Is it wrong to use carboard as hides?

Some guy belittled me for using it.
It's not like a desert setup will deteriorate it.

I don't see the problem, it can't be any worse that using a soda cap for water. or, like I have in the past, using a 64oz plastic cup cut in half.

What do you think I use in half of my setups? I raised B. jacksoni with chunks of egg carton, all of my cockroaches have cardboard hides . . . the only problem I can see is if it gets moldy or if it's for a display setup.

That's what I say.
Not like they enjoy the view of a rock.
They simply feel.

I've used it before. Have of the AZ species can be found under cardboard if placed in the right place.

Not really my style and besides, cardboard smells when wet. I use small strips of wood cut from a long piece, which can be had for less than a dollar. They handle moister well and don't need replacing.

-Chris

I use it when I have nothing else to use. It's not that big of a deal but I would avoid it considering the smell and the bacteria that gathers up on it. And the mold...eww mold.
-Eddy

I've used a cut up cardboard box for my hissing roach tank and for one of my scorpions (I forget which, might have been my P cavimanus). Usually they were just temporary but in a dry set up I fail to see the problem.

its not 'wrong' but you have to change it regularly which would be a timewaster and a bit annoying and also a bit dangerous/difficult if your scorp is poisonus or has babys because it will be quite defensive and will want to protect its "home".

_scorpio_ wrote:

if your scorp is poisonus

Last I checked, it was safe to eat scorps.

(Venom = injected, poison = ingested -- all scorps are venomous, none are poisonous)

_scorpio_ wrote:

its not 'wrong' but you have to change it regularly which would be a timewaster and a bit annoying and also a bit dangerous/difficult if your scorp is poisonus or has babys because it will be quite defensive and will want to protect its "home".

It's good to give them a "home" we call them "hides" because they need a place to retreat it actually makes them LESS dangerous because they rather run and hide than attack.

Good point, Eddy -- I've noticed that most of my scorps only get defensive when they're cornered. If they have the chance they usually duck into a hide instead of striking a threat posture.

IHeartMantids wrote:

_scorpio_ wrote:

if your scorp is poisonus

-- all scorps are venomous,)

well wat about scorpions without tails...they arent and are safe....right???

A scorp without a tail is probably in the process of becoming a dead scorp.

Unless you're talking about whipscorpions and such, but those aren't scorpions.

yea lol.
is there any difference between whip scorpions and whip spiders

usually whip spiders refer to tail-less whip scorpions also known as Amblypigids
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Whip scorpions refer to vinegaroons

They're actually pretty cool nothing like holding one in your hand and creeping people out.
-Eddy

there is NOTHING worse than seeing a camel spider.....uurrrgh that guy was disgusting....how big should they get because this thing was abot 12" long and hanging from a "tent" in the sahara [when i say tent i mean a carpet with too many holes in it].
also i thought the locals would be used to them but the guy who went to get it out of the tent walked in, looked up, screamed [half to himself] and then whacked it as hard as he could wit a slipper and took it outside, dug a 3 foot hole, put it in, set it on fire!!, and buried it

i guess they hate them too

there's nothing wrong with using cardboard in a desert setup. its not exactly gonna get soaked and stink the place up, is it?

_scorpio_ wrote:

there is NOTHING worse than seeing a camel spider.....uurrrgh that guy was disgusting....how big should they get because this thing was abot 12" long and hanging from a "tent" in the sahara [when i say tent i mean a carpet with too many holes in it].
also i thought the locals would be used to them but the guy who went to get it out of the tent walked in, looked up, screamed [half to himself] and then whacked it as hard as he could wit a slipper and took it outside, dug a 3 foot hole, put it in, set it on fire!!, and buried it

i guess they hate them too

I've seen so many people being freaked out by those.
But to me they don't look scary, they look like umm nothing.

yes the common ones are...just spidery... but this one was one of those ones that exists to be disgusting and awesomely fearsome

I love them. They completly rip off cricket head when they eat.
-Eddy