Heterometrus petersii care question

[Kaemon285]

Hey, today I’ll be getting my very first scorpion and I need a bit of help from you guys. I’ve read everything I could find about heterometrus petersii but I still have one question, I heard they are communal and it’s best to have them in groups of 3 and more but 3 is bit too much for me so I was wondering if I should buy just one or two specimens. Thanks for every answer

 

[Voes]

Go with what you feel is right. Just because they can live communally doesn't mean you have to have them that way.

 

[Kaemon285]

I’m leaning to keeping two of them but they are just 3cm in body length and I have no idea if it’s possible to at least guess the sex of them at this size because I don’t really want to end up with 2 males.

 

[Voes]

I agree with ya there... Better to at least get 3. Better odds on a female.

 

[Dry Desert]

Hey, today I’ll be getting my very first scorpion and I need a bit of help from you guys. I’ve read everything I could find about heterometrus petersii but I still have one question, I heard they are communal and it’s best to have them in groups of 3 and more but 3 is bit too much for me so I was wondering if I should buy just one or two specimens. Thanks for every answer

If you are going to go communal - add the same species, the same size, at the same time. If you have 2 - have 3/4 hides, 3 scorpions 4/5 hides. This will give them chance to settle together and not fight over fewer hides.

 

[Kaemon285]

If you are going to go communal - add the same species, the same size, at the same time. If you have 2 - have 3/4 hides, 3 scorpions 4/5 hides. This will give them chance to settle together and not fight over fewer hides.

I’m planing to buy from single breeder so they should most likely be siblings, I was just wondering if I should go for 1 or 2 because I’m not sure if it’s better for them to have pal or not

One more question, is this still too small to at least guess it’s sex ?

 

[Kaemon285]

I thought they are gonna be 3cm in body length but it turned out they are 3 cm in total so I ended up buying 2 of them and they seem to get along well.

Thanks everyone for help