Emperor Scorpion Housing

[BreLeche]

Hi guys, I'm getting an Emperor Scorpion in a few days and I just got his enclosure and I'm wondering if it big enough for him. I have attached some pics of it.

 

[BoyFromLA]

What size is your scorpion that you are getting?

 

[BreLeche]

What size is your scorpion that you are getting?

He's an adult male Emperor Scorpion. I'm not sure of his exact size. I ordered him online from Backwater Reptiles.

 

[BoyFromLA]

I would ask for a refund quickly...

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[Edan bandoot]

Backwater Reptiles (www.backwaterreptiles.com/)

No. Just no. Don't do it. These guys are drop shippers. My package from California arrived with a Florida return address. They do not see or know anything about the animal they are shipping you. The reviews on their website are fabricated, mostly written by the guy that runs the site. They...

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You'll likely end up with a heterometrus scorpion

 

[Tarantuland]

Backwater Reptiles (www.backwaterreptiles.com/)

No. Just no. Don't do it. These guys are drop shippers. My package from California arrived with a Florida return address. They do not see or know anything about the animal they are shipping you. The reviews on their website are fabricated, mostly written by the guy that runs the site. They...

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You'll likely end up with a heterometrus scorpion

Hopefully a living one. Backwater has a horrible reputation. Emperor scorpions have been banned from export anyway, you'll most likely receive an asian forest scorpion and it might not be alive when you get it. I'd recommend trying to cancel the order and getting a heterometrus from the classified here

 

[BreLeche]

Hopefully a living one. Backwater has a horrible reputation. Emperor scorpions have been banned from export anyway, you'll most likely receive an asian forest scorpion and it might not be alive when you get it. I'd recommend trying to cancel the order and getting a heterometrus from the classified here

Thanks for the information. I'll see what I can do. But do you think the enclosure that I posted will be big enough for an Emperor Scorpion?

 

[Albireo Wulfbooper]

Thanks for the information. I'll see what I can do. But do you think the enclosure that I posted will be big enough for an Emperor Scorpion?

You can probably make it work, although it's a little bit on the shallow side - you'll need at least 4" of substrate, which doesn't leave a lot of walking-around room at the top, especially if it decides it wants to burrow extensively. You could maybe slope the sub a bit to have one side with more space up top and deeper sub on the other end.

 

[BreLeche]

You can probably make it work, although it's a little bit on the shallow side - you'll need at least 4" of substrate, which doesn't leave a lot of walking-around room at the top, especially if it decides it wants to burrow extensively. You could maybe slope the sub a bit to have one side with more space up top and deeper sub on the other end.

Thank you