Ridiculous87
Arachnopeon
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- Oct 23, 2010
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Hello all,
I recently fell into the possession of en emperor scorpion. Cool, right? Well, sort of...
I believe it was neglected for a couple of weeks (long story), so I'm now trying to nurse it back to health. It's a female, and I think it's fully grown, although I'm not sure how old she is.
I think I've got most things under control except the water issue. Am I right in understanding that I can't just put regular liquid water in the tank for her? It needs to be held in some material like silica gel or something? I'm worried that she's thirsty, but I wasn't able to get any silica gel before I had to go to work. I'm going to get some Monday, I hope, but if it's essential to survival to put the water in something, I'll have to get it tomorrow.
She hasn't been eating, but I wonder if that's due to inadequate heating. Her prior owner was using a metal lamp with an infra-red bulb...I don't know, it didn't seem legit. I went and bought a heat-mat, so that should improve.
So, food and water are my problems! She seems bloated, which I read can be from a lack of eating (or pregnancy....or molting, but I know it hasn't eaten in over a week at least).
Damn, this post is rather scattered, but the situation is kind of complex. Any help is much appreciated! I can only get so much info from the web, I need some people with experience and fast! Thanks ya'll
Chad
PS I don't know how emperor scorpions are supposed to behave, but she doesn't move terribly much at all. She still has fight though, which I learned when I cleaned the tank out! I was scared as hell to put her in the plastic container haha
I just want her to survive!
I recently fell into the possession of en emperor scorpion. Cool, right? Well, sort of...
I believe it was neglected for a couple of weeks (long story), so I'm now trying to nurse it back to health. It's a female, and I think it's fully grown, although I'm not sure how old she is.
I think I've got most things under control except the water issue. Am I right in understanding that I can't just put regular liquid water in the tank for her? It needs to be held in some material like silica gel or something? I'm worried that she's thirsty, but I wasn't able to get any silica gel before I had to go to work. I'm going to get some Monday, I hope, but if it's essential to survival to put the water in something, I'll have to get it tomorrow.
She hasn't been eating, but I wonder if that's due to inadequate heating. Her prior owner was using a metal lamp with an infra-red bulb...I don't know, it didn't seem legit. I went and bought a heat-mat, so that should improve.
So, food and water are my problems! She seems bloated, which I read can be from a lack of eating (or pregnancy....or molting, but I know it hasn't eaten in over a week at least).
Damn, this post is rather scattered, but the situation is kind of complex. Any help is much appreciated! I can only get so much info from the web, I need some people with experience and fast! Thanks ya'll
Chad
PS I don't know how emperor scorpions are supposed to behave, but she doesn't move terribly much at all. She still has fight though, which I learned when I cleaned the tank out! I was scared as hell to put her in the plastic container haha
I just want her to survive!