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Well, unfortunately, you'll notice that this thread is 7 years old, and the little guy has long since passed. He lived about 3 months. He seemed to do quite well at first - very active, good appetite, etc. But he just stopped eating one day, and about a week later he was dead.

I'd say you've done a great job setting up his enclosure in such a way as to make him so comfortable that he doesn't feel the need to burrow. If he feels secure enough without hiding down a hole, that's a good thing. As to the water dish, you must be doing a good job with the humidity as well.

I had the same thing happen once with two C. gracilis, the only two scorps I ever named - I called them Lazurus and Jesus.

A flat rock's sting is even less than an emp's.

I have an H. spinifer that gave birth to a litter about the same size almost a year ago. I've kept them all together with the mother the whole time in an enclosure that is on the small side for so many scorps, and yet I have seen no cannibalism at all. In fact, I watched one go through his molt...

Assuming they are just dead and not being eaten, there are three things I can think of right off the bat: temp, humidity, and mites. Make sure your temps are at least 80 degrees, make sure your humidity is very high, and check the dead ones for mites.

Just how cool are you talking? Desert scorpions are generally going to tolerate cool temps better than tropical species, since temps can often be quite cool in the desert at night, which is when they are active. However, if you're talking about constantly cold temps, there really aren't too many...

Hadogenes (flat rock) sounds like what you're looking for (dry conditions, docile, extremely weak venom). Of course, they can pinch.

Generally I've seen this same behavior, running under their hides when you approach or when you open their cage; except that when something (like a hand or a tool) is actually in their enclosure, they will often charge it! But otherwise they do seem to spend all their time hiding.

Not much chance of that. That's not what people breed for in pets, even in those very few species where we do know enough to breed selectively. People breed for color morphs and other esthetics, because that's what buyers want. If you could breed a normal looking emp that lived for 20 years, and...

Very few (I'd say none, but I think I actually read post where someone did) intend to get nailed, but it still happens. Always best to work your way up. Besides, Parabuthus is you name, so you gotta get one of those first :D

I would agree with what the others have already said: get the Parabuthus first. I love both of these scorps, and would consider them two of my favorites, but they are very different. Androctonus bicolor is much quicker, MUCH more excitable, and more aggressive. P. transvaalicus is generally a...

Breeding behavior is similar in virtually all scorpion species.

Fivekeeled gold scorpion is much more descriptive, however. Since it is the only scorpion with 5 keels, that is actually an identifying characteristic. And "Deathstalker" has some problems too, since it is often applied to members of the genus Androctonus (the fattailed scorpions), and it...

Actually, I realized after I posted that The Scorpion Files, while having a very good list of scientific names, does not cross-list them with common names. The best source of common names cross-listed with scientific names is a pdf file you can download from the American Arachnological Society...

Welcome! Good choices for first scorps. Answers to your questions: 1) As long as your enclosure is big enough (probably anything like a 10 gallon tank or so) and you have adequate hides, you can probably keep them together. They are not the most communal species around, but several people...

I don't think so. The pattern is perfectly symmetrical and has been stable for a year, with no change; the scorp is very healthy and active, and there is generally more black in its coloration (notice that the last metasomal segment is completely black, and the second is very dark) compared to...

I'm pretty sure the first one is a juvenile A. australis, but not positive. I don't have a key to make sure. It might just be one of the more unusual morphs. I know what you mean about A. bicolor. It's my favorite. It just has this look that says "Death on 8 Legs".

I've raised literally thousands of scorplings, including some of the really tiny guys like C. vittatus (in fact I have clutches of 2nd instar C. vittatus, V. carolinianus, and U. mordax - all 3 very small species - right now), and I've kept them all in kritter keepers with no problem. Just make...

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