I just did something incredibly stupid the other day and impulse bought some sort of Asian forest scorpion of unknown species. I've researched them before, so at least I'm not completely clueless, but it was still dumb. She's a very mellow scorpion (if you poke her on the telson with a stick, she shuffles her feet a bit rather than lashing out) and very good looking and a great eater, too. I don't think she's been sexed.
On the car ride home from the reptile store, it became immediately apparent that these guys really, really hate light. Unfortunately, the seller didn't really provide a hidey hole in the cage, and it seems dried sphagnum moss is not suitable for a burrow. I just bought a spacious frog cage, a half log hide, and a water dish yesterday, and the coconut fiber is drying in the sun as we speak! I'm quite excited about this.
Anyway, as a new scorpion owner, I do have a few questions:
First and foremost, do AFS need any external heat sources? My house is usually in the 78-82 range, but it gets as low as 70 in the winter months.
Secondly, how does one pick up a scorpion? I know better than to handle her (I do not fear her tail or claws, but I know I could drop her and it's impossible not to stress her out) but it's definitely going to be a bit tricky to move her into her new fancy beautiful habitat. Probably going to need to grab a stick and a jar for this, heh...
On the car ride home from the reptile store, it became immediately apparent that these guys really, really hate light. Unfortunately, the seller didn't really provide a hidey hole in the cage, and it seems dried sphagnum moss is not suitable for a burrow. I just bought a spacious frog cage, a half log hide, and a water dish yesterday, and the coconut fiber is drying in the sun as we speak! I'm quite excited about this.
Anyway, as a new scorpion owner, I do have a few questions:
First and foremost, do AFS need any external heat sources? My house is usually in the 78-82 range, but it gets as low as 70 in the winter months.
Secondly, how does one pick up a scorpion? I know better than to handle her (I do not fear her tail or claws, but I know I could drop her and it's impossible not to stress her out) but it's definitely going to be a bit tricky to move her into her new fancy beautiful habitat. Probably going to need to grab a stick and a jar for this, heh...