general information on B.keyserlingi

hey guys
just ordered one of these
will be here on the 27th, along with 8 tarantulas
general care please, i know what they need, just any help regarding temperature and humidity would be appreciated, i have a large flat faunarium set up for her, along with a bowl of water and lots of bark.

i've heard room temperature (uk room temp lol) and no extra humidity is fine, but being from chile.. a rather hot country, i am doubtful

thanks

would have thunk more of you guys'd know about these :'(

I know nothing of scorpions not adapted to north and south africa or south america. SOrry dude. I'm sure there are caresheets on the web. Try to find one and post one yourself.

So you can say, here suckers.. I thaught you something!

I thought Bex just said she kept one of hers like these guys on a recent thread......

Here's the link to that thread, only it's C. keyserlingi she said.

Don't know if their similar or not.

https://scorpionforum.darkbb.com/t7424-i-m-bill-nice-to-be-here

They are very similar species, I've had both and both died so I cant help lol

Edit! i know this is a c.keyserlingi caresheet but i beleive you treat bothrurius the same...our b.burmeisteri was kept in these conditipns they are all from chili so??

Common Name: Red Pigmy Scorpion.
Range: Chilean scorpion, Huasco, Chile.
Type: Terrestrial burrowers.
Communal: No.
Temperament: Docile and nervous.
Toxicity / Venom: Low.
Growth: Medium speed.
Adult scorpion size: 3-4cm
Housing Requirements: As this is a small species they can be kept in quite small tanks, a tank 6x5 inches will be fine.
Substrate: 30/70 sand/coco fibre mix.
Decor: Slate, rocks, cork bark, water bowl.
Temperature Range: 16-22° C
Humidity Range: 60-65%.
Breeding Difficulty: Medium.
Diet: A scorpions diet should consist mainly of live food insects such as crickets, locusts, butter worms, mealworms, super worms, and cockroaches.





Additional information: As with most arachnids, it is important to keep your scorpion away from direct UV light. This species is especially sensitive to UV light, and such exposure will cause stress and ultimately death. Infrared heat bulbs are safe to use.

awesome, thanks muchly

they are smaller than i though lol..
i think a 40 X 20 x 10 x cm tank'll be too big

would a gallon tub suffice ??

and bex, why do you heat them ??

do you mean why dont i heat them? because they dont need heating lol

The average temperature in Chile is 15.0 °C (59 °F).
The range of average monthly temperatures is 12 °C.
The warmest average max/ high temperature is 30 °C (86 °F) in January.
The coolest average min/ low temperature is 3 °C (37 °F) in July.

Wow. Chile has winter in the summer months????

no bex, you say use a heat lamp, and the pics are cast in red so i thought they were being heated
same as why i don't heat my Grammostola rosea

i was looking, even though chile is warm lol, inverts tend to live mainly in burrows no warmer than a cold uk day lol

and it's in the southern hemisphere so the seasons are opposite

i didnt write anywhere about a heat lamp?

if your refering to the bit at the bottom thats general scorpion info lol basically saying not to use uv.....just copied and pasted it from my caresheets i wrote...i out that at the bottom of all of them

oh right, yeah the bottom bit says ir bulbs are fine
that's that cleared up

Those are pretty much the temps I have in my backyard. California and Chile are the same distance from the
Equator. They have Christmas in summer, which I think is a splendid idea. I hear their toilets flush backwards,
and I'm not sure what side of the road they drive on.

ahahaha they probably drive on the right side of the road, which is on the left
i don't get the toilet thing, not sure if that's true