Growth rate of Heterometrus laoticus

[StartingZulu]

So i got heterometrus laoticus at my local reptile show in september as a scorpling. Its been quite a few months now and there hasnt been any molting yet. Is this normal or would it be something to do with its enclousure

 

[Arachnotroik]

Asian forest scorpions are really slow growers, H. swammerdami for me is the slowest. Expect 2-4 months maybe? for lower instars. As for the enclosure, someone who knows a lot with these things taught me that there should always be a hide and only mist half of the substrate.

 

[ArachnoDrew]

How often do u feed

 

[kingofall]

Asian forest scorpions are really slow growers, H. swammerdami for me is the slowest. Expect 2-4 months maybe? for lower instars. As for the enclosure, someone who knows a lot with these things taught me that there should always be a hide and only mist half of the substrate.

How did you get H. Swammerdami?

 

[Arachnotroik]

How did you get H. Swammerdami?

Bought them from someone ofcourse. I know they are a bit rare but it will always depend on where you live. I live in South east asia.

 

[Arachnotroik]

So i got heterometrus laoticus at my local reptile show in september as a scorpling. Its been quite a few months now and there hasnt been any molting yet. Is this normal or would it be something to do with its enclousure

Yeah and how i often do you feed, like what @ArachnoDrew asked. It greatly affects on how fast will your scorpion molt.

 

[kingofall]

Bought them from someone ofcourse. I know they are a bit rare but it will always depend on where you live. I live in South east asia.

That explains a lot. I live in South Carolina U.S.A. so I've never seen the sold here.

 

[AP34]

As they're ectothermic, you can expedite their growth a bit by keeping the enclosure on the warmer side (~90 F/32 C).