I put my desert species scorps on a mix of desert sand and coco fiber, however, my Leiurus quinquestriatus loves to burrow more so than all the others. So much so that ALL of the substrate has been pushed to one side with sand spilling out of the air vents and all over my shelves, every single night. My concern was the couple small rocks I put in as a hide, I don't want it the sand hill the scorpion created to collapse and bury it since its a bit loose.
Ive seen excavator clay, but I don't want to buy a huge bag since all my scorps are still juveniles. I was doing some reading here of people making their own excavator substrate with clay. I have 100% calcium bentonite clay that are used for face masks. People on here said to use bentonite and I figured this was safe since its used for humans, but just want to double check. I read on here that keeping scorps on calcium sand was bad (sticks to the scorpions), so I can't tell if the calcium in the bentonite will have a similar effect.
If it can work, what is a good ratio of water, clay and sand, I'm seeing conflicting things.
Ive seen excavator clay, but I don't want to buy a huge bag since all my scorps are still juveniles. I was doing some reading here of people making their own excavator substrate with clay. I have 100% calcium bentonite clay that are used for face masks. People on here said to use bentonite and I figured this was safe since its used for humans, but just want to double check. I read on here that keeping scorps on calcium sand was bad (sticks to the scorpions), so I can't tell if the calcium in the bentonite will have a similar effect.
If it can work, what is a good ratio of water, clay and sand, I'm seeing conflicting things.
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