Struggling to get my florida tailless whip scorpion to eat, possible prey sizing issue

[Maddy]

My Florida tailless whip scorpion has not eaten recently as far as I can tell. I am having difficulty discerning why, though I believe it may be related to the prey size. She's rather small, and I've been giving her pinhead crickets along with the smallest crickets I can find at pet stores. Is it possible she's approaching a molt? Or am I giving her the wrong sized food?
Thanks,
Maddy

 

[cold blood]

Pinhead crickets should be fine. When these things are small, it can be hard to tell when they are pre-molt....I'm guessing that's the case here.

 

[aphono]

Use a flashlight to get a good side view of the abdomen. If it looks plump with 'stretch marks' along the sides of abdomen, either it's been eating well or is in premolt.

 

[pannaking22]

Food items about half the size of the body should be fine. It could be premolt or it could just be full. How large is the whip?

 

[The Mantis Menagerie]

Flightless Drosophila hydei fruit flies might be easier for the amblypygid to catch. My mantids seem to prefer them.

 

[aphono]

Flightless Drosophila hydei fruit flies might be easier for the amblypygid to catch. My mantids seem to prefer them.

To my understanding, they are not a complete diet source for amblypygi- failure to molt and thrive is something I remember. Fine as part of their diet though.

My female had babies earlier this year. The babies have been doing well with pinhead crickets as soon as they were able to eat. I did try to keep a high population of spring tails with them but no idea if they actually took any.

Picture of a baby fresh off the mother eating a pinhead cricket:

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p.s. as for the OP- suggest feeding a small cricket(smaller than the body length) about once per week instead of multiples at once for singly housed individuals. My individually housed adults seem to do better with that. They seem to get stressed by roaming crickets. They will capture crickets a little larger than themselves when really hungry though. The babies are communally kept with a bunch of pinheads tossed in there once or twice a week.. seem to be okay with that so far.

 

[pannaking22]

I use newborn little Kenyan roaches for the youngest/smallest individuals and that works well. They're about Drosophila sized.