any info on chinese golden scorpions?

[rainman]

i just bought one from my local reptile store and have it in a 10 gallon tank with watered sand so it can burrow. any info on this scorp? i've already seen it mutilate a cricket with it's stinger and the cricket dissolved in a day, except for the head. freakin crazy. if anyone has some advice or tank setup suggestions i'd like to hear them. anyone else own one of these aggressive, fast scorps?

 

[Cooper]

yea, are they hot?

 

[skinheaddave]

Assuming they are Mesobuthus martensii (http://www.ub.ntnu.no/scorpion-files/m_martensii4.jpg) then you can find a care sheet for them here.

As for this disolving cricket business, you saw what?

Cheers,
Dave

 

[rainman]

yeah i saw it sting it maybe 10 times

yeah, it was crazy. i saw sumpin flopping around in my tank, then i noticed the scorp grab it and sting a numerous amount of times. the scorp didnt even attempt to eat it. it was a hit and run. the cricket was all liquidy. then this morning it was dissolved but the head and a little bit of the body was left. i heard that it's sting is compared to having ur finger gettin hit by a hammer. the owner got stung a few days before i bought it.

 

[rainman]

yeah, it's mesobuthus martensii

thanks for the info

 

[skinheaddave]

Ah. The simplest explanation in my mind is that the scorpion ate the cricket while you were sleeping. Scorpion venom does not "disolve" prey like that.

Cheers,
Dave

 

[rainman]

should i have a little heat lamp on top?

on the top of the tank to maintain an 80-85 degree habitat? opportunistic burrower means........??? i'm planning on getting a fat-tailed scorpion from LLL Reptile&Supply. they had some good looking oners when i went a few days ago. they had one of them spitting ones too. i just have watered down sand in the setup. is that enough? or put in something else? it's about 4'' deep.

 

[Frank]

Opportunist burrower=if you give them the chance to do a burrow, they'll do one, if not, they won't try to.

Are you sure that you have enough experience to get a fat-tailed?


Frank

 

[rainman]

yes i have enough experience

i'm not gonna go and pick it up or anything. i've owned many emperor's and desert hairies, but none of the big hazardous ones. i just want sumpin new

 

[Frank]

Emps and desert hairies are nothing compared to fat-tailed ones. Hot scorps doesn't necessary act aggressive, they sometimes prefer to hide, but one day, when you'll be less aware of the situation, they could tag you up. I've heard from people that their desert hairies are more aggressive than their truely hot scorps.. But every species has its own personnality. If you want something new, you can go into something else, there's other species with a fat tail that are less hotter than the real fat-tailed.

I PMed you.


Frank

 

[defour]

This dissolving thing is new to me too. It must really be sumpin!

Steve

 

[jper26]

Steve nice too see you in the scorpion forum.

 

[defour]

Ah, I do a little of the scorpion thing.

Steve

 

[rainman]

it may've just eatin some of it, but i was up most of the night, and the scorp never moved in any direction, so i know for a fact it wasnt eaten.

 

[rainman]

i mean the cricket never moved in any direction

 

[Cooper]

i mean the cricket never moved in any direction

you know the scorpion could have moved to it

 

[Kugellager]

You could also look at the virtual care sheet I just posted in this forum here:

http://www.arachnopets.com/arachnoboards/showthread.php?threadid=12333

John
];')

Sorry all I just realized I put the incorrect link in the original post. It should be fixed now.