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mrflibble
Centruroides
Number of posts : 222
Age : 34
Location : Dunstable S.E England
Registration date : 2008-11-29
| | 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  | |
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H. laoticus
Parabuthus
Number of posts : 1401
Age : 35
Location : Southern California
Registration date : 2009-03-26
| | Subject: Re: when mating goes BAD! 3/28/2009, 3:56 am | |
| wow  sorry about the loss | |
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*Connie*
Post-whore
Number of posts : 3705
Age : 40
Location : England
Registration date : 2008-02-06
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mrflibble
Centruroides
Number of posts : 222
Age : 34
Location : Dunstable S.E England
Registration date : 2008-11-29
| | 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) | |
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bjaeger
Leiurus
Number of posts : 2282
Age : 36
Location : Pennsylvania, US
Registration date : 2008-04-29
| | 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 ...  | |
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scorpion111
Post-whore
Number of posts : 3455
Age : 29
Location : scotland
Registration date : 2008-04-07
| | Subject: Re: when mating goes BAD! 3/28/2009, 11:20 am | |
| that really sucks man... wierd a male killing a female. | |
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AshMashMash
Babycurus
Number of posts : 294
Age : 36
Location : London Baby
Registration date : 2009-01-14
| | Subject: Re: when mating goes BAD! 3/28/2009, 11:48 am | |
| Oh crap! | |
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Mr. Mordax
Administrator
Number of posts : 7743
Age : 38
Location : PNW
Registration date : 2008-02-06
| | 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." | |
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mrflibble
Centruroides
Number of posts : 222
Age : 34
Location : Dunstable S.E England
Registration date : 2008-11-29
| | Subject: Re: when mating goes BAD! 3/28/2009, 4:18 pm | |
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Mr. Mordax
Administrator
Number of posts : 7743
Age : 38
Location : PNW
Registration date : 2008-02-06
| | Subject: Re: when mating goes BAD! 3/28/2009, 4:27 pm | |
| In that case, a bit of a shock. | |
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Deathstalker
Centruroides
Number of posts : 224
Age : 40
Location : Colchester England, UK
Registration date : 2009-03-06
| | 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!!  | |
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diabollicallycursed
Babycurus
Number of posts : 365
Age : 39
Location : Ontario Canada
Registration date : 2009-03-26
| | 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 | |
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scorpion111
Post-whore
Number of posts : 3455
Age : 29
Location : scotland
Registration date : 2008-04-07
| | 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.. | |
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LadyRiotControl
Leiurus
Number of posts : 2631
Age : 45
Location : West Yorkshire, England
Registration date : 2008-07-12
| | 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 | |
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_scorpio_
Androctonus
Number of posts : 1827
Age : 30
Location : St leonards... ENGLAND
Registration date : 2008-04-11
| | 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... | |
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diabollicallycursed
Babycurus
Number of posts : 365
Age : 39
Location : Ontario Canada
Registration date : 2009-03-26
| | 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. | |
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Mr. Mordax
Administrator
Number of posts : 7743
Age : 38
Location : PNW
Registration date : 2008-02-06
| | Subject: Re: when mating goes BAD! 3/28/2009, 7:19 pm | |
| "They're always communal until they're not." | |
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antmac
Centruroides
Number of posts : 176
Age : 35
Location : oxford /england
Registration date : 2009-02-13
| | 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 | |
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diabollicallycursed
Babycurus
Number of posts : 365
Age : 39
Location : Ontario Canada
Registration date : 2009-03-26
| | 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? | |
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scorpion111
Post-whore
Number of posts : 3455
Age : 29
Location : scotland
Registration date : 2008-04-07
| | 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.
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diabollicallycursed
Babycurus
Number of posts : 365
Age : 39
Location : Ontario Canada
Registration date : 2009-03-26
| | Subject: Re: when mating goes BAD! 3/29/2009, 7:45 pm | |
| I don't think I will risk losing cuddles the scorpion lol | |
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Mr. Mordax
Administrator
Number of posts : 7743
Age : 38
Location : PNW
Registration date : 2008-02-06
| | 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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