female emp acting strange.

my female emp has been acting very strange for the last month or so. she will rear rite up to a corner and stands tail end in the air so her face is pretty much in the substrate. she is still quite active and eating fine but i have noticed her out quite a bit in the mornings and she does seem a bit more snappy. anyone else had anything like this before??
ill try and get a picture but she keeps on hidding under a burrow when i take the lid of the tank.

That is quite strange. I've kept a ton of Emps but I don't think I've never observed that specific behavior before. Could she be gravid? I've seen some pretty strange behavior in gravid females, ie: aggression, turning upside down, twisting into unusual positions, digging in corners, etc... If your temp and humidity are normal and she's eating well, I'm not really sure what else it could be.

Try to get those pictures up.

yeah im gonna try n get some pictures up, temp and humidity are ok, she has started to be a bit more aggresive with the male emp, im not sure if she is gravid because she dont look that big but maybe its a small brood?(spelling)

Could be......

What about mites? Have you had close look at her? It sounds like something is irritating her.

PMS

Chrome wrote:

PMS

Yeah, that's probably it. Just give her some ice cream and 2 pamprin. She'll be fine.

on the serious side they do that kind of thing from time to time, nothing to get worried about, could just be trying to dig.

lol pms lol had a look but theres no mites on her or in the enclosure, shes not been doing it as much. still strange tho lol

ok wtf?? she was gravid and only had 1 scorpling????? and she eats it

1 scorpling dont seem right tho

She might have eaten them before you saw them.

I'm sorry to hear that man.

It happens. Sometimes they only have 1 or 2 and they might have been underdeveloped.

Or as Chrome mentioned, she may have had others that she ate before you had a chance to see them.

Still... that sucks! Better luck next time Manser.

yeaq maybe she had more. maybe next time

Its feels sux to hear that mate.
Maybe shes preparing for a healthier brood that might be coming soon

yeah hope so mate.

Manser wrote:

ok wtf?? she was gravid and only had 1 scorpling????? and she eats it

1 scorpling dont seem right tho

Ah, that sucks dude

Better luck next time!

yeah, i found a 2nd scorpling this morning but it was half eaten.

sux

edit that, ive found a 3rd dead scorpling

Oh, just gets worse and worse

Sorry to hear that mate, its happened to me before. I don't think anything can be done if they don't make it onto mums back.

yeah, dammmmm. maybe next time