Sarcastic Fly
Arachnopeon
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- Apr 9, 2016
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About six months ago I acquired a nice Asian Forest scorpion. Seemed pretty healthy; good coloration, no missing limbs, and had been feeding regularly. My only two concerns were 1) it was being overfed and 2) it was in a container that was waaay to small. No room to turn around.
I've been keeping him in a much larger habitat (roughly 8 US gallons) on a moist coconut mulch. I cut his feedings down to about once a week gradually from his previous three times a week and he is looking much healthier. He has a burrow made of a jar that he spends the days hiding in.
Here's my problem: about a month ago he started using his left claw less and less. Soon he was holding it against himself and wouldn't use it whatsoever. Last week he disappeared and I didn't see him until today, which is very unusual. Normally he comes out like clockwork just as evening sets in. Today he finally re-emerged... without his left claw. He has only the right claw now, and I am very concerned about how this will affect his health and how this happened.
Have any of you experienced similar issues? He doesn't appear to be molting, and I don't think its a humidity issue. Any suggestions of how to help him recover and prevent this issue in the future would be most welcome. Thank you in advance for your help. (Sorry for poor image quality).
I've been keeping him in a much larger habitat (roughly 8 US gallons) on a moist coconut mulch. I cut his feedings down to about once a week gradually from his previous three times a week and he is looking much healthier. He has a burrow made of a jar that he spends the days hiding in.
Here's my problem: about a month ago he started using his left claw less and less. Soon he was holding it against himself and wouldn't use it whatsoever. Last week he disappeared and I didn't see him until today, which is very unusual. Normally he comes out like clockwork just as evening sets in. Today he finally re-emerged... without his left claw. He has only the right claw now, and I am very concerned about how this will affect his health and how this happened.
Have any of you experienced similar issues? He doesn't appear to be molting, and I don't think its a humidity issue. Any suggestions of how to help him recover and prevent this issue in the future would be most welcome. Thank you in advance for your help. (Sorry for poor image quality).
