Striped Bark Scorpion Care

[Veno Manus]

Honestly meal worms are just a pain in the butt. I'd get some small red runner roaches not dubia cause they will play the statue game. Runners are more likly to stay active and become a targeteable meal.

 

[Veno Manus]

Don't put them in there just loose. You'll need to make sure they actually sting and take the pray and hold on. If they burrow they can become an issue for the molting ones or just become a stress for the group. The beetles are most likly way to hard to try and eat so I'd just avoid those all together.

Thank you for the continued support.

I did not rinse the sphagnum before I put it in the enclosure. I did break it up in my hand and spray it with water until it got fluffy then lined about 1/3 the circumference of the enclose with it and have been spraying it every few days in addition to keeping a small amount of shallow water in the side down clam shell.

I will give them about another week with daily fresh meal worms and if they are still not eating I will see what my local Petsmart has for crickets.

I assume I should not put any of the meal worms beetles in the exclosure even though they look to be the correct size for scorpion feeders?

 

[CRX]

Yeah, you dont want random mealworms burrowing. Honestly crickets are the easiest option for a reason, or like he said red runners.

And yeah, mealworm beetles are a no-go too

 

[Matt Man]

Centruroides vittatus - Striped bark, Commonly found in U.S. and Mexico.
2 to 2 1/2 inch or 5 to 6.33 cm.
Their sting with neurotoxic venom can be quite painful.

only NW Scorpion Genus they keep anti-venom for

Honestly meal worms are just a pain in the butt. I'd get some small red runner roaches not dubia cause they will play the statue game. Runners are more likly to stay active and become a targeteable meal.

Completely concur, Runners and Crickets will wander to the Scorpions, the others will not and thus no feeding, and meal worms can be a threat to molting Scorps, Ts etc...

 

[Matt Man]

Honestly meal worms are just a pain in the butt. I'd get some small red runner roaches not dubia cause they will play the statue game. Runners are more likly to stay active and become a targeteable meal.

Duplicate file. Admins please delete. @Arachnopets
thanks

 

[Veno Manus]

?? My file?? Your file??

Duplicate file. Admins please delete. @Arachnopets
thanks

 

[Matt Man]

?? My file?? Your file??

Mine. I had a double post and am trying to have the one (which I retyped the message) removed

 

[Veno Manus]

Oh OK I was confused got it.

Mine. I had a double post and am trying to have the one (which I retyped the message) removed