PSUForester
Arachnopeon
- Joined
- May 7, 2007
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Hey everyone, I just got a 9 month old Emperor scorpion from a friend of a friend. His scorpion had had the babies. I've been reading up on care of them but I still have a few questions...
I’ve been reading that babies are very susceptable to injury or death while they’re motling, due to being smaller and more fragile, and also that sufficient humidity will help prevent this. My question is, how true is this? I’m worried I won’t be able to get the humidity up to where it should be and I don’t have a gauge to check. I think he's in his 2nd instar, but I'm not sure. I didn't know to ask when I got it. The scorp's about the size of half my thumb, and the typical brown color I've been seeing on pictures.
Also, when do they start turning black?
I've got him in a critter container with some of that petstore jungle substrate, a couple rocks, and a watercap/dish. The humidity is decent, but I'm have trouble getting it to where there is condensation on the side.
I'll note, I have a Chilean rose tarantula too, which I've had for about 4 months. He's doing awesome and rockin in a sweet terraium.
I’ve been reading that babies are very susceptable to injury or death while they’re motling, due to being smaller and more fragile, and also that sufficient humidity will help prevent this. My question is, how true is this? I’m worried I won’t be able to get the humidity up to where it should be and I don’t have a gauge to check. I think he's in his 2nd instar, but I'm not sure. I didn't know to ask when I got it. The scorp's about the size of half my thumb, and the typical brown color I've been seeing on pictures.
Also, when do they start turning black?
I've got him in a critter container with some of that petstore jungle substrate, a couple rocks, and a watercap/dish. The humidity is decent, but I'm have trouble getting it to where there is condensation on the side.
I'll note, I have a Chilean rose tarantula too, which I've had for about 4 months. He's doing awesome and rockin in a sweet terraium.