New scorp!

[Hairyspider]

Today I got a scorp, from the East Bay Vivarium. It's an Vaejovid species, and its gravid yippie!!!! and from what my book tells me she is not far off from giving birth. When she gives birth I'm going to keep a couple a friend of mine wants one, and the EBV will take the rest. Does any one know how many babies they have?

Thanks

William=D

 

[Static_69]

I'd make sure your friends know how to care for them before just giving them away.





Risto

 

[Hairyspider]

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oh yea he does.

 

[CID143ti]

My V. coahuilae recently gave birth. I haven't seen all of them but I'm going to guess at least 24. The little ones are very small and very fast. Good luck.

W. Smith

 

[Hairyspider]

birth

cid143ti, cool deal, a question, about how long did it take for her to give birth?

BTW, found out the whole name of mine is Vaejovis spinigerus. I think after she gives birth I might get a couple more, my book tells me that they are communal. also I offered her a cricket today but she didn't eat it, is this a sign of a pending birth?

Thanks

William:?

 

[chuck]

yea, she may even kill a few babies if she feels that the prey will threaten them
on the same note, i may think its too late for a community

dont take my word for it, its all heresy

 

[skinheaddave]

Chuck is correct, in that if the mother feels threatened she may kill some babies. That being said, unless you are feeding full-sized to her, she shouldn't get that stressed. Stick with half the mesosoma length and you should be fine.

As for your present situation, not eating could mean many things. Impending birth is one, but you just moved her from a pet store to home, as well, which means that a change in condition or a wrong condition or just adjustment strength can be factors. Also, most scorpions are hesitant to eat in the daytime unless they are really hungry, so it may be a matter of them running into each other in the night.

Cheers,
Dave

 

[CID143ti]

Well, I purchased her in March and she was quite large. I was expecting her to give birth in a few weeks, turns out that it took three months. The last couple of weeks she was huge! Funny, I didn't know that she had the yellow dots on her back until after she gave birth.

W. Smith