Scorpion death I think

[hunter0392]

2 days ago I looked at my Asian Forest scorpion and it was fine I gave it a dubia roach and It ate it no problem then 1 hour later I see it in the corner with it's tail flat behind it, I thought it was molting but now I don't think so I bought him from a reptile shop. It's always 80-85 degrees in there with a humidity level of 75-80% I fill up the water dish twice a day idk how he died . I have him in a 50 gallon tank

 

[Dry Desert]

2 days ago I looked at my Asian Forest scorpion and it was fine I gave it a dubia roach and It ate it no problem then 1 hour later I see it in the corner with it's tail flat behind it, I thought it was molting but now I don't think so I bought him from a reptile shop. It's always 80-85 degrees in there with a humidity level of 75-80% I fill up the water dish twice a day idk how he died . I have him in a 50 gallon tank

If you need to fill the water dish twice a day somethings not right.

The substrate looks very dry.

How are you measuring the humidity, if it's one of the round ones or two in one types they can be 20% or more out.

I think possibly the water dish is too close to the heat source, leading to major evaporation and very dry substrate.

The water dish needs to be the opposite end from the heat source, and the substrate needs to be really damp, not soaking wet. If you take a good handful of substrate and squeeze it firmly just a small drop of water should come out.

I think your scorpion suffered from dehydration.

 

[Smotzer]

Also a 50 gal tank is extremely oversized

 

[adam james]

I gave it a dubia roach and It ate it no problem then 1 hour later I see it in the corner with it's tail flat behind it

Is there any way this dubia was contaminated? Where did it come from?

 

[hunter0392]

Is there any way this dubia was contaminated? Where did it come from?

I bought them from a breeder

 

[hunter0392]

If you need to fill the water dish twice a day somethings not right.

The substrate looks very dry.

How are you measuring the humidity, if it's one of the round ones or two in one types they can be 20% or more out.

I think possibly the water dish is too close to the heat source, leading to major evaporation and very dry substrate.

The water dish needs to be the opposite end from the heat source, and the substrate needs to be really damp, not soaking wet. If you take a good handful of substrate and squeeze it firmly just a small drop of water should come out.

I think your scorpion suffered from dehydration.

I wet the substrate very often but I can't turn off the heating lamp because it needs hot temperatures but the heat lamps are to hot. Do you have any advice for anything in just sad I had him for 6 months. Also I'm getting a Arizona bark scorpion do u have any advice

 

[Dry Desert]

I wet the substrate very often but I can't turn off the heating lamp because it needs hot temperatures but the heat lamps are to hot. Do you have any advice for anything in just sad I had him for 6 months. Also I'm getting a Arizona bark scorpion do u have any advice

Your heat lamps are too hot as they're probably not controlled by a thermostat.
Purchase a decent thermostat, not a Mickey mouse Asian one, and set the temperature up for that required species.

I've had the same Habitat thermostats for over 20 years now, never had a problem with them.
Keeping things in uncontrolled environments is no good.

Keeping at room temperature does not work, the room could be very cold, or very hot.
If you purchase a decent thermostat you can control temperatures from 18 c to 40 c .

All these horror stories about " the heat mat cooked my creature" because the heat mat was never connected to a thermostat.

Once you've set up things correctly your scorpion can have a nice hot end and a nice cooler end where the humidity will vary from low to high in the same enclosure.

 

[Smotzer]

All these horror stories about " the heat mat cooked my creature" because the heat mat was never connected to a thermostat.

Yeah getting a good temp controller thermostat is really easy too! Mine are probably actually intended for seed mat control but they work very well for use such as this thread.

 

[Joey Spijkers]

Agree with dry desert. Don't measure humidity, just keep the substrate damp at all times. Give it deeper substrate to burrow, and that will hold humidity better as well. Partially restrict ventilation if you need to hold more humidity. Dump a cup of water directly into the substrate to get it wet, more effective than spraying. Keep your heat lamps on a thermostat and keep it in a smaller enclosure. A 50 gal is just unnecessary and all you're doing is making it more difficult to control the conditions in there.
If you're getting a new one, make sure you have these things sorted before, otherwise it WILL happen again.

 

[hunter0392]

Ok thank you so much