scorpion drinking

[pinchythescorp]

i got a desert scorpion about a week ago an i dont no if i am meant to wet the sand or let the scorpion drink out of a bottle lid with a piece of cotton wooland how long can a scorpion last with out drinking in it
and how long does it take scorpions to molt or change instars

 

[Brian S]

i got a desert scorpion about a week ago an i dont no if i am meant to wet the sand or let the scorpion drink out of a bottle lid with a piece of cotton wooland how long can a scorpion last with out drinking in it

A bottle cap with NO cotton

and how long does it take scorpions to molt or change instars

Depends on which species and what instar they are in

 

[pinchythescorp]

A bottle cap with NO cotton

could the scorpion drown in the bottle cap

Depends on which species and what instar they are in

its most likely in its first instar and its a urodacus yaschenkoi

 

[EAD063]

I assure you it's not in it's first instar, possibly second at the least... note an instar is the period between molts, so they are born into I1.

 

[John Bokma]

I got several desert scorpions and they don't drink from a bottle cap as far as I know. They do drink from stones (or the glass) I made wet with a spray can. I have seen their habitats, and there are no bottle caps with water or small puddles around. Moisture comes from slow drizzles that happen now and then, or fog.

I keep a snake from the same habitat and the only way I have seen it drink is from licking and sucking waterdrops from the glass.

Too much moisture and my scorpions die (been there sadly) or get mycosis (ditto). Too little and they can dry out, which can happen very fast and very sudden (2-3 days a high temperature in the house for example). Providing large pieces of rock to hide under reduces the risk somewhat is my idea. Finding the right amount of ventilation holes/grid ditto.

 

[pinchythescorp]

I assure you it's not in it's first instar, possibly second at the least... note an instar is the period between molts, so they are born into I1.

well i don't really know much about instars and scorpions molting yet

 

[pinchythescorp]

Too much moisture and my scorpions die (been there sadly) or get mycosis (ditto). Too little and they can dry out, which can happen very fast and very sudden (2-3 days a high temperature in the house for example)

i have had the scorpion for about a week now and it hasn't dryed out

 

[kahoy]

i think you just need to drop a few water under hides, not at all hides. so that your scorp can move around if its looking for some humidity.

 

[voldemort]

when i had my first desert scorps from scorpy1 he instructed me to just mist one side or panel of the enclosure for the purpose of drinking.

i followed and im one happy owner!!!

 

[fusion121]

As people have said, you don't ever really need standing water for scorpions. They will get all the moisture they need from food or occasional misting.

 

[pinchythescorp]

As people have said, you don't ever really need standing water for scorpions. They will get all the moisture they need from food or occasional misting.

how often should i mist and should i just mist on the glass or in the middle of the tank

 

[phil jones]

my imperial scorpion all ways had a lot of water it just love to drink a lot and it got to had been 6ins big - phil

 

[quiz]

I give my adult desert species a water in bottle cap. I usually just fill the bottle cap with water and I just let it dry. I'd offer water 1-2 times per month. Believe it or not I sometimes see my Parabuthus liosoma sitting in bottle cap with half or 1/4 water in it.