Pandinus imperator

This is William and Harriett. I've had William for about 2 years and Harriett for almost a year. About a month ago William suddenly died for no apparent reason, well not apparent at the time.

Just today I woke up and to my surprise saw this.

well that prly explains the death then congrats

lol gz looks like grandpa was still potent

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lol gz looks like grandpa was still potent

Haha....yea my roomies were just sayin the night before that poor William died without ever getting laid! Evidently oh boy still had it in him! 14 in all! Way to go William!

one of my emps had babies about a month ago and everything is going great. i had the mother in a ten gal with another emp but seperated them because of the babies. now the babies have their own custom tank but i can figure out how to put the other adult scorp in the ten gallon with the mother. no matter what i do they are super aggresive with each other. i feel like i tried every thing. any help would be greatly appreatied

Feed them till they cant walk anymore... Try again then?

Totally agree with pluto on this.
This is what i'll do as well.. there's always a couple of lateralis in my AFS communal tank roaming around.. uneaten

Ye it works for me and I keep all andro and Parabuthus together without casualties.
Maybe rearranging their habitat might aid too. This way they will be focused on exploring and will not have the time, stamina nor territorial drift to have a go at each other. That with being well fed, there is no chance that they will attack each other unless you have drugged them, or have scorp-gremlin hybrids.

im going to have them tested for performing enhancing drugs then. i feed then every day. to tell u the truth their getting fat ( which im not a fan of) and no matter what as soon as i put them together they run to each other and start fighting. im going to rearrang the tank agin and try acouple more times. if it doesnt work out im just going to try ang find a buyer for one along with the babies.

how big is the tank and size difference between both of them? Maybe give the mother some time to accustom not having babies around so she gets out of def. mode

also if he grabs her pinchers he is not attacking her but trying to mate.

the tank is a ten gal. they are both the same size. i have given her alot of time by herself. about a month not counting the times i tried to put them together. they are both females. i seen scorp sex before. this is an all out battle. id like to keep both but i think it would be stupid to have two seperste tanks for the same type of scorp if i dont have to. btw how do i get a picture on my profile?

So....this may be a bit off topic but I have updates on babies! They're doing great and so is mom! Some these you kinda have to be there to appreciate but oh well. Here ya go!
Mama Feeding Babies

Feuding over Food

Monkey See...Monkey Do. LMAO

Mama Preparing Dinner

The Nab

The Sting

Drowning his Victim

Poor guy fell in...lol....to which I rescued both.

Meal Time!

Those small ones attack the worms solo? THey really are nasty!

If you're using a 20 gallon tank, you could always put a divider in it, this way you don't have to get a separate tank. and if anything there was the mention of feeding them until they can't eat anymore. I gave my Imperator a juvenile mouse and he chowed down for about 14 hours on it and he hasn't been hungry for about 3 days now (and his tank also serves as the home of his crickets he eats i throw a dozen in at a time) and he seldomly moves out of his hiding spot to run to the water dish.. anywho, with a divider, you could always remove it from time to time and see if you can reintroduce her that way. this way you don't have to buy an extra tank for nothing.

My babies are molting!!!! Stoked!

I already get a hardon (pardon my language) when my grashoppers moult, so I am enjoying your p's moulting from a distance too :-)

So it's been a while since I've updated, Mama and the kids are still doing great. Recently re-introduced the babies to mama and watched to make sure she didn't freak out. Thankfully she acted as if they never left, cuddled right up with em. So the tank I had them in was becoming a humidity issue, so I gave them an extreme home makeover. Here's a few of the most recent pics. Also, sadly I lost 2...one drowned and the other had some issues molting the second time, I still say 12 out of 14 is still good.

Update on the kiddos! I am now down to 12. Lost another to a bad molt...poor thing had its pincer bent backward after the molt and it stayed like that, unfortunately it couldn't feed itself either and the next morning was completely limp. But the others are doing rather well. Here's a few pics taken yesterday. Enjoy!
This is the poor guy that had a bad molt.

3rd Instar-A few really need to molt...starting to get to fat. LOL
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4th Instar-Just after molt. Biggest so far He's/She's a Beast.
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Holy Crap it's been awhile! So out of 16 babies I am now left with my single Emperor from the original batch. Great News!!!! She just molted for the last time!!! She made it to become a full adult! From scorpling to fully mature I'm pretty stoked! Enjoy
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