Sonoran tailless whip scorpion (Paraphrynus carolynae) questions

[ThemantismanofPA]

perfect! thank you for the response!

 

[darkness975]

I'm going to resurrect this thread again to avoid flooding the boards with repeat threads.

I just acquired one of this species today. I will be creating a more arboreal geared enclosure for it when I can. But for the next few days does this seem sufficient? I am misting the substrate and enclosure to maintain some humidity, though in kritter keepers it dissipates fast.

The room is at 68ish to 70ish in winter so it's at the low end of their range but should still be okay until I hopefully get to move next year.

 

[Albireo Wulfbooper]

I'm going to resurrect this thread again to avoid flooding the boards with repeat threads.

I just acquired one of this species today. I will be creating a more arboreal geared enclosure for it when I can. But for the next few days does this seem sufficient? I am misting the substrate and enclosure to maintain some humidity, though in kritter keepers it dissipates fast.

The room is at 68ish to 70ish in winter so it's at the low end of their range but should still be okay until I hopefully get to move next year.

Forget misting. It’s useless for moisture and stresses out the amblypygi. Wet the substrate by pouring water into it, and cover most of the lid to restrict ventilation. If you do this, it will be okay in this enclosure for a few days.

Temperature is okay - amblypygi gravitate toward the cooler, moister areas of their environments.

You also don’t need anywhere near that much substrate for them. Is that a water dish to the side? If you ever see your amblypygi walking that far for a sip of water, it’s in a desperate state. They don’t typically spend time on the ground unless conditions are too dry. Most don’t use a water dish at all - they get their moisture mostly from food, and will occasionally drink from condensation or droplets on their climbing surfaces if they need a supplement.

 

[darkness975]

Forget misting. It’s useless for moisture and stresses out the amblypygi. Wet the substrate by pouring water into it, and cover most of the lid to restrict ventilation. If you do this, it will be okay in this enclosure for a few days.

Temperature is okay - amblypygi gravitate toward the cooler, moister areas of their environments.

You also don’t need anywhere near that much substrate for them. Is that a water dish to the side? If you ever see your amblypygi walking that far for a sip of water, it’s in a desperate state. They don’t typically spend time on the ground unless conditions are too dry. Most don’t use a water dish at all - they get their moisture mostly from food, and will occasionally drink from condensation or droplets on their climbing surfaces if they need a supplement.

The water dish is mostly for ambient humidity. Good it's like everything else with pouring into the substrate. I mostly misted because it was super dry.
It has found some water droplets to drink.

 

[mantisfan101]

Thats not mexicanus, that’s whitei or sp nicaragua. Keep it wetter

 

[Albireo Wulfbooper]

It has found some water droplets to drink.
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This behaviour is a flag: your enclosure is way too dry. Wet the substate so it’s moist all the way through. The moisture in the substrate is what provides the humidity in the air.

 

[darkness975]

This behaviour is a flag: your enclosure is way too dry. Wet the substate so it’s moist all the way through. The moisture in the substrate is what provides the humidity in the air.

It's likely because it was shipped. It's only been in there a few hours.
I removed some of the sub and poured water and mixed it through the rest.

 

[darkness975]

Thats not mexicanus, that’s whitei or sp nicaragua. Keep it wetter

Well if that's the case the person I got it from has it mislabeled. Either way I saran wrapped the lid and wetted the sub down.