Desert hairy not burrowing

[mshafer97]

I used a mixture of 1/3 excavator clay and 2/3 sand and my scorpion is not burrowing. It is about 5 inches deep. There is a cork bark hide in there that he is under currently. Is he fine like this or should I redo the mixture?

 

[Ncshooter]

IMHO, I think your substrate is fine -- sometimes they just don't feel like burrowing if there is an easy hide available. How long has it been since they've been rehoused? A friend of mine has a spadix, and it spend like weeks just roaming and hiding before it started bulldozing things. It may be just taking it's time to get acclimated.

 

[Lewis Catlin]

It is natural behaviour for scorpions to hide and burrow but some don’t. It’s hiding so it’s a happy scorpionZ

 

[Lubed Tweezer]

It took my H. arizonensis 2-3 weeks in it's current enclosure to start burrowing.
I've housed it on a sand/clay mix, not excavator clay (wasn't available at the time).
The mix is nearly hard as rock, amazing that the scorpion 'eats' it's way straight through that.