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I recently acquired an Asian Forest Scorpion from a friend. He was abandoned at her place of work by someone who was keeping the poor thing in a 5g aquarium, sand substrate, with an emperor scorpion. The forest scorpion must have out-competed the other for food, as it was utterly emaciated, very weak, and died within a day of being brought in. The forest scorpion is a good weight but was rather dehydrated; the girl I adopted from rectified this problem before giving him over to me.
I am hoping to get some husbandry tips to give this poor abused creature a long life and happy home. I have kept Emperor Scorpions and Red Claw Emperor Scorpions, and from what I hear, the husbandry is at least similar - is this accurate? My present set-up is a shallow breeder tank with the same length as a 10g but a slightly greater width; it is about 6.5" in height. There is ~ 4" mixed peat and coconut fiber for bedding, two log hides, some leaf litter, a bit of moss, and a shallow water bowl in the tank. I have been misting every other day to maintain humidity and feeding crickets and dubia roaches with tongs. The ambient air temp is eighty degrees, which is what I keep my room at to maintain a variety of tropical fish, birds, invertebrates, and plants. Therefore there is not a heating pad, though I hear these can be dangerous anyways as the animal burrows to cool down and can "cook"?
I guess what I'd like is some tips on husbandry. Do you see anything wrong with my present care practices? If yes, please speak up! Is 80 degrees a good temperature? From what I read, 75-90 is acceptable, but if it should be warmer I could try to find a safe way to heat half of the tank for a gradient. Also, just out of curiosity, what kind of lifespan should I be looking at here? I'm getting conflicting information from internet sources and am hoping someone with real-life experience can relay some information.
Thanks so much! "Gremlin" thanks you in advance, as well.
I recently acquired an Asian Forest Scorpion from a friend. He was abandoned at her place of work by someone who was keeping the poor thing in a 5g aquarium, sand substrate, with an emperor scorpion. The forest scorpion must have out-competed the other for food, as it was utterly emaciated, very weak, and died within a day of being brought in. The forest scorpion is a good weight but was rather dehydrated; the girl I adopted from rectified this problem before giving him over to me.
I am hoping to get some husbandry tips to give this poor abused creature a long life and happy home. I have kept Emperor Scorpions and Red Claw Emperor Scorpions, and from what I hear, the husbandry is at least similar - is this accurate? My present set-up is a shallow breeder tank with the same length as a 10g but a slightly greater width; it is about 6.5" in height. There is ~ 4" mixed peat and coconut fiber for bedding, two log hides, some leaf litter, a bit of moss, and a shallow water bowl in the tank. I have been misting every other day to maintain humidity and feeding crickets and dubia roaches with tongs. The ambient air temp is eighty degrees, which is what I keep my room at to maintain a variety of tropical fish, birds, invertebrates, and plants. Therefore there is not a heating pad, though I hear these can be dangerous anyways as the animal burrows to cool down and can "cook"?
I guess what I'd like is some tips on husbandry. Do you see anything wrong with my present care practices? If yes, please speak up! Is 80 degrees a good temperature? From what I read, 75-90 is acceptable, but if it should be warmer I could try to find a safe way to heat half of the tank for a gradient. Also, just out of curiosity, what kind of lifespan should I be looking at here? I'm getting conflicting information from internet sources and am hoping someone with real-life experience can relay some information.
Thanks so much! "Gremlin" thanks you in advance, as well.
