Just wondering about my Asain Forest Scorpion

[BlueEyeOrb]

I purchased a juvenile Asian Forest Scorpion from a exotic pet shop, and I love the damn little thing, but she (assuming its a she since it has small claws) has not eaten in about 2-3 weeks. is this normal? I look up videos on how to feed them and their scorpions just take the food, mine doesn't want anything to do with it, I feed it gut loaded crickets, but it just lets it crawl on her or away and just sits there. She's not jumpy or attacks everything in sight. At the moment during the day she lays in the back of her hide (below has more details) and at night she's definitely active, but I've tried then too and she didn't want it.


Here's a photo of his tank, its a 10 gallon, I keep one side of it moist, keep the water bowl filled, and the hide I gave her is a 3 inch plastic cup I spray painted black for her and covered with substrate. (saw nowhere that spray painted items would be unhealthy to a scorpion, so I figured id at least cover it with substrate to be safe, inside has substrate in it and is not painted, only outside)

Anyways, any idea's on what I might be doing wrong? open to suggestions on how to make her life better cause like I said, I love the little bugger.

 

[BlueEyeOrb]

Didn't post anything of the little girl, so here we are

 

[REEFSPIDER]

Offer it dead prey. Leave a prekilled cricket in over nite. At this small size my heterometrus were very finicky eaters.

 

[BlueEyeOrb]

Alright, ill try it. thanks for the input.

 

[REEFSPIDER]

Its best if you crush the head a bit and keep the cricket moving some, i usually fed small mealworms to my heterometrus scorplings this way.

Alright, ill try it. thanks for the input.

 

[BlueEyeOrb]

I did that last night at about 1am. The cricket wasent moving much, and i set it in front of the hide, it was gone in the morning. I looked all over so i assume she got it. But ill keep trying to make sure shes eating. Thank you

 

[REEFSPIDER]

Right on! Sounds like it got it to me congrats.

 

[sr20det510]

Nice, I think she probably has eaten before you just dont see it eat. Just toss in a few small crickets, and most likely get eaten.

10 gallons is pretty big for a juvenile, I usually start them in a 5 gallon.

 

[BlueEyeOrb]

The pet store i bought her at said 10 would be really good. Im starting to think they dont know their facts cause they told me wrong info about my G. Rosaria tarantula aswell. Put a sling in a 10 gallon cause they said itd be great. I downgraded pretty quickly. Lol.

 

[Sillver]

Wow a 10 gallon for a sling is definitely wrong. Anyways like others have said feed it pre killed feeders. My 1" H spinifer will only eat pre killed.

 

[JoshBC]

10 gallons isn't crazy for a H. Spinifer. I had a full grown female that was probably 7 inches. They get BIG. Some people keep scorps in deli cups, others terrariums. All depends on your situation, the space you have available, if you're breeding them, etc. I'm a fan of giving them more room, but I'm down to just 3 scorpions at the moment. So I have that luxury. Great starter scorp btw. Mine was Pandinus Cavimanus (red clawed emperor).

 

[Chris WT]

Difficulties with juvies seems to be common. Be patient and you the threads advice and you will be just fine