Whip scorpion advice

[Mjc52810]

I recently added a tailless whip scorpion to the collection. He ate his first meal without any hesitation. At this point it’s going on close to three weeks without eating and his abdomen is somewhat thin. Any tips?
I keep it in a taller enclosure with a piece of cork bark, some cocofiber and sphagnum moss. The room temp ranges from 75-82 throughout the days.

 

[Wolfram1]

abdomen looks perfectly healthy, it will be able to fast for several months if it has to.

look at the abdomen from the side, yours is far from thin, i'd say about normal, they can get a little fatter but like with theraphosidae it is in no danger of starving once it has some reserves


you need to offer a piece of bark or access to a mesh lid, anything grippy high up with lots of space beneath for molting, i cant tell if it has that, a slanted bark can work but i'd always give them something truly horizontal, they seem to prefer that.

example:

molting Euphrynichus bacillifer

• Wolfram1
• Jun 16, 2022
• 2
• bacillifer euphrynichus euphrynichus bacillifer

probably one of the males

man i wish i could have hidden the silicone better, it is really not...

you can offer a waterbowl, but they need a branch or bark to go into the water to have access as they usually avoid going to the ground, not neccessary but benefitial, keeping it clean is a little harder if the wood goes into it directly, personally i dont bother but they do drink if they have the option


temp should be fine

 

[Mjc52810]

abdomen looks perfectly healthy, it will be able to fast for several months if it has to.

look at the abdomen from the side, yours is far from thin, i'd say about normal, they can get a little fatter but like with theraphosidae it is in no danger of starving once it has some reserves


you need to offer a piece of bark or access to a mesh lid, anything grippy high up with lots of space beneath for molting, i cant tell if it has that, a slanted bark can work but i'd always give them something truly horizontal, they seem to prefer that.

example:

molting Euphrynichus bacillifer

• Wolfram1
• Jun 16, 2022
• 2
• bacillifer euphrynichus euphrynichus bacillifer

probably one of the males

man i wish i could have hidden the silicone better, it is really not...

you can offer a waterbowl, but they need a branch or bark to go into the water to have access as they usually avoid going to the ground, not neccessary but benefitial, keeping it clean is a little harder if the wood goes into it directly, personally i dont bother but they do drink if they have the option


temp should be fine

Thank you for the insight. It does have a slanted piece of cork bark but I’m gonna try and switch it up a little when I get home. I like the idea of just using silicone to adhere the cork bark to the top and give it enough room to molt.

 

[Wolfram1]

just be careful with the silicone fumes, you cant glue with the animal inside

 

[Mjc52810]

just be careful with the silicone fumes, you cant glue with the animal inside

Oh I know, I always do that out in the garage and allow it to sit out there for 24 hours before even bringing it into the bug room lol. I want to set up a larger enclosure for him anyway.

 

[HOITrance]

I recently added a tailless whip scorpion to the collection. He ate his first meal without any hesitation. At this point it’s going on close to three weeks without eating and his abdomen is somewhat thin. Any tips?
I keep it in a taller enclosure with a piece of cork bark, some cocofiber and sphagnum moss. The room temp ranges from 75-82 throughout the days.

i really need to get into these lol. Next invert to binge research I guess

 

[Mjc52810]

i really need to get into these lol. Next invert to binge research I guess

Trust me they are totally worth it. Such a unique and interesting species. I haven’t done much research into how successful it can be but I have heard they can be kept communally as well, which would be awesome.