Josh McClellan
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- Jun 15, 2016
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Hi Community! I have a pair of Asian Forest Scorpions (allegedly, one looks more like Cavimanus as time goes on) and they are super-paranoid. If one of them is eating a worm and I turn on the lamp in my room, it tends to drop food and head for the burrow . If I drop food in front of them, they assume this awesome phalanx pasture and ignore the food for a long time to fixate on the space that my hand occupied. How do people on YouTube get scorpions to eat in a brightly lit room and from tongs/tweezers at that? Not that I plan on streaming them. Just trying to understand my babes.
Ive considered the possibility that I just offer food too often but don't want them to go hungry. The point I'm slowly getting at is that I rarely observe them eating and am worried that one of them is depriving the other one of it's dinner on the regular. Are there any obvious signs or behaviors when Spinifer/Longimanus/Cavimanus is hungry? I've read that they are "more predatory" when hungry but how does one evaluate that behavior in a Scorpion Lol. I usually offer a large mealworm to each one every 2 days. Both bugs are adults. Should I slow down? Thanks all.
Edit... Ive made it a point to never handle them unless it's essential and to never change the appearance of their environment. Hoping that helps them mellow out.
Ive considered the possibility that I just offer food too often but don't want them to go hungry. The point I'm slowly getting at is that I rarely observe them eating and am worried that one of them is depriving the other one of it's dinner on the regular. Are there any obvious signs or behaviors when Spinifer/Longimanus/Cavimanus is hungry? I've read that they are "more predatory" when hungry but how does one evaluate that behavior in a Scorpion Lol. I usually offer a large mealworm to each one every 2 days. Both bugs are adults. Should I slow down? Thanks all.
Edit... Ive made it a point to never handle them unless it's essential and to never change the appearance of their environment. Hoping that helps them mellow out.
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