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Does this mean he's not healthy? Just worried for him
Nope, quite the norm. Just make sure conditions are right and food is offered.Does this mean he's not healthy?
What about hides? Emps, tend to get stressed if there isn't a good place(s) for them to crawl under. Also might want to get a humidity reader (they're cheap!) then reduce the amount of misting and adding water to the substrate. I usually keep the humidity between 60-70% and have more hides then scorpions (7 hides for 5 Emps) even though they tend to share them.Fergrim said:I have one thermometer in there right now (no current heat source because I've never seen the temp get below 70 or much above 80) and no humidity reader..
But I mist daily and pour one cup full of water directly into his substrate (mulch/bark/soil type mix.. mostly mulchy soil) And I keep the top of his tank covered mostly..
Giving him about four crickets a week since he's young and constantly hungry it seems..
So okay, just going through the mental check list out loud.. I guess he just feels like climbing
Thanks for response!
He has one hide that he uses very very often, (a half cylinder of log) and yeah, I need to get a humidity reader but as of now I have no cash so it'll have to wait.WorldTour said:What about hides? Emps, tend to get stressed if there isn't a good place(s) for them to crawl under. Also might want to get a humidity reader (they're cheap!) then reduce the amount of misting and adding water to the substrate. I usually keep the humidity between 60-70% and have more hides then scorpions (7 hides for 5 Emps) even though they tend to share them.
As for feeding, I tend to feed every two weeks and give about 15-20 crickets(depending on cricket size), if you have a male its important to regulate the amount of food intake because they tend to eat anything that moves which can lead to a fat & unhealthy Emp.
-Mark
you're feeding it twice as much as me. I feed every two weeks, not twice a week!Fergrim said:And I guess I'm feeding it about the same as you because I feed it twice a week but only 3-4 each time.
Hehe... Sorry I was unclear, but I would like to see a pic of your tank (WorldTour) because of the size, but a pic from both of you would be great!WorldTour said:And Arnt1 were you wanting a pic of mine or Fergrim's?
-Mark
Fergrim said:Isn't 20 crickets every two weeks the same as three crickets twice a week?
I mean, it's more often but not more crickets. So in two weeks, mine gets 12 crickets total.
More often, less crickets.. Are you saying that less often and more crickets is better?
Great, thanks!WorldTour said:I have 5 Emps, thats three to four crickets per scorpion every two weeks. I dump the entire 15-20 in the tank at once and they are usually eaten over the course of the following week, so its hardly binge feeding. Having a large enclosure helps with this by making the scorpion actually work to catch its food as it would in the wild.
ArNT1, I'm currently at work, but I will try to snap off a few pics of it tonight.
-Mark
Yeah just like an email attachmentFergrim said:because they'd need to be stored somewhere on the internet first and I don't have a website to upload them to.. unless I can just attach them directly from my hd onto this thread...like an email attachment?