I was looking for an emperor scorpion. The exotic pet store by me listed this guy for $90 as an emperor but after bringing it home and taking it for a closer look, im not so sure its an emperor.
Hello! I recently acquired a pair of Asian Forest scorpions and I'm trying to figure some stuff out. I initially only had the one: I went into a petshop to get crickets for my tarantula and saw the little pointy friend sitting in a dry zoo med container with no water and the saddest piece of cork you've ever seen with multiple crickets running around and from what I could tell I suspected they were dehydrated, so I took them home to try and get them healthy again.
They were making a fuckton of noise at night, clacking claws specifically. I did some reading/internet sleuthing and it seemed that he was looking for another scorpion. So I got another one. They have become fast friends. Each time I check on them they are somehow snuggled even closer. I'm maintaining humidity, they have plenty of hiding spots if they wabt to get away from each other, and I'm making sure they never run out of food.
My worry is molting. I've seen lots of people say they've had very successful communals. I've also seen lots of people warn about cannibalism, territorialism, and fighting. I want to make sure that once one molts, the other won't decide it's a free meal. Help?
Cricket and Obsidian <3
(P.S. please excuse the cardboard hide: i broke the one i had and didn't want to leave too much uncovered space. It seems to be their fave.)
Is this regular behaviour, or is there something wrong, he only does weird shit at night.
Some workers and I moved around some old wood in a dirt field in Texas and this little guy was hobbling around… I think it might be injured.. so I decided to take it and buy an enclosure and cork wood and some feeder crickets.
I worried the little guy will croak. Does anyone know if they can heal or recover a leg or something if it’s injured?thanks
Hi! First time scorp keeper here. I have an asian forest scorpion (H. Spinifer) and I haven’t seen her since the day I got her. She’s in a 10 gallon tank with a bunch of hides, plants, and substrate to burrow into and I was told they like to burrow but is it normal for them to just never be out? I did feed her a roach yesterday and when i woke up today it was gone, i assume she ate it at night while I was sleeping..
I’ve had and currently have a bunch of other invertebrates and bugs as pets so i’m familiar with the “pet hole in the ground” some of them tend to be but even with my centipedes or burrowing tarantulas they’re out and about sometimes. Just wondering if this is normal behavior! If not, is she stressed? Is habitat wrong? I keep it 75° with a heat lamp and mist it once a day to keep the humidity around 60-70%.