Help with hadrurus arizonensis housing

[ciColors]

Acquired a small scorp a while ago and just moved it from its deli container to this jar. I read they liked sand so I found some quickcrete sand in my garage and mixed it with some coco fiber and vermiculite, and placed in a piece of corkbark to dig around.





Does not seem to like it, probably too wet right now but it should dry off. Is the quickcrete sand safe for it? What other kinds of substrate can I use to make this guy more comfortable?

Also, I'm a bit worried about temp. From my reading I know they can manage 100F temps and are found like that in wild (yes I know their burrows are cooler). Right now room temp for me is around 70F maybe 60F at night. Is this too cold? How can I heat such a small container? Heat lamp for reptiles?

 

[Khagra]

OKAY. I'm re-writing my entire post cause I originally sent it from my phone, but actually wanted to send you more in depth stuff. haha

SUBSTRATE:
For substrate, I use White and Red sand from Petsmart/petco. You can probably find it in most petshops.
I chose to use white and red so it would look nicer all mixed up and more natural, so it's not a requirement, just keep that in mind.
http://www.petsmart.com/reptile/sub...-reptile-sand-zid36-14988/cat-36-catid-500013

The second part of the substrate is Excavator clay. http://www.amazon.com/Zoo-Med-Excavator-Burrowing-Substrate/dp/B000N5OM8S
I put in 2 parts sand, 1 part clay. The important part is that you want it to dry out completely before putting the scorpion in it.


Here's what my tank looks like with that mixture.

HOUSING:
Yours is still itty bitty as far as I can tell from your picture, so keep that in mind in regards to what I'm saying here.

I keep my female in a 10g tank. She's incredibly active, and that might be an attributing feature to why your scorpion seems unhappy.
It seems very small, and that piece of corkbark isn't really enough to provide it a place to hide. Mine digs long tunnels, and it has several different chambers.
There should be 0 humidity in their enclosure. I mist the entrance of her burrow once a month, but it's very light, and just helps keep the sand there from crumbling.
We get very little rainfall in AZ, so they don't need any moisture provided. They'll get all they need from their food.

TEMPERATURE:
Your tanks current temperature is fine. That's about average for an Arizona winter, so you're not doing any damage.
If you want to keep them a regulated summer temperature, 85 - 95 seems to keep them happiest.
I'd suggest a heat lamp, if you can get them a proper terrarium, I think I'd be fearful of the glass in such a small container getting too hot.
Also if it's too hot, it doesn't leave them anywhere to hide from the heat.


and uh... obligatory pictures!

 

[ciColors]

Thanks for the tips, I'll try to get him into a better enclosure asap.

Also, is it possible to tell M from F at this size?

 

[Khagra]

I'm not sure, really. Got mine as an adult. I'd assume you could, but it'd probably be more accurate if you waited till they matured since it's relative to pectine count and size. I'm not 100% on that, definitely no expert in sexing this species. n_n; sorry!