gandalousb
Arachnopeon
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- Jul 27, 2016
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I am new to the hobby, and have had two baby, captive bred Emperor scorpions for two weeks now. Arachnoboards has been my main source of info and I have read all of the basics, but I just wanted to throw out a few observations, and see if anyone has any helpful input. I do not know how old these two are, but one is significantly larger than the other; about one inch long, and the other is about half that length.
1. Do I need to be feeding them, or can I trust they will feed themselves? I bought the smallest crickets I could find and left them in the tank; but I have yet to actually witness with scorp eat, so I am not sure if they have eaten at all, or if the crickets have died. They have been in my care for 14 days, and I have only added crickets to the tank once ... I can see the feed can live several days in there.
2. How can I tell if they are 'happy'? I understand they are nocturnal, burrow, and sleep most of their lives, and several days will pass without seeing them at all. They seem active, healthy, and responsive when I do see them, but it is very infrequent. I have the heat pad on the side of the tank, and a few inches of bark ships, sitting on a layer of gravel, sitting in an inch of water, as I read on this board. One scorpion seems to like the tube where the water goes, and seems to have spend hours on end burrowing to or under the water... should I be concerned?
3. How often to I change the substrate? Again, I have left crickets in there, and am pretty confident they weren't all eaten ... whats the process for cleaning the tank, and how often?
Thanks for reading guys, just wanted to share my initial experience, and any sort of constructive feedback/advice/insight would be much appreciated!
1. Do I need to be feeding them, or can I trust they will feed themselves? I bought the smallest crickets I could find and left them in the tank; but I have yet to actually witness with scorp eat, so I am not sure if they have eaten at all, or if the crickets have died. They have been in my care for 14 days, and I have only added crickets to the tank once ... I can see the feed can live several days in there.
2. How can I tell if they are 'happy'? I understand they are nocturnal, burrow, and sleep most of their lives, and several days will pass without seeing them at all. They seem active, healthy, and responsive when I do see them, but it is very infrequent. I have the heat pad on the side of the tank, and a few inches of bark ships, sitting on a layer of gravel, sitting in an inch of water, as I read on this board. One scorpion seems to like the tube where the water goes, and seems to have spend hours on end burrowing to or under the water... should I be concerned?
3. How often to I change the substrate? Again, I have left crickets in there, and am pretty confident they weren't all eaten ... whats the process for cleaning the tank, and how often?
Thanks for reading guys, just wanted to share my initial experience, and any sort of constructive feedback/advice/insight would be much appreciated!