New emp. tries climbing walls
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Often new aquisitions will do this until they get settled down. If you temperature and humidity is right (check the sticky at the top of this forum) and you have plenty of hiding spots then he should eventualy pick one and start hiding. If your conditions are wrong he may continue to "roam"
Cheers,
Dave
Cheers,
Dave
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I've seen the same thing in my limited experience and would concur with Dave. My first Emp did alot of roaming/"climbing" for the first two weeks I had him, and showed no interest in food. Temp/humidity were both a bit low, and when I moved him into a more suitable habitat he settled down after a couple days and picked a favorite hide. I have several hides spread out along the length of a 20L and have a heating pad on one side of the back of the tank with a glass sheet covering 80% of the screen (the uncovered end is the end opposite of the heater) so there is a temp/humid gradient for him to choose from. Within a couple days he ate for the first time. I added two more Emps last week and they also tooled around for a couple of days before settling down. Both ate for the first time a couple nights later. As Dave suggests, given the right conditions he ought to settle down soon. Good luck!
at about what % should the humidity be..and if it helps u give suggestions on how to get that humidity,i have a kind of calcium type sand in a 10gallon tank.(sry to keep blabbing on but...)..the people that sold me the scorpion said that it is pregnant,so if there are any special things to do for the environment pertaining to a pregnant scorpion,that would also be nice to know.
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Most of your questions will be answered in that post:
http://www.arachnopets.com/arachnoboards/showthread.php?s=&threadid=11336
As for sand (or calcium sand), it is not proper for an emperor scorp. Get a bag of peat moss, it is like 3 bucks for a 1 feet cube bag, if it hasn't been opened before, it is secure to use it as substrate without having to do anything to kill bacteries.
Frank
http://www.arachnopets.com/arachnoboards/showthread.php?s=&threadid=11336
As for sand (or calcium sand), it is not proper for an emperor scorp. Get a bag of peat moss, it is like 3 bucks for a 1 feet cube bag, if it hasn't been opened before, it is secure to use it as substrate without having to do anything to kill bacteries.
Frank