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Thank you buddy. It is nice to be back! Looking forward to brushing back up on my knowledge and learning of course! I wouldn't be surprised if your son shares your interest!

I started off with a lower faunarium for my imperators, eventually switched to taller ones. Remember these scorpions like to dig out burrows. It is good to give them choices in terms of heat and humidity and also a safe place for them.

Could be preparing to molt.

Hadrurus was always my favourite, and Babycurus.

It only took me 12 years to log back in! Turns out one of my sons wants to keep a scorpion. So I'm back in the market for a Hadrurus again... Was wondering if any of the peeps I used to speak to on here are still around and still keeping? It is nice to be back. Hope this post is in the...

Agree with the others here. Not for handling. The only time you should be tailing a scorp with tweezers is when carrying out enclosure maintenance and need the scorp moved out while you do that. And ensure the tweezers have a protective layer over the tips. I use rubber tubing.

I saw an interesting Scorpion documentary with Attenborough narrating. If I remember correctly, there was actual footage of P. transvaalicus spraying venom.

If allowing the substrate to dry is not fixing the problem, either remove the infected substrate, clean the tank and add fresh substrate or remove the infected substrate and sterilise it. You could boil it to kill the mites or dampen it further, then microwave it. Both of these methods work...

When a scorp boosts up on it's metasoma (tail), it's trying to climb/escape. This is obviously fairly standard behaviour from time to time for captive scorps! I'd see if she manages to catch her own prey. I've only ever had one scorp that I had to hand feed, and it was not a healthy specimen...

you could provide less substrate and just supply a few hides with enough substrate for humidity purposes. this is good for keeping an eye on the scorp and also for cage cleaning. it's alot easier simply lifting a piece of cork bark to remove prey remains than having to escavate a burrow...

If there are moving mites in the substrate, you can quite easily disinfect the tank and change to fresh substrate. If the scorp has a major infestation on it, then that's very bad and the scorp will probably die. To help avoid an infestation in the first place, be sure to remove all prey...

Definitely do some research... Parabuthus... HOT genus. Transvaalicus can definitely spray venom, not sure on the other members of this family. Definitely a 3 out of 5 for venom potency, but they can also deliver a large amount due to their large size for a buthid.

yeah, i'd watch the humidity in the set-up of that scorp. should be a dry set-up. and remember it's HOT! :eek: :wicked:

I'll try and get my site back online asap, which has all the pics on it. Life has got in the way of my scorp hobby the past year. Getting married, getting a house and car and working all the damn time takes it's toll! But I'll get it all back online...

I have one of the offspring at subadult I believe. The other is a molt behind. I lost the mother :mad: :wall:, who was gravid with a second clutch. I am absolutely gutted. Easily my favourite scorp. I'll try to raise the offspring to adulthood. My H. Spadix is still doing great. As is my...

I have two scorplings left, which I have since seperated. One of them is huge, the other is a molt behind, but ready to pop. I need to get new pics, but my new dog chewed my camera (lol) and damaged the lense. I'll post an update soon (with pics)...

Ditto. I tried the black calci / desert sand mix for my Hadrurus, but it didn't hold, even after water mixing and tight compacting. For some reason the black sand -that I purchased- was much finer than the yellow or red, even the calci sand was quite fine. So I reverted back to the more regular...

What a stupid thread.

hi there, i keep my spadix in a small exo-terra faunarium, well ventilated with a water dish. my substrate is mostly calci-sand mixed with some desert sand (again, from exo terra), which i mix with water, compact tightly and allow to dry for a few days before introducing the scorp. this...

VERY interesting!