do small desert species of scorps need water dish?

[EndlessForms]

uhh the title says it all :razz: i'm getting some V. spinigerus and V. confusus and need to know if they would need a small water dish or if they get the water from thier prey
thanks

 

[Galapoheros]

I offer water to everything, at least a bottle cap of water in a corner(I've never had the two species you're getting though). I see no reason to risk dehydration because we only hope it's getting all the water it needs from prey. Things get so exaggerated, I remember somebody saying that somebody else's desert scorpion died because they offered it water, HA, ...noooo, as if some people sway to far and assume water is poison to desert animals. If you have a screen top on for ventilation and keep the substrate dry it should be OK. Maybe once every two weeks I dump about 1/2 a cup of water in a corner or next to the rock a desert arthro is under. I use desert sub from the desert, I don't use coco fiber or even a mix with desert stuff.

 

[Sir Aculeus]

They get water from their prey and drink as well. You can offer a shallow water dish once a month and then remove the water dish after a day or two tops! Alternately you can very lightly mist a very small part the the enclosure.

I lightly mist one side of the enlcosure so that a few drops form on the glass/acrylic. Sometimes I squirt some drops on a rock and makes a tiny pool of water. I do this about once a month. But thats it!! They will drink from drops on glass and tiny pools of water that sit on some flat rocks in their tank.

You do not want to mist them directly at all.

 

[EndlessForms]

I offer water to everything, at least a bottle cap of water in a corner(I've never had the two species you're getting though). I see no reason to risk dehydration because we only hope it's getting all the water it needs from prey. Things get so exaggerated, I remember somebody saying that somebody else's desert scorpion died because they offered it water, HA, ...noooo, as if some people sway to far and assume water is poison to desert animals. If you have a screen top on for ventilation and keep the substrate dry it should be OK. Maybe once every two weeks I dump about 1/2 a cup of water in a corner or next to the rock a desert arthro is under. I use desert sub from the desert, I don't use coco fiber or even a mix with desert stuff.

i'll be keeping them in a plastic jar that was used to hold nuts. so the top is a plastic skrew on top with air holes so not the best ventilation...but since these are tall, i may not even need a lid..how well can these scorps climb?? lol and yeah i was planning to have a bottle cap water dish just in case...so i should offer it once a month? or how 'bout once a week? lol

They get water from their prey and drink as well. You can offer a shallow water dish once a month and then remove the water dish after a day or two tops! Alternately you can very lightly mist a very small part the the enclosure.

I lightly mist one side of the enlcosure so that a few drops form on the glass/acrylic. Sometimes I squirt some drops on a rock and makes a tiny pool of water. I do this about once a month. But thats it!! They will drink from drops on glass and tiny pools of water that sit on some flat rocks in their tank.

You do not want to mist them directly at all.

so a water dish for a couple days offered monthly?

 

[AzJohn]

I wouldn't really consider those species dessert. They are more a scrub species. Much of the US southwest isn't all that dry. Much of Arizona gets around 15-20 of rain yearly. This includes V. spinigerus and V. confusus habitat. They do live in some very dry areas but can be found in abundance in many wetter areas. The key is ventalation. They won't live long if the humidity is kept at 70% for a month or so. I water my V. spinigerus about once a week to ten days them let it dry out compleatly.

John