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I joined this board for more than 2 years already but i figured out that i haven't really make a proper self introduction so here goes
Started the hobby around 5years ago when my dad bought my 1st scorpion, a gravid Heterometrus spinifer and she gave birth a year later
I was still new in the hobby and have been keeping this species for more than 2 years and later found out not much people (In fact, no one i know of) in our country are into scorpion, left alone breeding them, so u cant really find anything aside from Heterometrus sp or occasionally Pandinus sp in the market here....
I stayed in a small scorpion thread in a local forum where i learn and share info of scorpion with others hobbyist but most people doesn't stay in the hobby long...
I decided to breed my own scorpion and thanks for a buddy of mine in the hobby, rafiqos, i was able to get hold of more species
Started by raising some scorpling till adult before breeding them, the process are long and tough as many would die before hiting maturity, but the reward worth it all
Now i have more than 15 species and 10 of them are currently in my breeding project
(Hottentotta hottentotta, Hadrurus arizonensis pallidus, Hadogenes pauciden, Parabuthus transvaalicus, Lychas scutilus, Lychas mucronatus, Rhopalurus junceus, Centruroides balsasensis, Centruroides vittatus and Centruroides margartitatus)
So far i have stable brood of balsasensis, hottentotta and my junceus, others are gravid and hopefully will pop real soon
My aim is to promote the hobby in my country and to established a stable colony of different scorpion species here so that we don't need to pay for expensive cost to get them shipped from other country
Thank you for reading my long post, here's some picture to share
1st instar Rhopalurus junceus, just born few hours ago
Here's the proud mom
Note* Image are unedit
Getting down to business straight after popping
1st instar Hottentotta hottentotta
30 of them
More pic to come in the next few days
Cheer
Started the hobby around 5years ago when my dad bought my 1st scorpion, a gravid Heterometrus spinifer and she gave birth a year later
I was still new in the hobby and have been keeping this species for more than 2 years and later found out not much people (In fact, no one i know of) in our country are into scorpion, left alone breeding them, so u cant really find anything aside from Heterometrus sp or occasionally Pandinus sp in the market here....
I stayed in a small scorpion thread in a local forum where i learn and share info of scorpion with others hobbyist but most people doesn't stay in the hobby long...
I decided to breed my own scorpion and thanks for a buddy of mine in the hobby, rafiqos, i was able to get hold of more species
Started by raising some scorpling till adult before breeding them, the process are long and tough as many would die before hiting maturity, but the reward worth it all
Now i have more than 15 species and 10 of them are currently in my breeding project
(Hottentotta hottentotta, Hadrurus arizonensis pallidus, Hadogenes pauciden, Parabuthus transvaalicus, Lychas scutilus, Lychas mucronatus, Rhopalurus junceus, Centruroides balsasensis, Centruroides vittatus and Centruroides margartitatus)
So far i have stable brood of balsasensis, hottentotta and my junceus, others are gravid and hopefully will pop real soon
My aim is to promote the hobby in my country and to established a stable colony of different scorpion species here so that we don't need to pay for expensive cost to get them shipped from other country
Thank you for reading my long post, here's some picture to share
1st instar Rhopalurus junceus, just born few hours ago
Here's the proud mom
Note* Image are unedit
Getting down to business straight after popping
1st instar Hottentotta hottentotta
30 of them
More pic to come in the next few days
Cheer