank would not be wise?

Subject: Re: when mating goes BAD! 3/29/2009, 7:36 pm

most people keep this species communally without any troubles, but with ANY species "communal" or not, there is ALWAYS a chance of canibalism.

Subject: Re: when mating goes BAD! 3/29/2009, 7:45 pm

I don't think I will risk losing cuddles the scorpion lol

Subject: Re: when mating goes BAD! 3/29/2009, 10:00 pm

For most Heterometrus spp. the risk is small enough for it to be worth setting up a community. IMO, communal tanks are a lot more interesting.

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