Snapped sting

Ok so this is my 2nd post some of you might of helped with my mites problem thanks on that btw.

Now i have another, have bought a male and put in with my female, there only about a year old so there isnt much fighting between them, but one occured when the male walked past the females hide and the female came out and tried to grab the male the male turned round, female tried to sting the male, male went back at the female etc, and somewhere in that ive noticed that part of the sting on the male has snapped off.

Is that gonna affect his ability at all? I dunno what to do if anything.

https://2img.net/h/i571.photobucket.com/albums/ss157/scorpion-newbie/DSC00245.jpg

I've seen emps missing the entire telson. He should be fine.

Moved to emp section.

Also, what does it mean when they shake there tails side to side? The male seems to do it more than the female, but the female does too

The-New-Guy wrote:

Also, what does it mean when they shake there tails side to side? The male seems to do it more than the female, but the female does too

they are just finding out who is boss and telling the orther to back off.. seen it alot with some rival fights doesnt take long for it to calm down..

Ah ok im guessing thats why the female always runs away where the male is constantly doing it lol

hheeh he could allso be trying to mate with her and she just tells him to back off and when that doesnt work she runs off he will get the hang of it soon.. it took my H.longimanus male about 24 hours before he noticed the female wasnt interrested..

But its weird, the male is calm always it seems its the female thats always starting the fights =/

Male keeps walking past the females hide, she keeps trying to sting him, he doesent even attempt to try fight back or anything, as it is atm im keeping the females stinger away, like i said the male doesent try to sting back

Although now with abit of the sting missing maybe he cant i dont know, but has abit of the sting left, so maybe he can

after a wee while they should settle down.. before you know it, they'll be sleeping in the same hide together.

Hope so, i always knew the female was more aggressive from since i got her, shes ridicoulus, i feed her locust off the end of my 10 inch tweezers, if i go anywhere near her with them she full on attacks them, with the male i tried it he just sort of strokes it with his claw, hopefully shes gonna realise hes not a threat soon

I dont know what to do about feeding, shall i feed them both at the sametime? As where i use locust there fairly big so i only feed about once a week, should i just give 1 to each one? I dont want them to have to fight over food or anything but im unsure on this

Im not sure if the male is injured or not, he doesent seem to be moving alot, i know hiding is a sign of a health scorpion but hes sort of hiding out in the open

A new post every two to five minutes isn't really necessary.

If you think the female is too aggressive, it could be possible she's gravid. As has been stated, your male is immature, but we haven't seen your female yet . . .

As for feeding, just throw in a few food items and take out those that aren't eating. Emps can fast for months (males are known to do this more often).

Oh right my bad, there both about a year old from what i gather, heres a photo of the female:

https://2img.net/h/i571.photobucket.com/albums/ss157/scorpion-newbie/DSC00238.jpg

Before you start yes the substrate in that picture was rubbish and it has been changed to cocoa fibre lol.

And i dont mean to sound like i totally dont know what im doing, but what is gravid? lol

Also something else, where as i work in a nightclub so work late, its 7.45am now im just about to head off to bed, came in, the females sleeping happily under abit of cork bark, the males sleeping right out in the open? I never see him hiding like at all, and sleeping out in the open is abit weird to me, my female never does that?

Both subadult, so she's not gravid. Sounds like she may just be moody.

To answer your question about gravid . . .

https://scorpionforum.darkbb.com/scorpion-guides-tutorials-f18/word-to-know-in-the-hobby-t831.htm

Yeah there is 2 hides, the female has chosen the bit of cork bark, the male sleeps sort of next to the hollowed out log, im getting some more cork bark off my friend soon, maybe then he will hide under that.

And yeah its weird that hes not hiding, any idea what would cause him not to? Maybe he just isnt comfortable in there with her, she is abit of a cow lol.

Ok so did try feed him, hes happily snacking on a locust now lol,

Was weird it sort of stepped on his claw, and hes like "what the hell are you doing" sort of poked at it with his claw, then it stepped on his face and he was like "oh im going" walked off abit, went over to him again stepped on one of his back legs, he turned round like "right i told you enough times" just grabbed it straight by the head, lol.

https://2img.net/h/i571.photobucket.com/albums/ss157/scorpion-newbie/DSC00250.jpg

Im hoping he wasnt too hungry, i think that hollowed out log thing i have as a hide isnt very good at all, ill try replace it asap

If he's new, he may just not be settled in yet.

Well im hoping thats all it is, the male walked over to the females hide with the locust, walked in, soon walked back out though with her confronting him, the male actually managed to lift up the whole bit of cork bark with his tail lol.

I dunno what happened, maybe it was the male trying to offer some to the female? I think he knows full well thats where she is.

Actually it was the female that was in the setup first, i think thats why she sort of is better where she sort of knows it, although i took her out when i got him and re-arranged the tank to sort of give it abit of a new feeling, i didnt wanna leave her in there and just dunk him straight in, cause she might be thinking like "hang on why is he here where i live" sort of thing if that makes any sense, like some sort of territory take over.

But good news, they're fine now, and i mean absolutly fine, i got to sleep at half 7, was watching them nearly all night, constant fighting from about 11-5am, but now they are fine with eachother, they wont even raise there tail at eachother anymore literally.

Been watching them since 5-7.30, and 7.30 until now, they happily crawl over eachother without even being bothered by it, im taking this as a good sign that they're starting to get on! :-)