Abandoned Baby Bark Scorpion Care

CritterKeeper21

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Okay, so recent attempts to get this really tiny baby scorpion (Centroides Sculpturatus) back onto their mother have resulted in the mom getting really aggressive looking and agitated. The baby is really new (almost completely white, doesn't glow, maybe a 1.5 mm in length) What can I do if the mother doesn't let them get back on?
 

CritterKeeper21

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Has it molted yet? It doesn't need to eat until after its first molt.

Why is there just one baby?

Crickets will be fine.
It hasn't molted yet so it is a relief to hear you say that. I put a dead cricket in the tank yesterday and it didn't touch it. I have never had a litter of more than 3 scorpions, but what it looks like happened to me is that my big female was pregnant, gave birth to one and it got on the small female. The big female is a lot wider than the small one and looks like she did when she was pregnant last year so I think she might still have babies in her (I only had one male who was killed a couple months ago and I found another). The smaller one was engaged in a mating dance last night as well. This is just my theory
 

InvertAddiction

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I'm glad I'm not the only one having scorpion brood issues. You'll have to put the scorpling in it's own container (condiment cups work great). After its molted, wait a few days then offer a pre killed prey item. They will scavenge, so if the prey is too big, just cut it up and leave a piece in there, making sure to remove it the next day if it hasn't been touched or the scorp is not feeding on it (reduces the chance of mites and mold).
 
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