AFS underwater

[CRX]

I posted about this before, but something else happened 3 days ago. I had been pouring water into the water cap, frequently because the heater makes it evaporate. What I didn't take into account was the water that splashed out, had to go somewhere. The other night I noticed my AFS was out of its burrow completely, very very odd. I opened the top to look around and didnt notice anything off, and the scorp retreated to its burrow. I tried to look in with a blacklight a couple minutes later, and I was confused because all I saw was a blur. I realized the entire burrow had been flooded because the water over time had nowhere to drain.

I had to very carefully drain out the water and dig the scorpion up, they were upside down for some reason. They immediately acted normal and most of the burrow remains intact and the scorp is fine now. Just incredible the tolerance AFS have for water. I suspect emps are the same.

 

[NMTs]

I would suspect that dealing with a flooded burrow is a common occurrence for them in the wild. Cool to see some of that behavior in captivity, even if it was accidental...