New Desert Hairy

Hello all

Just received our first desert species, a female Hadrurus arizonensis, was very excited opening the tub, she is smaller than i expected measuring in at only a couple of inches head to tail and seems a little podgy to me lol

We purchased her from Predator or Prey she was quite pricey cost neary £40 including postage, got a few pics to share but they are not great quality (sorry) bad lighting

Currently housed in a small temp container while we sort out her permanant home, im currently playing with excavator sand which came today so will post more pics once she is in there...

Oh, here too

Well she is beautifull, but with only a couple of inches she got a way to go still! Be carefull with humdity during molts!

And yes, that was pricey But luckily she can last up to 20 years!

Good luck!

Well she is apparently a full adult so im hoping we wont be having any molts she is prly about 3 inches or so fully stratched maybe a bit more seems quite calm at the mo too not sure if thats a good sign though she wasnt bothered about me transfering her to box and seems quite placid when i go take a look.... i thought this species were a bit feisty?? maybe she needs to settle in first lol

Nice one Bex, great looking scorp! I'v found mine to be really fiesty, I think they're more active when in the higher end of their recommended temperature.

She is simply gorgeous !

Thanx....she must be cold she wasn't shipped with a heat pack am slowly warming her up and nearly finished her viv but gonna take ages to dry out

Since hair dryer might make a big mess with the sand flying ard.. U tried using 1-2 heat lamps placed directly over the viv ?

231bex wrote:

Well she is apparently a full adult so im hoping we wont be having any molts she is prly about 3 inches or so fully stratched maybe a bit more

Hmm.. I think 4inches is grown (mine and everyone I've seen is atleast 4inches).

finshed viv now.... i put it down in inch layers and used hairdryer it didnt make much mess actually lol but it is still damp so have one lamp on it atm, will just have to wait as all other lamps are being used....

oh right.. mixture of sand with clay?
I like your deco.. very nicely done enclosure for desert species

Looking good Bex, it'll be worth the wait when all her tunnels hold up!

Thanx all cant wait to get her in there lol

You said she's an adult and a bit over 3inch stretched, that sounds about right to me. Both of my adults arrived that size. Some members were lucky enough to get larger ones, but eh, mine made up for their burrowing skills Her being that large does not look like a molt to me. She's either very full or preggo.

Be awesome if she was gravid

GS yeah I used 80% sand 20% excavator clay/sand

be a lot of hassle if she is gravid, but good too. good luck if she is!

lovely looking tank, she wont leave it that way. mine used to have excavator clay and every time i made it into any kind of landscape like you have she would flatten it in days. never content with just one burrow lol!
£40... wow, they seem to be going up in price! i have seen them go from £20 at the beginning of the year - £30 now in the same shop! i had mine about 2+ years ago and she was £12 lol! must be getting harder to find.

good luck with her, im sure she will be trying to kill you at every opportunity once she has warmed up a bit and settled in lol!

231bex wrote:

Well she is apparently a full adult so im hoping we wont be having any molts she is prly about 3 inches or so fully stratched maybe a bit more seems quite calm at the mo too not sure if thats a good sign though she wasnt bothered about me transfering her to box and seems quite placid when i go take a look.... i thought this species were a bit feisty?? maybe she needs to settle in first lol

Congrats on your new addition! But I have to agree with others when I say she definitely is not an adult. Unless something about the air across the pond makes them smaller All of the ones I have kept have been about 4.5-5 inches fully stretched out.

Here's a pic of an adult female I used to have. Best one I could find showing her size, but all the adults I had were this big

Canth wrote:

Congrats on your new addition! But I have to agree with others when I say she definitely is not an adult. Unless something about the air across the pond makes them smaller All of the ones I have kept have been about 4.5-5 inches fully stretched out.

Yeah i was really expecting her to be quite a bit larger oh well will just have to wait and see what happens lol now im worried about molts...whats the best way to make sure they go well? ive read that some people sray just a corner of the viv and some keep one hide with more humidity but is this just when you think they may molt or all the time?

The one in that pic looks huge lol

231bex wrote:

Canth wrote:

Congrats on your new addition! But I have to agree with others when I say she definitely is not an adult. Unless something about the air across the pond makes them smaller All of the ones I have kept have been about 4.5-5 inches fully stretched out.

Yeah i was really expecting her to be quite a bit larger oh well will just have to wait and see what happens lol now im worried about molts...whats the best way to make sure they go well? ive read that some people sray just a corner of the viv and some keep one hide with more humidity but is this just when you think they may molt or all the time?

The one in that pic looks huge lol

Unfortunately, Hadrurus molting is something I have absolutely no experience in and can't help much with a proper method. However I can tell you that people have kept the bottom inch or two soak, similar to a false bottom in emperor scorps. You can try this or maybe a simple humidity box like is used with snakes.

Yeah I kinda miss the H. arizonensis I used to have. They were all like yellow pissed off emperors lol!