Our emp 'Tyni'

Had to put out female in a temp tank for a while as we have 2 more emps coming later in the week and want to get there large tank all sorted, so managed to get some pics which is rare as she normally legs it as soon as you go near her lol

She looks a little chunky there Are you planning a large communal setup?

Not too large we only have 2 emps coming to join her hoping one male and one female, her weight fluctuates so much she goe from looking fully gravid to thin and then to how she looks in these pics, we thought she was gravid at one point but he deflated again lol

we also have 3 p.cavimanus coming for another communal setup, and a chaerilus celebensis (spelling may be wrong just guessed) so gonna be over run with them on Thursday lol
Oh then there's the 2 T's we have coming tomorrow

You seem to be living that good life Bex (in regards to your pets), hope one day I can have that many too.

My female gets really big after eating just one cricket, and then slims down a little after a week or so. My male however can eat, and eat, and eat, and still doesn't get any fatter.

We have too many need to give it a rest but it's just so tempting, we want turtles and anoles too lol

Let us know how that P. cavimanus communal experiment goes because I keep reading they're not very friendly with one another. I don't know who has tried it before though, but everyone seems to be spreading that around.

bex wrote:

We have too many need to give it a rest but it's just so tempting, we want turtles and anoles too lol

Agree.. lolz
Personally, i've been wanting to get hedgehog for quite sometime. No luck yet. hahz

H. Laoticus +1.. I've read they're quite complicated to breed too because of their aggression.

Definitely looking forward for your results Bex.

Well I will let you all know, maybe I need to get a bigger tank lol

Get a 150 gallon like Bedlam?

Btw. Is your emp called Tiny or Tyni?

It's tyni lol was pointed out that I mispelt it lol just haven't written it for so long, I named her after my Eve online character 'Tyni Ktulu' lol and no haven't gota tank that big we are going out to buy one this week so will have to see what we can find

I would have never bought the 150 but it was such a good deal. My friend had it for some fish but I guess it started leaking so he threw it in his front yard and never got around to fixing it. I told him I'd buy it and he sold it to me for just 100$. I knew I could easily fix it with some aquarium sealant from home depot, but I didn't tell him that.

As for my 20 gallon long right now, I might get turtles too bex =], or some newts. Also thinking about getting a divider to split it in two and getting some more scorps. Perhaps a S. Mesaensis

GL on the P. cavimanus communals, in my opinion it's going to end in disaster, I have a number of scorpions and i've handled alot of them. I would rather handle a freshly molted H. hottentotta than my P.cavimanus on a good day, my boy is a maniac and would destroy any tank mates, be careful.

Bedlam wrote:

I might get turtles too bex =], or some newts. Also thinking about getting a divider to split it in two and getting some more scorps. Perhaps a S. Mesaensis

Newts are cool my sister has fire bellied newts and toads

chrome wrote:

GL on the P. cavimanus communals, in my opinion it's going to end in disaster, I have a number of scorpions and i've handled alot of them. I would rather handle a freshly molted H. hottentotta than my P.cavimanus on a good day, my boy is a maniac and would destroy any tank mates, be careful.

I'm Worried now kind of assumed they was communal can't recall ever seeing anyone saying otherwise but now I've searched I'm worried lol will see how they get on but will prly be separating them then, then my l.parahybana can have the big tank when it grows lol

Ha! I actually thought when I said I've ordered some cavimanus that you wouldn't resist

I've seen a few and they have all been super angry, I don't think a communal would work out well either.

Can't wait till tomorrow now, I'm already for them. Had to do more moving and rehousing the last couple of days to get ready for them.

JamieLawrence wrote:

Ha! I actually thought when I said I've ordered some cavimanus that you wouldn't resist

I've seen a few and they have all been super angry, I don't think a communal would work out well either.

Can't wait till tomorrow now, I'm already for them. Had to do more moving and rehousing the last couple of days to get ready for them.

hehehe cant seem to resit any scorpion aprt from those whip thingys they make me feel ill

only 14 hours to go for me then we are another 6 scorps up, no idea what we are gonna do with these cavs now though, so you have 2 tanks set up then?

Yes tailess whip scorpions are strange! I'm starting to think about a centipede

Yeah I got two tempary tanks set up for the cavi pair until I get to order a couple more enclosures from house of spiders soon like the madras pair.

Damn I've got to wait longer till I finish work.