ASAP help Scorpion Just had babies

[woijchik89]

I had no Idea it was gravid then all of the sudden as im about to feed it i notice its has one baby on its back, one on its mouth, and i cant count the ones underneath it....I really would rather have it not eat its young as i would plan on keeping them any advice as well as smart-ass comments of why i didn't prepare ahead, or what i should've done would be appreciated...THanks in advance....

_ben

 

[ThatGuy]

Just wondering what kinda scorpion it is ?.....and you should seporate them after there first molt and put them in deli cups with damp paper towels and make sure there damp but not all out soaked. good luck with em.

 

[carpe scorpio]

I had no Idea it was gravid then all of the sudden as im about to feed it i notice its has one baby on its back, one on its mouth, and i cant count the ones underneath it....I really would rather have it not eat its young as i would plan on keeping them any advice as well as smart-ass comments of why i didn't prepare ahead, or what i should've done would be appreciated...THanks in advance....

_ben

Ben, are these the C. gracilis that you had before?, if so, you can offer the mother crushed crickets, but this species will sometimes not feed till the young are 2nd instar and beginning to leave.

 

[prang11]

Just cover the tank and dont touch it for a week. Then go back and check on things. My C. Vitattus are just starting to come off mommas back. They are only 6 days old.

Make sure to maintain the same enviroment that you have been keeping. Dont change anything in the tank in order to keep mommos stress down.

Congrats and best of luck.

 

[greenfiremajick]

well congrats!!!
all you guys getting babies, and not one single baby for me, darnit!!!!

I had no Idea it was gravid then all of the sudden as im about to feed it i notice its has one baby on its back, one on its mouth, and i cant count the ones underneath it....I really would rather have it not eat its young as i would plan on keeping them any advice as well as smart-ass comments of why i didn't prepare ahead, or what i should've done would be appreciated...THanks in advance....

_ben

 

[woijchik89]

emporer scorpion

 

[woijchik89]

Ben, are these the C. gracilis that you had before?, if so, you can offer the mother crushed crickets, but this species will sometimes not feed till the young are 2nd instar and beginning to leave.

no its my old emperor, thanks alot for replying

now there's only 4 left...

Why is it eating its babies? I just dont get it.... I mean i've been kinda over feeding it but why would that make it eat its own babies?

 

[carpe scorpio]

no its my old emperor, thanks alot for replying

now there's only 4 left...

Why is it eating its babies? I just dont get it.... I mean i've been kinda over feeding it but why would that make it eat its own babies?

Of course, it might be some form of stress, what are the tank conditions?.

 

[woijchik89]

Of course, it might be some form of stress, what are the tank conditions?.

Well its really humid, plenty of water, grounds kinda damp, i just installed a home made dripper, has 1 plant in it and plenty of places to hide, but do to summers heat its alittle more humid then usual.

 

[woijchik89]

Okay 3 left and one lost a tail...but the mother emp is now realising her sick sadistic cannibalistic ways...And the threee muskateers have jumped on the mother emps back for refuge...Any tips?????

 

[woijchik89]

Well gee aren't you guys helpful...

 

[Staley]

ok heres what to do

Keep the Stress levels down on the mother and things should get better. put alot of food good moisture amounts and keep the music down

 

[woijchik89]

Keep the Stress levels down on the mother and things should get better. put alot of food good moisture amounts and keep the music down

Woah, psycic? I think that might have been a problem now I never thought loud music would stress the mother out. As for food I have plenty of crickets in there now, should I be worried about the crickets trying to eat the babys? Thanks a million for the advice.

 

[TheNothing]

"plenty" is one at a time....

 

[Rabid Flea]

The crix can be causing a lot of stress for her too, not to mention munchin on some of your babies! Crix will eat anything that moves or dont move!

 

[wikkid_devil]

Careful

Woah, psycic? I think that might have been a problem now I never thought loud music would stress the mother out. As for food I have plenty of crickets in there now, should I be worried about the crickets trying to eat the babys? Thanks a million for the advice.

It's not unheard of for adult rickets to cause serious injuries to newborn scorps. Remember crickets are canabals and they will eat baby scorps too if given the chance!

On the stress thing ... my emp dropped 8 newborns on Sunday and a 9th last night. My whole family are fascinated and are creeping around like mice when they are upstairs so as not to cause any vibrations

 

[woijchik89]

The crix can be causing a lot of stress for her too, not to mention munchin on some of your babies! Crix will eat anything that moves or dont move!

As for now they all seem to be fasinated with and apple core i threw in there...And i went crazy about tearing off their legs to ansure that they wont jump on the mothers back and hurt the 3 baby emps

 

[woijchik89]

Okay the mother just had 6 more babies, Does anyone know how long it'll be till I have to start separating them. And only 3 of the 7 scorplings are on their mothers back, it looks as is the mother just forgot about them...Any advice would be appreciated.

 

[wikkid_devil]

Wait until they have had thier first moult and leave mum of thier own accord. Don't try to forcibly seperate them.