emperor scorpion general chat and care

general chat and care feeding,enclosures,substrate etc.

do you need that information or...whats going on here...???

no its just so that people can share ideas and give thier opinions about what they think is best for thier scorps

and here i tought that what this whole section was dedicated too . Okay sure...why not.

thanks! well see how this thread works out.

what do you think is better? a glass or plastic cage? ive got a kritter keeper and im finding it difficult to keep up humidity, ive got another kk tank set up for the little ones and im concerned that it will cause stress for the little ones

I have both . . . plastic is lighter and I'm less worried about stacking them, but glass makes better display setups.

glass does look better, but i think plastic is quite good for begginers cause it's cheap

If you cant keep the humidity up in a kritter keeper then cover 3/4 of the lid with clingfilm

hmm... that seems like a good idea! i'll give it a try. cheers.

its been about ten days since pinchy had the scorps. i thought they would have moulted by now. doesnt it usualy only take a week?

Sometimes it takes longer; Connie's took almost two weeks if I'm not mistaken.

Temperature can have a big influence on it.

could the delayed moult affect the scorps in any way?

I doubt it. Connie's have also started molting to 3I without a problem. It's probably just different temperatures.

thanks.

speaking of moulting! last night one whole full moult in the middle of the tank! Ive kept it!
So three have moulted into 3rd Instar! YAYAYAYAYAYAY!

I was always told a week to ten days for the babies to come off mums back.

Dont worry, they will come off when they are ready. mine came off at 2 weeks and 1 day!
My babies began moulting before 8 weeks I think *diary upstairs and cant be bothered to move* yesterday in age they all hit 10 weeks and only 3 have moulted.

I think it also depends on how much food.
My babies arent cold, so I doubt it the temp, but if it is....so what, they are clearly ok and happy and able to moult

Dont worry. I know its rich coming from me but ive now learnt that they will do it when they are good and ready

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thanks connie! good luck with the rest of the moults. hope the little ones are doing fine.and i dont think its temp either, the tank is definetly hot enough,AND the heating is usualy on.

That's fun when they leave exos out in the open like that. I had one of my baby emps molt a few days ago and shoved its exo in between the hide and the tank wall, so it was crush. He'd JUST finished, too, because he didn't glow at all when I put the blacklight on them all.

I think mine have been munching on them or something! been finding leg peices here and there, so last night was the first full one

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I seem to get more intact molts from my Heterometrus community than I do with my emps.

ugh. i was checking the scorp's cage and i lifted up a pieice of bark and found a dead cricket covered in mould with little mini mushrooms popping out of its head. nasty...

What Connie mentioned is the "I'm hungry" pose. Usually, if I see my scorps doing this and I offer prey, they readily accept.