Has anyone had a soon-to-be molting scorpion feed?

I'm pretty sure one of my Lychas Mucronatus ate a mealie on Tuesday and it molted earlier today. =/ (I didnt see it eat but the mealie disappeared. not burrowed in the substrate, jz a small delicup, i stirred the substrate to check)

Weird, I thought soon-to-be molting scorpions would fast? They rejected crickets last week so I figured they might be approaching a molt but on Tuesday one of them ate a mealie and thus I dropped the 'molt approaching idea' BUT LO AND BEHOLD, it molted today.

Scorpions truly leave me bamboozled.

mine were fed the other day and the next day discovered a moulting in process...but then again I cant say if that little one had a meal or not...

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I think you are thinking of partuation. I had my C. sculpt eat just three day ago and molted to maturity today. I have a S. vachoni that looks like it's been in DESPERATE need for a molt since January and hasn't ate untill yesturday.

Mind me asking but what's partuation? can't seem to find it in the dictionaries.

so u mean that its perfectly normal for scorpions who are approaching a molt to NOT fast?

Partuition is the technical term for popping (i.e., giving birth).

So I guess some scorpions do eat shortly before molts -- all scorpions I've had in premolt have refused prey.

Thanks Mike.

Eddy, my Lychas. aren't fully mature yet so no, Im not thinking of partuition. what makes you think I'm thinking that way?

Eddy probably thought that because it's also a widespread thing of scorps fasting before giving birth.

Maybe eating right before the molt helps? They get a little bigger to put a bit more pressure on their exoskeleton... then digest for a few days and get a big smaller before squeezing out? Just an idea.