G. Swammerdami enclosure?

[TTJOHNS22]

Awaiting the arrival of my 3i Swammerdami. I've been hearing you keep them similar to other forest scorpions but I can't seem to find a dedicated care sheet. Anyone keep these? What temp and humidity do you keep? 80 degrees and 80 humidity? This is my setup, as of now, I still have to add plants, does it seem appropriate? Any information is appreciated.

 

[Andrew Clayton]

Between 70 and 80 humidity and I keep mine around 24 Celsius that's about 75 ISH Fahrenheit and all well.

 

[CRX]

FYI "care sheets" are usually bunk AI crap. Seek knowledge instead on here.

Swammerdami has identical care as any other AFS, they aren't really any different, they live in exact same habitats.

I do want to ask, why did you choose that enclosure for 3 giant scorpions? It's clearly an arboreal cage with very little floor space for multiple burrowing scorpions...

 

[TTJOHNS22]

FYI "care sheets" are usually bunk AI crap. Seek knowledge instead on here.

Swammerdami has identical care as any other AFS, they aren't really any different, they live in exact same habitats.

I do want to ask, why did you choose that enclosure for 3 giant scorpions? It's clearly an arboreal cage with very little floor space for multiple burrowing scorpions...

It's for one 3rd instar. I'm glad they are the same as other AFS tho! As for the cage it's the one laying around is all, it's a 8x8 in floor space, figured it'd stay here maybe a year? Thanks for the info btw!

 

[adam james]

Is the background removable? Personally I would remove it, just to keep the scorpions from climbing too high and falling onto a hard surface below. for a 3rd instar you will prob want at about 4" of soil/substrate. increase depth as it gets larger or just start it out with 6" or so.

 

[TTJOHNS22]

Is the background removable? Personally I would remove it, just to keep the scorpions from climbing too high and falling onto a hard surface below. for a 3rd instar you will prob want at about 4" of soil/substrate. increase depth as it gets larger or just start it out with 6" or so.

Ya I just put it in no glue. You really think he would climb it?

 

[adam james]

100 percent. If he is like most, he will go glass surfing for a week or so. during that time he will try to explore all possible options. I even had a small tube running 3/4 of the way up mine (to feed water into the false bottom setup). He would climb that to the top until i cut it off only 3" above the substrate now.

 

[CRX]

Ya I just put it in no glue. You really think he would climb it?

They can truly climb when they want to, I am not joking. After I first put plastic wrap around the top of my (baby afs) AFS enclosure, a couple days later I awoke to it chilling between the plastic wrap and the lid where I wrapped it, like it belonged there . To this day i can never figure how it got up there lol

edit: she's doing fine now, fed a couple days ago. Has a nice tunnel.

 

[TTJOHNS22]

Good to know guys glad to hear from some people. It won't arrive till after the new year so I have plenty of time.

 

[TTJOHNS22]

Anyone know about feeding I've heard getting baby to eat is difficult, is there truth in that?