Do scorpion's scratch themselves??lol

[KiruSama]

Odd question I know, But for two night in a row my Emperor Scorpion Tilts one claw down towards the ground lifting himself a little off the ground And appears to be using his legs to "scratch" his/her underside. The temperature is at a good level along with the humidity. What could he possibly be doing??

 

[~Abyss~]

seen this as well. I tought it was stillting at first but now I'm thinking it was just a way to clean themselves.

 

[Cyris69]

Yuppers, cleaning. They also use their tail as a scrub brush lol. Mine use to do that all the time kinda got me worried so I asked and those where the answers.

 

[PhilK]

Yeah cleaning. Arthropods are meticulous cleaners.

 

[KiruSama]

Well, glad That he's just cleaning himself. Thanks for your help.

 

[kuhliloach]

Odd question I know, But for two night in a row my Emperor Scorpion Tilts one claw down towards the ground lifting himself a little off the ground And appears to be using his legs to "scratch" his/her underside. The temperature is at a good level along with the humidity. What could he possibly be doing??

mine does that too, exept after it looks like it's "eating" it's left claw. yeah i think it's cleaning...

 

[phil jones]

seen this as well. I tought it was stillting at first but now I'm thinking it was just a way to clean themselves.

hi whats stillting :? as i never heard of this as what do it mean ?---- thanks phil

 

[Mod_Box]

stated by PhilK in another thread

It's basically to provide better ventilation around the body, and so cool off a little.

 

[phil jones]

thanks phil

 

[Thaedion]

hi whats stillting :? as i never heard of this as what do it mean ?---- thanks phil

Below is a good picture I have of one of my scorpions stilting. When they stilt it is too hot. I always opened the top of the aquarium for a while to ventilate when I saw them stilt.

 

[MissConnie]

ooh off topic a little but I dreamt my scorpion was scratching herself with her stinger last night...how random to then come online and see this post!

xxxx

 

[Alakdan]

Odd question I know, But for two night in a row my Emperor Scorpion Tilts one claw down towards the ground lifting himself a little off the ground And appears to be using his legs to "scratch" his/her underside. The temperature is at a good level along with the humidity. What could he possibly be doing??

Yes they do. I caught my H. fulvipes doing that. It's just basic grooming.

 

[Choobaine]

Mine was doing that a couple of days ago and I was thinking "what is this rubbing?" then I realised she was cleaning, it was very cute indeed, she'd do the same pattern over and over - rub claw with legs, put claw in mouth, rub claw with legs etc etc. She eventually stopped but only after quite a while. It was outrageously cute to watch!

 

[Arachniboy]

My scorpion did this as well. It was rubbing the side of its body with almost 1 pair of its legs

Its very cute and interesting