Urodacus elongatus Noob
Arachnopeon
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Hi Everyone,
Bit a of a nood here, I have done some research so am aware of the basic needs of keeping my new little friend. However some information I can't seem to find much on is keeping my scorpion with other insects.
I have a terrarium setup in an old fishtank. 50cm×25cm. Soon the space is plenty big enough, has a few plants few rocks to choose from etc. Anyway my main quierie is will my juvie scorpion feed itself? I currently have in the tank, a few dozen small wild isopods, possibly some earwigs as I found a small nest of new borns when collect isopods, a few beetle grubs deep in the soil now and probably a few other random critters. No crickets or roaches though.
My hopes are she will just eat the isopods and hunt them herself. She just arrived yesterday and appears to be settling in okay... i think.
But i was observing her roaming around last night. And there was a few isopods of various sizes walking straight past her under her over her but she wouldnt bother with them... maybe shes just settling or maybe shes use to being hand fed? I genuinelyhave no idea. Last think i want is for to starve so will still being offering feeder insects aswell. But i ideally i would love if she could self sustain with the miniture ecosystemi have created?
Is this a good or bad way to keep her?
(best guess is she's a female. Only 5-6 cm in length from mouth to tip of tail currently.)
Bit a of a nood here, I have done some research so am aware of the basic needs of keeping my new little friend. However some information I can't seem to find much on is keeping my scorpion with other insects.
I have a terrarium setup in an old fishtank. 50cm×25cm. Soon the space is plenty big enough, has a few plants few rocks to choose from etc. Anyway my main quierie is will my juvie scorpion feed itself? I currently have in the tank, a few dozen small wild isopods, possibly some earwigs as I found a small nest of new borns when collect isopods, a few beetle grubs deep in the soil now and probably a few other random critters. No crickets or roaches though.
My hopes are she will just eat the isopods and hunt them herself. She just arrived yesterday and appears to be settling in okay... i think.
But i was observing her roaming around last night. And there was a few isopods of various sizes walking straight past her under her over her but she wouldnt bother with them... maybe shes just settling or maybe shes use to being hand fed? I genuinelyhave no idea. Last think i want is for to starve so will still being offering feeder insects aswell. But i ideally i would love if she could self sustain with the miniture ecosystemi have created?
Is this a good or bad way to keep her?
(best guess is she's a female. Only 5-6 cm in length from mouth to tip of tail currently.)
