Heterometrus madraspatensis babies

pluto wrote:

They are great indeed.. love the detail, love the scorpions. SOOOO many dude!
Btw Bex, nice picture! Are you doing a new one monthly? I'll subscribe..

thanx i change it quite often i get sick of the same one lol

Sweet Dolby they're going to be really nice, you know how I feel though, damn DWA Sorry to hear about your female M.m, definitely get on the case and find some more females I reckon, specially as they are communal. Get some pics of your cavi up mate.

Cheers Bex, wow you look different without your dark eyes not sure about how long between first and second molts, there's alot of variables.

Cheers Pluto! Yeah there does look alot there, ol girls looking abit sorry for herself atm all covered in exo and what not

JamieLawrence wrote:

Get some pics of your cavi up mate.

You saw them already, lol.
Just noticed I've even posted that in the general section

Will try to get more pictures though..if she ever decides to come back to the surface

Ooh! I should have paid more attention, in the first post you said a new Pandinus and I just presumed it was another Emp sorry mate! Sweet scorp anyway, do you know the sex, can tell quite easily with cavimanus by their claws.

No worries No idea about the sex, will have to check when it comes out It's not that important I guess, as breeding is not the easiest with these AFAIK.

Yeah I hear that they're not very easy to breed as well because of the defensiveness. I've got a male and 2 female though so do intend to try. I think I can recall Bex trying with hers and not ending too well.

nope accidently left them over night and came down to half eaten female :(they didnt get on at all in fact he doesnt get on with the other one either makes you wonder how some things manage to breed in the wild when the are soo damn moody lolz

Same as for us poor human males.. Sometimes you get chewed up, sometimes you get laughed at, sometimes you get lucky... whatever happens, stick with your plan and be stubborn lol...

A female got eaten? Not the male??

That's unfortunate Bex but at least you tried. Maybe a tank that was split in the middle would be good for the Cavis. You could get the male and female settled in either end then just remove the divider so they find each other naturally rather than being removed from their home or being introduced to the others home. Those long clearseals you got would probably be perfect.

LOL @ Pluto. Males are beast compared to females in this species mate.

ok cool, didnt know that.

felt well guily afterwards though he proper messed her up

yeah gonne try the split tank thing when i can bare to dig the angry guy up without battering him for her lolz

Are males really that big compared to females in this species? Must be unique

DolbyR wrote:

And if they're too much for you, I'll take a couple off your hands lol

Yep should be able to get a count up soon when I remove them. Hopefully if I get plenty I can sort out all who has asked. I'll probably grow them on a little though just so I don't leave my self short.

It's not his fault Bex! She was probably harassing him, or didn't want to play ball Maybe cavi female are just too stubborn for their own good!

I don't know if that's the case always but my male is alot bigger than both my females and I think Bex' is too. Males also seem to have bigger claws. All the better for doing damage with

yeah he is noticably bigger than the females in fact we choose the larger ish looking of the females too to give her a better chance lol...that obviously didnt go to plan did it lol....women...stubborn...reeeeeally lol its in our genes to be stubborn i think lol

at least you know you are! +1 for a finally smart woman!

lolz

I seen a little one having a stroll around the burrow this morning, maybe today could be the day they come off the back.

Should I separate them straight away or wait until they're all definitely off and staying off?

I would wait untill most are off mate. So you can see them wandering around..
Puts less stress on the mum me thinks. The few on the back you can pick up later or she can eat them...

Ok cheers mate, yeah I think I'll wait until they are all off to be safe. I'm sure I read somewhere that some Het mothers will feed their 2i young. Whether this is true for madras I dunno.

Next dialema is how to get them out of the cork tube burrow lol

They will wander occasionally.. have THE SPOON ready!

I waited till all ours was of and the mum had walked off way from them had to scoop them up with a tiny spoon lol

haha yes I learned about the spoon with my last brood, spinigerus babies were tiny!

The one that was off has gone back on so not just yet.

i want ours to hurry up and grow a bit so i can put them in that enclosure i made for them lol

Right I've just seen mum up the front of the burrow with no babies on the back, so they are all off the back and down in the burrow.

Question is what do I do next ?? Do I just pull the cork bark tube up and let carnage ensue, I can't see what other options I have.

Wow I just put a headcrushed cricket at the start of the burrow and have witnessed and caught on camera some cool behavour. Mum has took the cricket down and fed the young, theres loads down there, just sorting out the pics. Not sure whether split them yet now.