is my scorp gravid??

My emp gave birth in april 09. When it births, try not to keep looking at her, but just leave her be for a couple of days. Possibly put a towel over the front of the tank to stop you from looking... that's what i did.

okies mate will do:) and i also have a 6 year old brother so il have to tell him not to go near the tank or shel eat him or something, i know he will deffinetly not go near her then lmao! i have no expirience in raising scorplings so when (if) theyre born you guys will have to give me some advise:D cheers again for the adivse guys:)

i've heard different things

1. commune with mommy
2. commune with siblings
3. separate the babies

it depends on the specie i'm sure, but apparently emps can be kept in either 1,2, or 3. not saying that is a fact; its what ive read. if shes eating them, separate the babies and mom, if the babies arent getting along, separate the babies. i guess just try that

but how long do i keep them with the mother?? and do i pull the mout after theyre 3rd molt?? i need info like this please guys, it would be great help:) cheers for the adivse to gromgroms:)

i've heard 2-3rd instar
ask someone who really knows their shit though, and look up more stuff.

and yeah, anyone that can prove me wrong, do it, i dont want to give wrong information

well any information is good:) so if yall just want to throw it down it would be a great help:)

I separated mine from the mother once they were off her back. It took 14 days and that was when they were 2i.
Since then i have kept all of the babies together in a 2ft by 1 by 1ft tank and they are all doing fine at 4i. I give them plenty of food and 3 large hides.

aa wicked:) how much babies did you get?? and how much food do you have to put in to stop them from eating each other??

at the start i had at least 15, however the most i've seen at any one time since is 10. That's because of their massive, deep burrows. There are probably more, it's just that i don't see them all at the same time.

Because i know i have at least 10 that i see on a regular basis, i put in about 8-10 standard sized crickets and 2 extra large locust. That way, there is plenty of food and there won't be a risk of fighting over food.

All of the crix and locusts usually disappear within 24 hours.

..and i feed them every 5-7 days

aaa great to hear they are doing well, (Another update) ive also taken more pictures of my emp like 10 mins ago just to show you how big shes getting:) any idea when she will give birth?? well here are the picturesi hope she does give birth soon:) and im really looking faward to it

After seeing those pics, i think you might have at least a couple more weeks as she is nicely stretched out but doesn't look very round to me.

Same this that i had and then 3-4 weeks later..BAM.

I will post pics of mine about 6 weeks before she birthed.

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a cheers mate thats very helpfull, mine looks really similar to yours in your pics so il have to wait another couple of weeks then and my birthday is in about 6 weeks(my 18th) so that will be a lovely birthday present:P lol il keep you all updated and il upload more pics as she progresses, cheers guys:D

Ok cool, hope all goes well!

at least yours lets you hold it :/
my female is too fiesty and ready to fight
male just runs away or gets defensive and i dont wanna fight his claws

Its ok once you get them on your hand because as far as they're concerned, your hand is then the ground and so it would not make sense for them to attack the ground.

binksyboy3 wrote:

Its ok once you get them on your hand because as far as they're concerned, your hand is then the ground and so it would not make sense for them to attack the ground.

tell that to the adult/subadult male when i was 10,

You're joking right? It didn't honestly sting ya?

it didnt sting me, but it might as well have
it occasionally had bouts where it pinched the ends of my fingers, and gawd that hurt

Oh right. Yeah, their claws are powerful as hell aren't they.

Did you ever find out why it was so aggressive? or was it just a case of an individual aggro scorp?

it wasnt kept in the best conditions
lets just say i had bad information as a kid, kept it under a UV light with fish gravel and two hides, a heat rock, etc

plus i tried to hold it all the time

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I'm surprised it didn't jump out of it's enclosure in frustration, land on your face and kill ya

haha i know

well my emp now is really really agressive lol whenever i put my hand in shes ready to attack me!!, but is that because shes gravid???

she may just be defensive
just wait a few weeks. trust me, im all worried about my scorps whenever they do anything but sleep! haha.