Scorplings

Moving will probably just complicate things. The only time I've known "helping" to work was when Thaedion had a largish emp (large enough to handle easily) that was stuck in a claw, and another time when someone had to rear 1Is without mom -- one was molting to 2I so he just held the exo and let it work its way out.

In the case of Thaedion's, the thing looked ghastly when it first came out but all turned out well.

I just feel hes in the wrong position to get out of his moult at that angle. None of the others have moulted like this.
He is half burried you see with his "bum" sticking up in the air. I know this is a wrong and bad position.
I did look in the tank this morning and he still there! Havent seen him move. Will check for movement later, such as with a little poke or something! If not I wont know if he is dead or not.
Just a shame because they were doing so well but I know they are both under developed and death is a high posibility

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Ok so we dug Tenny up to have a look.
He/she has moulted upto his back legs, well one hanging on and most of his tail is out but...clearly stuck. the tip of the tail still has to moult but since most has been done, this is clearly just remained...
This I can see is a GREAT problem but what can we do?

Any suggestions?
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Are you absolutely positive he's stuck? If so, the most I can suggest is gently grasping the exo and pulling -- but it's a bit of a risky endeavor.

Wait 2-3 hours.. with some species it can take a looong time for them to come out.. and if you deside to pull him out.. do not touch the "new" scorpion.. you make the old expo wet and you use a needle or something sharp to just rip it abit apart then use tweezer the rest of the way.. just be really care full..

I dont actually think his bum and tail section is out! even though the rest is!

Ive decided that we wont pull! Ive decided to just wait. And this has been going on since Friday...long moult eh!

He is walking about now...well pressed to the heat mat wall next to his sibling. Im just trying not to worry anymore

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it seems everything but the moulting is going well for you.
humidity problem?

humidity fine. Im guessing its just the scorpions problem.
All the others are moulting fine in the group tank. One left to moult I believe. All had a good feed tonight. Wonderful to watch.

Will give Teeny And Tiny another spray tonight to try to help things along with the moulting. Not that I think anything will help
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Connie sorry i hadnt readt it all.. if he has been like that since freiday i whould start ripping it apart slowly and very carefull.. just spray a good amount of water on it first so it gets wet and moist..

Its such a delicate process though I wouldnt ever forgive myself if it all went wrong and I ended up really hurting the little guy

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Yeah i know i have done it with a small B.jacksoni.. it wasnt fun but he made it.. but if your too afried dont do it and just moist it old exo really good and leave him alone

Good luck with it

shame. hope the little guy comes out ok. how long did you see he has been moulting?

maybe when you wake up tommorow we will be ok.

wait...whats going on. Is it a molting problem? Sorry i'm hardly ever in this section of the forum. You can spray a little bit of baby oil and let it soak in.
-Eddy

No i've had this happen to me before. I'm sorry I hardly come to this section it might even be to late. But get a sprat bottle and mix a bit of oil and water(i know it doesnt mix you know what I mean) and spray it every 30 minutes offering some kind of rough hide like cork bark.
-Eddy

shame...

ok so he text me last night saying he pulled it off! took Teeny out the tank, onto hands and basically pulled it off him!
Wow...well...to be honest I still dont think its all off the tail! but im not pulling or allowing him to pull anymore *even though he did it without asking me!*
Will just have to wait and see now

Still attached on leg though...tough!

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