Mathayus
Arachnosquire
- Joined
- Nov 17, 2010
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Monday, my 6" Emperor gave birth. Everything appeared well, until I checked on her today and noticed that one of her babies was not fully delivered and it's tail is still inside the mother, with the rest of its body hanging out of the genital aperture. The mother is not attempting to help it through with her legs, as it would do while birthing. It is simply dragging it along underneath her.
The baby is still alive and seems to be perfectly formed, but I'm obviously concerned that this will cause problems. Anyone have any advice on remedying this problem? My first instinct was to gently get her out and see if I could carefully remove it with forceps, though I fear that would harm both animals involved. Ideas?
All other babies are alive ad well and are on the mothers back, like normal. It seems to be a brood of around 10-15.
This is my third litter of scorpions born, but all the others went perfectly. (Hottentotta hottentotta, Centruroides gracilis) The humidity was not where it should've been, which is likely the reason for this complication. I have raised the humidity and the temperature, I simply need a way to fix this problem.
The baby is still alive and seems to be perfectly formed, but I'm obviously concerned that this will cause problems. Anyone have any advice on remedying this problem? My first instinct was to gently get her out and see if I could carefully remove it with forceps, though I fear that would harm both animals involved. Ideas?
All other babies are alive ad well and are on the mothers back, like normal. It seems to be a brood of around 10-15.
This is my third litter of scorpions born, but all the others went perfectly. (Hottentotta hottentotta, Centruroides gracilis) The humidity was not where it should've been, which is likely the reason for this complication. I have raised the humidity and the temperature, I simply need a way to fix this problem.