PENVermillion
Arachnopeon
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- Jul 1, 2007
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I had an emperor scorpion for a long time that just passed away recently. I had kept him in a 5.5-gallon tank, which is now empty. I'm considering putting something new in there, but I'm no scorpion expert, so I'm hoping I can get some advice.
My emperor was really kind of lame - he just hid all the time, and very rarely moved around, so most of the time it looked like I was keeping either an empty tank or a plastic scorpion. I'm hoping to get something a little (actually, a lot) more active this time.
Here's how I envision my ideal scorpion friends, criteria listed in order of importance - let me know if there's anything that comes close to matching all or most of this stuff:
1. Active. I want something that actually moves around. Something that stings its prey would be cool, too, since my emperor never did (and he was pretty clumsy/lethargic with his claws, too - it's a miracle he ever caught anything!).
2. Not dangerous. I don't have any interest in handling a scorpion, and I'm careful to not go sticking my hand in where I can get stung, but I do have cats, and if somehow one of them got into the cage, I'd hate for something terrible to happen. Mind you, the cats have never gotten into the cages in 7 years, but you can never be too careful, right?
3. Not a big burrower/hider. My other current arachnopet is a cameroon red tarantula, but you'd have to take my word for it, because you very rarely see him. I'd like something that comes out into the open pretty often.
4. Communal. I think it'd be neat to get maybe 3 scorpions, I don't mind if they're a smaller species (they'd pretty much have to be smaller than the emperor, I suppose). That's assuming that my 5.5 gallon tank is big enough for 3 scorpions - if not, I can live with just one.
5. Not super-difficult to keep. I'm not an idiot, and I have the means and motivation to take good care of my scorpions, but at the same time, I don't want something that's going to be overly difficult or time-consuming.
6. Not black. This is not really a "requirement", per se, but I've had a black scorpion for many years, and I think something else would be cool for a change.
What do you think? Is there a scorpion out there that would be a good fit for me? Or is there something else that I should consider for this tank?
My emperor was really kind of lame - he just hid all the time, and very rarely moved around, so most of the time it looked like I was keeping either an empty tank or a plastic scorpion. I'm hoping to get something a little (actually, a lot) more active this time.
Here's how I envision my ideal scorpion friends, criteria listed in order of importance - let me know if there's anything that comes close to matching all or most of this stuff:
1. Active. I want something that actually moves around. Something that stings its prey would be cool, too, since my emperor never did (and he was pretty clumsy/lethargic with his claws, too - it's a miracle he ever caught anything!).
2. Not dangerous. I don't have any interest in handling a scorpion, and I'm careful to not go sticking my hand in where I can get stung, but I do have cats, and if somehow one of them got into the cage, I'd hate for something terrible to happen. Mind you, the cats have never gotten into the cages in 7 years, but you can never be too careful, right?
3. Not a big burrower/hider. My other current arachnopet is a cameroon red tarantula, but you'd have to take my word for it, because you very rarely see him. I'd like something that comes out into the open pretty often.
4. Communal. I think it'd be neat to get maybe 3 scorpions, I don't mind if they're a smaller species (they'd pretty much have to be smaller than the emperor, I suppose). That's assuming that my 5.5 gallon tank is big enough for 3 scorpions - if not, I can live with just one.
5. Not super-difficult to keep. I'm not an idiot, and I have the means and motivation to take good care of my scorpions, but at the same time, I don't want something that's going to be overly difficult or time-consuming.
6. Not black. This is not really a "requirement", per se, but I've had a black scorpion for many years, and I think something else would be cool for a change.
What do you think? Is there a scorpion out there that would be a good fit for me? Or is there something else that I should consider for this tank?