My tailess whip scorpion Phrynus whitei was pregnant! what do I do?

[thecrittersnook]

I just woke up today to see my P.whitei covered in babies! I just the little lady 2 days ago. I wasn't expecting her to be pregnant.

What am I supposed to do?

 

[Albireo Wulfbooper]

Absolutely nothing for the moment. Leave her and the babies alone until they moult off her back, try not to stress her out or startle her. Mom likely won't eat while the babies are on her back, and live prey can startle her, so just hold off on feeding her.
Once they moult off her back you can separate them into individual containers and feed them flightless fruit flies, pinhead crickets, or similarly tiny prey. They'll scavenge freshly killed prey for the first little while, so even cricket drumsticks are an option if you don't have small prey. Small containers with a little piece of cork or foam are best so they don't have to search too hard for food and have a vertical surface to moult from. They'll eat more frequently as babies, need slightly higher moisture, and of course moult more frequently.

 

[thecrittersnook]

Absolutely nothing for the moment. Leave her and the babies alone until they moult off her back, try not to stress her out or startle her. Mom likely won't eat while the babies are on her back, and live prey can startle her, so just hold off on feeding her.
Once they moult off her back you can separate them into individual containers and feed them flightless fruit flies, pinhead crickets, or similarly tiny prey. They'll scavenge freshly killed prey for the first little while, so even cricket drumsticks are an option if you don't have small prey. Small containers with a little piece of cork or foam are best so they don't have to search too hard for food and have a vertical surface to moult from. They'll eat more frequently as babies, need slightly higher moisture, and of course moult more frequently.

Thank you! It was just quite a surprise to wake up with a bunch of babies on the back of P. whitei

 

[Albireo Wulfbooper]

Thank you! It was just quite a surprise to wake up with a bunch of babies on the back of P. whitei

I bet!

I haven't actually bred amblypygi myself, so I'm just going by what I've seen and heard from breeders - hopefully @Banshee05, @wizentrop, or one of the others here with experience will come in here to give you more detailed info if needed.

 

[Banshee05]

Absolutely nothing for the moment.

That's what u need to do. Just check that the humidity as is during molting, so the soil a bit wet. Finally, patience. Leave her, do not handle her every day, etc.
As said, simple nothing

 

[beccapenny]

I am so glad you posted this! I got 2 P. marginemaculatus yesterday and one is carrying eggs! Gonna be a grandmum soon!