Ti1220
Arachnosquire
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- Dec 30, 2021
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Thank you so much yea im new to the scorpion thing and I've had her a year so when she stopped showing up and hiding I was scared and im glad I found this place yall are so helpful I would have never figured out I had some stuff wrong and yes she loves climbing up in the temple with that being said should I move my water dish to the temple side and put the pad on the opposite end of the temple or will she leave the temple if she gets too hot? And thank you really for all this info I want her to live her best and happiest life I can give her.I put my heat pad on the one of the narrow sides of the enclosure for my heterometrius. I chose to put it on the opposite side of the water dish so the heat wouldn't evaporate the water in the dish as fast. This also made a dryer spot on the side with the heat pad to offer more humidity options. So hot and dry on one side and a little cooler and moist on the other. Not sure if this is best but it's the recommendation I have.
I got a 10-20 gallon heat pad from amazon with an electronic thermometer regulator so it doesn't get too hot. I've noticed the heat pad heats the enclosure to about 5 degrees (give or take) above the outside temperature. I have 2 thermometers to measure this, one in the enclosure and one just outside of it. You don't need to do that, it's just the set up I have.
My humidity is at 90% which I feel is high. I got a custom cut acrylic lid with a vent hole above the water dish. I might swap for a normal grated lid and cut down the acrylic to cover half the enclosure to get the humidity down just a bit.
You set up is darling <3 I really like the temple area you put in for your scorpion. I bet she can scramble in there and find a good hiding spot. You heat and humidity look good. Soil and peat for your substrate are definitely better than just creature soil. I only use creature soil to put on top of areas that i want to stay dry or wick away moisture. Creature soil is sandy and dry so it doesn't make good substrate by itself.
If you want to add another layer of humidity you can get another piece of cork bark and burry it partially in the substrate (like half in and half out at a diagonal angle) to create a burrow that has access to the deeper parts of substrate that are more moist. This also provides opportunity for digging which is good enrichment for you scorpion.
I recommend watchin Biodude's videos on his terra aranea substrates on youtube. It's made for inverts and burrowers. When he sets up the enclosures he gives a lot of good details about how to offer humidity levels for your inverts. You don't need to buy the substrate to utilize his techniques.
Hope that helps <3
Edit *to answer your original question*: Your scorp definitely looks like she's in pre-molt not fat.