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Hey, thanks for the help. Not sure what to do w/ them. I'd probably sell them over trading because I don't have any room left for more enclosures. Hoping to sell them as a bunch, but I'm not opposed to individual sales, if anyone wants that. -Bort

About 2 months ago or so, I bought an Androctonus bicolor, and then today I see about 20-30 scorplings crawling on her back. So, since I know nothing about scorpion babies, I have a few questions. 1. What do I have to do to make sure they survive 2. Are scorpions more potent when younger? Or...

That looks great. I wanna make something like that for my ornata when he's bigger. How exactly do you make that sliding door? Thanks and great job, Bort

Yeah, I have one versi sling. Got it at about .5" and now it's 1.25". For the first molt in my possesion, he didn't eat or drink for about 3 weeks. And it was 4 months in my possesion before it molted for the first time. Now it molts pretty regularly. -Bort

Ok, so I noticed my T. Blondi molted today, and when I used my tongs to grab the molting, I failed to notice that part of his leg was still attatched. He got scared, and ran away, leaving the leg behind. There's a drop of white liquid coming from the stump, which seems to have broken off at the...

Mine stopped eating for almost a month before finally molting. Did some webbing too. Lately though, its molts have been more normal. -Bort

I have a plastic plant in my smithi's tank, and she'll decide to tear it down every now and then. Also eats high on her toes. I have a similar gauge in my tank, and now I'm worried she might tear that apart. -Bort

My T. Blondi seemed to go from 1.5" to 3" in one molt. Doubled in size. Didn't expect that to happen. -Bort

11 Tarantulas: A. versicolor P. ornata C. cyaneopubescens P. murinus G. pulchra G. rosea H. maculata A. avicularia C. brachycephalus T. blondi B. smithi 2 Scorpions P. imperator A. bicolor -Bort

My friends and family think they're neat. Whenever it comes up in conversations with strangers though, they kind of cringe. Every now and then though, someone thinks it's cool. I'm just tired of explaining to people that they're not dangerous/deadly/etc... -Bort

Hmm, maybe I should splurge some of my tax return this year... Rather than putting it in a boring savings account. And congrats Swift! -Bort

I don't use hides for the avic or pulchra slings. The pulchra will probably burrow, so make sure he has sufficient substrate, and the avic will probably climb alot, so put in a stick or something and he'll web up the rest. The other two I haven't kept as slings, so I don't know much about them...

I hope he's paying you kids ;) -Bort

My P. ornata will usually eat right up until a few days before a molt. For me, this is all I notice about an impending molt. He's already pretty dark, so I don't really notice any darkening. -Bort

My avic versi sometimes pounces on crix right away, but sometimes will go down to grab him. He also is pretty good on not freaking out and escaping. When I had him in a narrow tube, he'd sit calmly while I'd poke around with a tweezers picking out body parts. A few times he's crawled out when...

Sorry to hear about that :( I love my emp. Just re-did his cage today. He was quite angry. What were the conditions like in his cage? Do you know the age/size of the scorp? What did you feed it? Hopefully we can try to figure out if there was any problem based on what you tell us.

When you measure a scorp, do you include the tail stretched out or not? Thanks, -Bort

Yep, my emperor did the same thing. I wish he still did, 'cause then maybe I'd see him once in awhile... -Bort

I doubt it killed your fish, though without knowing what disease your fish had, I can't be completely certain. As far as antibiotics go, MelaFix isn't very strong compared to some of the less natural chemicals. It may have in fact been too weak to cure whatever ailment your fish had, and...

Err, maybe the Palestinian Yellow Scorpion? Damn, I don't know dude. -Bort