the 'project' is done.. babies arrived

where you getting them from?

somebody on rfuk.

ah cool are they adults?

no, they are about 2 months old
i'm thinking, 3 foot may be too big atm, i might leave them in fauns for a while :/
oh well, they'll be going in to make sure first

Hehe i think so too mate. 2 months is like 3rd instars, late 2nd ...
Much too big, but then again... they can grow into it. Only problem might be them not finding their prey, but i doubt that

i'll be tweezer feeding, or head crushing.. oh wait, i could do both lol

thanks for the help there pluto, i'm still a bit dubious as to whether i should get more in the long run, i was looking at my cav, emps get about that size so i was thinking that i could get a couple more, i'd love to breed them, but need a fresh gene pool because they are related lol.
does inbreeding affect scorpions?

here we go..


just put all the substrate down.. there's a good 6 inches right the way along.


made a mess putting in though :O oh look, my fat foot lol




is it too cluttered?

https://s1086.photobucket.com/albums/j456/spinnin_tom/emperor%20scorpion%20project/

all done, just need the arachnids

nah, looks great. Where are the scorps?

probably haven't left yet.
they are being posted on tuesday

Nice. The emps will love it.

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Nice. The emps will love it.

i really hope so mate

What kind of lid have you got?

at the moment, it's a really rudimentary couple of pieces of laminate wood
i'll make a lid later, but the wood holds humidity fine

babies arrived today, very active and friendly.. i held one brave me.
they are going in a little 2 gallon kritter keeper type thing for a couple of months

Are they too small for the large tank you think?.

^ they are far too small at the moment.
i hope i don't end up buying something to go in that big viv =]

Buy some more! :-D Space will diminish

hmmmm.... i might do.
boot sale time methinks
i do really hope i don't buy another forest sp to put in there though, i've been looking forward to having them in there. i get really annoyed at tanks/vivs etc being empty lol

split the tank in half and have both

hmmmm.... that's a rather good idea you have there bex.
how do you suggest doing so? just sealing glass in between?

That definitely sounds like a plan! You'll have a little wait for those to grow into it if they're as small as you say. I wouldn't separate it permanently just something secure to divide the two sections then you can always adjust it. I'd make sure it's well secure though, don't want a battle of EMP vs ASF

yeah i would

what's asf?

prly meant AFS lol