Baby scorpions enclosure guidance?

[luuk]

Is there any guide available regarding the needs for the enclosure for the scorplings? My Asian Forrest scorpion recently gave birth to 18 young and I want to raise them as good as possible. she is my first scorpion ever so I don’t have much experience yet especially with babies.

right now I still have them in a larger box with holes poked into the sides but I will move them to separate enclosures soon.

the separate enclosures are 15x10x8cm (LxHxW). I poked around 40 holes all around the sides at the top. The holes are about 2-4mm diameter.

I was thinking about filling up the enclosures with about 5cm of exo terra plantation soil and forest moss(70/30 mix). And to put a piece of cork bark around half the size of the ground floor.

The only concerns and questions I have are:
1. Will it be enough ventilation?
2. How to keep the humidity under control without the need of a bunch of different sensors?
3. What is the best way to make water available?
4. Is it recommended to add some springtails or something or won’t it really be needed?

any help is greatly appreciated and if there is any other advice then please let me know

 

[Joey Spijkers]

The setup you describe sounds good.

1. They don't need a huge amount of ventilation. You should be fine.
2. Make sure the substrate is always moist throughout. No need to measure the exact humidity.
3. Again, always moist substrate, and optionally a small water dish (bottle cap, sling cup lid), with small pebbles in it to prevent drowning. At this size, they can also drink from droplets or the substrate itself.
4. If you have them on hand, I would use them. It's not a necessity.

 

[luuk]

The setup you describe sounds good.

1. They don't need a huge amount of ventilation. You should be fine.
2. Make sure the substrate is always moist throughout. No need to measure the exact humidity.
3. Again, always moist substrate, and optionally a small water dish (bottle cap, sling cup lid), with small pebbles in it to prevent drowning. At this size, they can also drink from droplets or the substrate itself.
4. If you have them on hand, I would use them. It's not a necessity.

Thank you for your help. I will make sure to keep the substrate moist and might add a small water dish. Thank you again, I appreciate it.

 

[luuk]

The setup you describe sounds good.

1. They don't need a huge amount of ventilation. You should be fine.
2. Make sure the substrate is always moist throughout. No need to measure the exact humidity.
3. Again, always moist substrate, and optionally a small water dish (bottle cap, sling cup lid), with small pebbles in it to prevent drowning. At this size, they can also drink from droplets or the substrate itself.
4. If you have them on hand, I would use them. It's not a necessity.

May i ask you another question regarding feeding them?

i am mostly curious how often the babies should be fed. I know for adults they can go a while without any food but i would say that babies need more because they are still growing.

I have tried to feed them some small crickets with tweezers the other day and by just trowing them in and waiting for a little while to see or they will grab them. Both death and allive but none of the babies will take it.

i also feeded them by just trowing in a bunch of small crickets into their temporaraly tank 2 days ago but because they were still together and I didn’t have much time i just left it overnight and while most of the crickets seemed to be gone i am a little afraid they mignt have been able to escape through the vent holes.

the crickets are only about the size of their claws and a bit bigger but i will get some more about 1/3 of their body which might be a bit better.

 

[Joey Spijkers]

Scorplings should be fed once or twice a week. The size you're using sounds good.
If you feel they aren't eating too well, you can prekill an insect and leave it in over night. When they're young, mom will squish the prey and share with them, so this might yield better results if they don't take live.

 

[luuk]

Scorplings should be fed once or twice a week. The size you're using sounds good.
If you feel they aren't eating too well, you can prekill an insect and leave it in over night. When they're young, mom will squish the prey and share with them, so this might yield better results if they don't take live.

Dankjewel voor de hulp

 

[Joey Spijkers]

Dankjewel voor de hulp

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