Stuff on scorpions tail?

[Saphiel]

Please help! My scorpion was in the care of my family since I was gone and when I got back there was stuff on his tail? What is it and how can I get it off?

 

[Albireo Wulfbooper]

looks like poop to me. if the animal's behaviour is normal I wouldn't worry about it. I'm more concerned about the fact that it's hanging out in the water dish - that often indicates that the environment is too dry.

 

[Saphiel]

looks like poop to me. if the animal's behaviour is normal I wouldn't worry about it. I'm more concerned about the fact that it's hanging out in the water dish - that often indicates that the environment is too dry.

Thank you, I'll fix that.

 

[Richard McJimsey]

looks like poop to me. if the animal's behaviour is normal I wouldn't worry about it. I'm more concerned about the fact that it's hanging out in the water dish - that often indicates that the environment is too dry.

It's highly possible the scorpion was drinking... just look at the right chelicerae.

 

[Albireo Wulfbooper]

It's highly possible the scorpion was drinking... just look at the right chelicerae.

I’ve literally never seen my Heterometrus drink (and I do watch them a lot at night). Others far more experienced in here have also expressed that Heterometrus in a sufficiently moist environment rarely drink from water dishes.
I didn’t say the environment is definitely too dry - it’s impossible to tell from the photo (though there does seem to be a little lump of apparently bone dry substrate in the lower right), just that it’s frequently the case that a drinking Heterometrus is in a too-dry environment.