Tarantulas & Scorpions

[Thiscordia]

Hi everyone... I'm currently reading a tarantula's book and there's a picture of a emperor scorpion and a rose hair together. Is it possible to keep a scorpion and a tarantula in the same tank with enough food?

 

[Sunar]

One will kill the other...that is if they both don't die in the fight.

~Fred

 

[Thiscordia]

Then i think it's pretty dumb to put a picture like this on a book of tarantulas for begginers. I wonder if the author ever realize that a begginer that will see this pic, could try to do the same.

 

[Sunar]

Author was probably just looking for a paycheck...and knows little except some info they collected.

I'd say 'in theory' if you had a huge enough tank and enough hides it could be possible...but i'd never chance it.

~Fred

 

[Thiscordia]

I agree with you.

 

[Thoth]

Even if theoretically it could work with a large enough tank, they have two completely different husbandry needs making proper keeping of the two together impossible.

Out of curiosity which book is it? Is it the de Vosijili one by chance?

 

[becca81]

Ditto on what Thoth said. P. imperator needs high humidity and moist substrate, and G. rosea the opposite. They were probably just trying to show two very popular beginning invert species.

Considering that one is from South America and the other from Africa, I doubt they'd ever mix in the wild.

 

[Thiscordia]

Here's the link http://www.shop.com/op/~Tarantulas_and_Scorpions_(Their_Care_in_Captivity)-prod-29189505 i bough it like 2 weeks ago cus i have scorpions and i'm currently looking for some t's and never had one before so i wanted to read at least 1 book before getting 1 but i think i'm reading the wrong one lol By the way anyone selling T's around L.A.?

 

[Thoth]

Yeah it seems you bought the wrong book.

Check out the book review forum before getting another t book (it'll help save you wasting your time and money)

 

[Woof]

Thiscordia, you might want to try the International Reptile Breeders Association will be in Pomona, California July 15-16 at the Fairplex.
I know a place in Oceanside CA (LLLReptiles) but not specifically LA.
Marie

 

[Mushroom Spore]

Generally speaking, you can never house a tarantula with anything else, no matter what it is. I believe a couple species, Poeci...oh god, I can't spell it, "pokies" and maybe one type of Avicularia can SOMETIMES be kept with a few others of their kind, but it's not often successful. Usually somebody gets killed/eaten eventually.

Ts don't make friends.

 

[Leiurus87]

yes, ive borrowed that book from a library and its pretty lame. Taxonomy is all wrong and from the look of their setups, they wish to cook their spiders.

 

[Wayfarin]

Generally speaking, you can never house a tarantula with anything else, no matter what it is. I believe a couple species, Poeci...oh god, I can't spell it, "pokies" and maybe one type of Avicularia can SOMETIMES be kept with a few others of their kind, but it's not often successful. Usually somebody gets killed/eaten eventually.

Ts don't make friends.

Perhaps certain tarantulas could cohabit with certain tropical narrow-mouthed frogs.
In nature, it is not rare to see them sharing a burrow, and apparently the tarantulas avoid the frogs due to nasty-tasting skin secretions.

The correct species required for this pairing are rarely available, and it may not work in captivity, but not many people have tested this.

 

[aprilmayjunebugs]

If this thread were a baby, it'd be an adult now.

 

[Wayfarin]

If this thread were a baby, it'd be an adult now.

Hey, it's open to further replies. If it isn't for more comments, then why is it?

 

[Ultum4Spiderz]

Hey, it's open to further replies. If it isn't for more comments, then why is it?

Who wins the fight ? Neither ..