My First Scorpion! Flinders Rangers (Urodacus elongatus)

[Urodacus elongatus Noob]

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.)

 

[Veno Manus]

The only issue with isopods is that once your scorpion molts its defenseless. Theres a chance that they can harm your scorpion but springtails do no harm. Its never really at all a good idea to feed your scorpions or personal pets/animals wild picked insects. They are exposed to all sorts of elements in the wild that can carry different diseases or chemicals. 1 bad bug can kill yours. As far as space as you noticed, scorpions can tuck away and be absolutely content with minimal space. To much space and it will be hard for them to catch or find food. Space always seems like the best route to go as it gives freedom but with most scorpions, they want to be in a hole 90% of the time. Its at night where they will be a little more confident to roam. Most will venture around but a lot tend to create a burrow or and hiding hole and wait to ambush their prey. I dont know much about finders but ive owned scorps for over 7yrs and have handfuls of all scorps and for all ive witnessed is they like their own tight spaces. Best advice is to just observe how the scorpions reacts to its environment and tweak things to see what it likes the most. Avoid backgrounds if you can cause they do climb ( doesn't matter the species they all do it ). Once they get upside down its 2 ways down. They are smart creatures and can escape in ways you wouldn't think so its also best to have a tamper proof secure lid and or door or whatever you use. Gaps half the size of a scorpion, are highly inviting to it. So be cautious on how wide and where your openings are at. Im only stating all of this cause you are new to this and maybe this will be a good thing to look back on incase you need a tip or 2 but as far as your enclosure goes, it seems fine. Just no under tank heat and your humidity and heat are adequate or above and you'll have a healthy scorp. They also can go very long periods without eating but its always advised to attempt to feed on a regular basis to find its preferred regiment. Some species just dont eat as often or as much as some others. Some scorpions are straight pigs and can eat at will. Females are more inclined to eat more then males. Feed weekly and let the scorpion acclimate for a bit to its new surroundings and also DONT LEAVE FEMALE CRICKETS IN THE TANK. they will hatch baby crickets and you'll have tons of them in your soil.

Let us know how it all goes mate. Keep on