Bark for C. vittatus

I'm getting ready to set up a 10 gal enclosure for about eight C. vittatus and I was wondering about how big a vertical bark hide to put in it. Gonna go down by the lake and get a few rocks and stuff too.

Split from the old thread 'cause it was ridiculously old, gravedigging is against the rules, and it was a new question anyway.

Anywho . . .

I'd say get two pieces of bark, maybe about the size of an outspread hand.

Thanks I'll try and get the bark and a few cool rocks tomorrow. Can't wait to get them.

I was also wondering if instead of actual bark I could use a couple of those large resin halflog hides in more or less standing positions?...and it's a 20 gal long enclosure that I've decided to put them in BTW.

As long as the scorps can climb them, it should work fine. It really just boils down to aesthetics; you could use discarded plywood and paper towel tubes if you really felt like it.

Perfect...exactly what I wanted to hear ...I've tried to peel some chunks of bark off of a couple of the trees around my house but they just split into little pieces...I'll put two of the halflog hides I got for when some of the last of my Tarantula Slings were big enough to put into 10 Gal. tanks into the Vits enclosure and replace them ASAP...should be gettin' my new Scorps tomorrow...Can't wait Thanks Man

If you cant get bark from your house you could always try going to some kind of park assuming the parks near you have trees of course...

I'm in Texas...most of the trees around here are very thinbarked...i used the resin hides for now, I'll have to get some bark when I go somewhere with a good selection...

ah I have never been to Texas so I didnt realize the trees had thin skins lol. The north doesnt have many trees either? It seems Jacksboro is pretty close to Oklahoma maybe try there?

I will if I ever go there but it seems like the resin Halflog hides are working okay for now so I'm not in a big hurry to get it anymore...Thanks

yea I dont blame you lol and if it works well it works:)

Yeah...now if only they would hurry up and grow, they are so small I have a Devil of a time even finding them in the enclosure...most of the time I have to use a Blacklight.

^Does that mean you're keeping juveniles communally? I wouldn't advise that -- they're known to be quite cannibalistic around molts.

Actually they are 2nd instars......

. . . Those would be considered juveniles.

I would suggest separating them.

Yeah..One of the reasons I got this species is because my Scorp book said they were communal and noncannibalistic

The adults are . . . just not juveniles.

The juvies are fine until someone molts.

Kinda the way it is with people too but seriously thanks for the warning...are these guys concidered fast growers for scorps? My Imps took forever to get big and they wer like 2"-2.5" when I got them.

IIRC, most barks mature within a year if kept at the correct temperatures. (In other words, my T. stigmurus aren't warm enough ).

Forest scorpions typically take a few years to reach maturity.