Hi,
Me and my boyfriend have had our emperor scorpian for about 5 months.. our first scorpian. When we bought her we chose her out of the rest becuase she was the biggest. Little did we know she was pregnant. She had a little over 20 baby's about 5 days ago. When they started coming off her back we realized she has tore up 3 of them so we removed the babys and put them in a seperate tank. The babys are running around and are fine. We have always kept her humidity levels accurate, and we have gone back and forth between meal worms and crickets. The day that we removed the babys from the tank, we clean the subtrate and put in new moss... but while we were doing so we found a big black beetle and some weired looking white worms. We removed them. Still have no idea were they came from though?. Anyways a day ago i noticed she was a little sluggish and there appeared to be a white hughe on her tail, but she seemed fine. This morning when i went to check on her I noticed she is laying flat and her tail is flat to the ground. Now being a new scorpian owner I am not sure if she is dead or if shes molting? Im deeply upset as i tried the water shock and not a signle flinch... ive poker her gently and nothing.... ive also noticed a oudor that is conming from the tank that i havnt smelt before? I just check on her yesterda and she was still fine. Can anyone shed some light on what is happening and if shes dead? What should my next steps be?
Thanks!