emperor scorpion Adult female

Hey guys i have a emperor scorpion here givin to me as a gift. I dont know much about scorps so any advice is good. Im a tarantula guy.

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Pets & Animals

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• emperor
• scorpion
• sting
• scorp
• death
• stalker
• insect

[fantabulousK]

@nakamuraabe WHY? Females are beautiful. They grow larger, they're worth more, they're far more predictable, and the maintenence is well worth it. If you can find somebody with a confirmed male, baby scorpions are a very exciting way to spend some time. If you're lucky enough to see them born, it's crazy. Then just seeing the way a mother behaves towards them is really quite miraculous and just proves bugs aren't stupid invertebrates who can't feel, they can love and mother. Awesome.

[LarissaLurid]

@fantabulousK yea just the way you said it might be mistaken for people leaving it on all the time because it looks cool, like i said its ok for a minute but i didnt want people thinking that it was something to leave on all the time like you could with a red infrared bulb or something like that. dont worry im not trying to be mean lol

[fantabulousK]

@jschultzVII My emperor has a 60 with a 2-teir hiding zone made of 2 clay pots, 1 on its side semi-buried, 1 strait up with a plant growing out of it (hole in the bottom so he can hide in the roots of the plant). cement buddha with a hole in the bottom, dirt cave held up by an empty coconut, half coconut on teir 2, 5 flat large rocks to slip under, and a ceramic pot bottom for a water dish that is so shallow drowning is impossible. heat pad is under a brick in the bottom.

[fantabulousK]

@jschultzVII generation by generation they'll accumulate in nutritional value if you make sure they eat enough vitamin rich food, and dont just feed them mouse food like pet stores do. give them shit like fruit, grains, veggies, and fatten them up to hell. let them do each other for a week, then sift the bottom of that quadrant, move the adults out of it and put the eggs in potting soil, warming it. the adults are now nothing but feed. and a new generation is about to hatch. feed them good.

[fantabulousK]

@jschultzVII you don't know where ANY of these insects have been. you can't guaruntee your happy little cicada didn't just come from a dutch elm that was sprayed for caterpillars, or the grasshopper you found isn't from the farm on the outskirts of town that just got misted for saw-fly larva, or that little caterpillar in your garden doesn't secrete something toxic that can make your scorpion sick. breed your fucking bugs.

[fantabulousK]

@jschultzVII and christ, as for you, my little farm is MADE UP of crickets that have grown from nothing but pet shop crickets. you have to start somewhere. pet shop crickets are the only ones you can guaruntee are free of disease and pesticide that can hurt your pet! you don't know where the fuck these other crickets have been when you catch them in the wild! i started with 20 pet shop crickets and a large transparent rubbermade container with dividers and holes i drilled in the top for air.

[fantabulousK]

@LarissaLurid Well of course its not a light for leaving on all the time. It's just a fun thing because the bacteria under the shell makes them glow in the dark under those lamps. Good lord. like shining headlights at a deer and looking at how they dont move.

[emorywomack]

@larissalurid yeh i feel you, well mines eating now so its all good now

[LarissaLurid]

@emorywomack

He is scared because hes having something randomly shoved in his face..i wouldnt call him a pussy unless you want something to attack you to show they arent....i mean is that what you are expecting from him? and animals are not territorial against things like a cricket, it's obviously not competition to them, its either a pest if they arent hungry, or food if they are. nothing to be worried about to them, they arent stupid.

[LarissaLurid]

@fantabulousK UV lights are very harmful to them! its only ok for a minute and NOT regularly. They do not like any light and make sure any heating lamp you get for them (which they dont need, just a heat pad on the side of the tank) DOES NOT contain UVA or UVB rays. Also regular lights are stressful for them since they like dark places. (this was half a response to fantablousk about UV rays and half advice to mjellyg)