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...

 

[TheraMygale]

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.

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...

considering these species can experience a high level of water in the wild, its good for you yours had the genes to go through this.

these inverts are so amazing. Im also happy it has a good keeper like you who pays attention to its ever small changes in behavior.

someone else might have let this go on for a while. With different results.

 

[The Snark]

I would suspect that dealing with a flooded burrow is a common occurrence for them in the wild.

Happens all the time with our monsoons. They can hold their breath for a while, like even a month or two.