Tailess whip scorpion

[Daweson413]

Hey guys and gals . I'm new to this page. I just recently got a whip scorpion , I keep him inside of a 20 gallon tank , I feel that I might have it a bit to crowded. I'm not sure. I use a 10 gallon heat pad with a digital thermostat for the night cause its pretty chilly . But the tempsture at night has a problem going over 69 or 70 . The heating pad isn't doing enough ? Or cause the thermometer i have inside of the tank on the back wall reads the same as the digital thermastat.. I don't want him to end up cold or dead. Idk what to do.

 

[CRX]

I cant answer for everything, but one suggestion I will say is remove all of the plastic plants and just put in more corkbark. These guys have no use for plastic plants, they mainly climb on vertical surfaces.

 

[CRX]

I cant answer for everything, but one suggestion I will say is remove all of the plastic plants and just put in more corkbark. These guys have no use for plastic plants, they mainly climb on flat vertical surfaces.

 

[Edan bandoot]

Get rid of the light, they're photo sensitive/ it provides no purpose to them.

Plants are useless, have some corks at 45° and keep the substrate wet.

Edit: if the light is your camera flash disregard that, but newbies seem to love putting lights in for some reason so it's worth a mention.

 

[Daweson413]

Get rid of the light, they're photo sensitive/ it provides no purpose to them.

Plants are useless, have some corks at 45° and keep the substrate wet.

Edit: if the light is your camera flash disregard that, but newbies seem to love putting lights in for some reason so it's worth a mention.

Yes it was my camera lol. I added plants for deco to be honest cause its so big . But I've heard that if its cluttered they'll come out more , or so and so. But I never really see him out. He has been getting settled in between me trying to figure out the best for him , and getting new things. I work during the day and the Temps are fine , humidity is good. Its only night time jm concerned about. Went and bout thermometer and humidity thing you stick on the glass , and a digital thermostat. With the sensor . I have the sensor on the inside on the glass above the heating pad to determine the tempature and the other one on the cool side , that one reads around 69-68. But the heated side reads about 74-80.

 

[Edan bandoot]

Yes it was my camera lol. I added plants for deco to be honest cause its so big . But I've heard that if its cluttered they'll come out more , or so and so. But I never really see him out. He has been getting settled in between me trying to figure out the best for him , and getting new things. I work during the day and the Temps are fine , humidity is good. Its only night time jm concerned about. Went and bout thermometer and humidity thing you stick on the glass , and a digital thermostat. With the sensor . I have the sensor on the inside on the glass above the heating pad to determine the tempature and the other one on the cool side , that one reads around 69-68. But the heated side reads about 74-80.

You see it more if you give it more surface area to climb around in

Edit: I've noticed now that I've moved and have a dimmer room that my diadema will come out of the shadows and hunt on the topside of it's corkbark.

You can replicate this by having more pieces of corkbark to cast more shadows around the enclosure

 

[Daweson413]

You see it more if you give it more surface area to climb around in

Edit: I've noticed now that I've moved and have a dimmer room that my diadema will come out of the shadows and hunt on the topside of it's corkbark.

You can replicate this by having more pieces of corkbark to cast more shadows around the enclosure

Sounds good ima take the plants down and def put more cork in there.

 

[Edan bandoot]

Sounds good ima take the plants down and def put more cork in there.

You can have some plants in the middle but make sure theres none under the corks, because they use the vertical space to molt

 

[Albireo Wulfbooper]

Edan is bang on about the plants. Excess plants also provide shelter to prey animals that's inaccessible to the amblypygi, so are best kept to a minimum.

Don't worry too much about the temperature - even your cool side is within their range of tolerance. Just offer climbing surfaces both near the cooler and warmer sides of the enclosure, and your animal will be able to choose for itself.

You say "humidity is good", but you haven't mentioned what you think that means, or what species of amblypygi you have. There's no magic number for humidity for these animals, and chasing numbers isn't usually a great way to care for their needs. Make sure the substrate stays moist, and if that lid is all wire mesh, block about ¾ of it off to restrict ventilation. That will keep your humidity high and stable. Most species can be kept in very similar conditions, but the most common species in the pet trade these days in Damon medius, which requires a much moister environment - if this is what you have, you want that substrate very moist at all times.

You can get rid of that water dish - most won't ever use them except in extreme dehydration. They will drink droplets off the climbing surface, though, so in general I advise dripping a little down the climbing surfaces occasionally to give them that option. As long as the substrate is kept moist at all times, this will most closely align with their needs.

 

[Daweson413]

Edan is bang on about the plants. Excess plants also provide shelter to prey animals that's inaccessible to the amblypygi, so are best kept to a minimum.

Don't worry too much about the temperature - even your cool side is within their range of tolerance. Just offer climbing surfaces both near the cooler and warmer sides of the enclosure, and your animal will be able to choose for itself.

You say "humidity is good", but you haven't mentioned what you think that means, or what species of amblypygi you have. There's no magic number for humidity for these animals, and chasing numbers isn't usually a great way to care for their needs. Make sure the substrate stays moist, and if that lid is all wire mesh, block about ¾ of it off to restrict ventilation. That will keep your humidity high and stable. Most species can be kept in very similar conditions, but the most common species in the pet trade these days in Damon medius, which requires a much moister environment - if this is what you have, you want that substrate very moist at all times.

You can get rid of that water dish - most won't ever use them except in extreme dehydration. They will drink droplets off the climbing surface, though, so in general I advise dripping a little down the climbing surfaces occasionally to give them that option. As long as the substrate is kept moist at all times, this will most closely align with their needs.

So I just checked on him today. And it looks like one of his legs isn't right. Idk its concerning me , but he's got a cool side and a warm side. Not much leaves anymore. He was fine yesterday with his leg and now its looking a little concerning . Its the leg right before his pinchers , the one of the right side of him. The left one is straight out , I know they can't bend it , but it looked like he was standing on the point of the bed ..

 

[Albireo Wulfbooper]

So I just checked on him today. And it looks like one of his legs isn't right. Idk its concerning me , but he's got a cool side and a warm side. Not much leaves anymore. He was fine yesterday with his leg and now its looking a little concerning . Its the leg right before his pinchers , the one of the right side of him. The left one is straight out , I know they can't bend it , but it looked like he was standing on the point of the bed ..

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