babies molting

just an update the babies on her front half have molted!!!
but at the back they still have there lil stub tails lol

Nice! Let's see some pics.

what do the young look like congrads by the way

sliprep66 wrote:

what do the young look like

Like 2I P. imperator, I imagine.

Like 2I P. imperator, I imagine. [/quote]

Ive never seen emp in 2i star only adults lol

before all mine came off mums back, I saw some were 2I at about 1 week! but it wasnt until 2 weeks and 1 day were they all off her back.
It was sooo obvious like you must see with some with towering tails while others are all tictac like still

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lol i totally agree connie there all pritty much done though its so awsome under the black light too in her log thers a small hole where a not in the tree once was and i can put the light right up to the glass so the bulb is just before the whole(so i dont scare her too much) and i can see ALL THE BABIES GLOW its sopo AAMAZING. OH and about the pics i WOULD have already had them up but as i went to snap the first one it shut off and i have no extra batteries lol just my luch but tomarrow ill get some and take alot and tomarrow night ill do the black light shots


oh and they look like teeny little white emperor scorpions with little to no claws there so cute man

baby emps are so cool. mine are a sort of sand color at the moment. i fed 'em yesterday and they were all fighting over the last cricket leg.

i just went n got some pin heads today lol! the babies are a little darker today:D which means transfer to the new tank possibly tomarrow. theres still a couple cling ons on her back but i assume there just the ones that were born on the third day, lol.

i read that a mother wont harm her young there intire life that she can "smell" herself on them is this true? because if it is i think i might put mommy in the bigger tank aswell, can n e one tell me if this is true???

should i wait till there all dark before i put them in ther new tank there all just huddled in the bottom of mommies burrow

Ive read that too!
Some people, one guy who runs the invert bit at Marwell zoo has had mixed results with keeping them in with mum!
Keeping them in and they die
Taking them out and they die
Keeping them in and they live
taking them out and they live

Its upto you!

If she has made it so far and they all have enough food then I cant see why she would snack on her babies.

But seriously. they can handle small crickets.

Mine did!

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I've heard the same thing as far as keep them in and she'll eat them and take them out and they'll die.

As long as they have plenty of food they should be fine.

well, i took mine out and away from mum at 2 weeks and 5 days old. All have survived and the babies all in one tank. One death but due to a runt having a bad moult.

I think its always going to be luck of the draw with these cratures
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Conie when you took yours out were they still white or had they changed colour see there still clinging to moms back only once in awile i think because one second ill look and there will be mabee 5 the next there all over back

Thaedion had good luck keeping his with mom -- she'd even crush up larger prey items for them.

i have seen this done its pitty cool there was also one that didnt make it through the molt around the base of her tail and earlier today i seen a little one nibbling on it it was neet to because he seen me looking and got a little defensive it was soo cute lo;

no no there all second you can tell ther just chillin out on there
is it safe to like menouver them off and scoop them out??

You can keep them in and if you want to remove them get 2 containers. Remove mum from the tank.
Then with a spoon scoop out the babies into another container, when all collected *and counted* you can rehome them.

if some are hanging about on mum, dont worry. You can have another go later.

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so there all in there own little home, did the spoon thing last night and as fgor the straglers this morning i just picked em up with ma hand

how many in total?

Well done on sucessfully seperating them from mum. Give them a night and day to settle and then, you can offer some food if you like. I offered mine headless crickets and they all had a good feed

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*Connie* wrote:

the cutest thing is watching a 2I wash *awww*

never thought of scorpions as cute lol

omg they are cute i didnt really get an exact count but as they were in the mum tank there was one that didnt make the molt the little one fed off it and i believe i seen mum eat one too but i dont know. i would asume there 15= though. the first scoop of scorplings was i bigger one there was about five there so i donr know exactly. i used a big spoon lol