P.imperator i5 dead

[jonikniemi]

Hi all!

So I bought imperator i5-6 small one. Little under one week it was dead. Temp 25-26 day and 21-22 night. Humidity 70%. Exoterra cocofiber, corkbark and some moss in the enclosure. Couple of weeks later I got new one and the same thing happened. This time the later ate littlebit. All my other tarantulas and scorpions are doing great.

I have had imperator before with no problems. This is the first time that I get younger ones.
Both of the instars were kinda of sluggish when I got them but I thought its becouse of stress.

I really dont know what happened and I have discussed this with the seller and we cant come up with a reason why.

Can you help?

 

[FrankiePinchinatti]

You mention humidity of the air as 70%, but was the substrate moist enough and did they have drinking water? Shipping causes stress in the animals and often they are very dehydrated once arriving.

Also i5-6 should be pretty large, more like sub adults.

 

[basin79]

Chasing the humidity will have done it. Throw away any useless dials or stop measurring it with something accurate.

Damp substrate, a water dish and hide. Job done. Trying to get 70% humidity in a small enclosure with poor ventilation is a recipe for disaster.

 

[jonikniemi]

Thanks for replying.

There was little watercup in the enclosure. Humidity was checked couple of times cause I have meter near. Ventilation is not the issue with the tanks Im using trust me.
Here is a picture of one part of the enclosure and scorp itself:

 

[EpicEpic]

Thanks for replying.

There was little watercup in the enclosure. Humidity was checked couple of times cause I have meter near. Ventilation is not the issue with the tanks Im using trust me.
Here is a picture of one part of the enclosure and scorp itself:

Sub looks dry. You're getting the humidity "you want" but don't need by spraying the sides when you should be moistening the substrate more.

 

[jonikniemi]

Substrate was pretty moist but littlebit tryer on the top. The side where the watercup was, was more wet.

 

[Dr SkyTower]

You could put a water bowl in there large enough for the scorpion to soak its entire body in. That helps with their hydration.

 

[jonikniemi]

You could put a water bowl in there large enough for the scorpion to soak its entire body in. That helps with their hydration.

That I didnt know

 

[basin79]

Substrate was pretty moist but littlebit tryer on the top. The side where the watercup was, was more wet.

If your scorpion had a burrow to bet to the damp sub that's fine, but if he/she was merely hiding under a piece of cork bark on top of the sub then all the scorpion is getting is bone dry sub. Much better to have most of it damp.