Anyone have an emperor scorp breeding program?

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Ricosuave77

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I was thinking about this recently and became curious if there was anyone that had breeding programs going with these guys. It would be a shame if these wonderful scorpions were to disappear from the hobby for good.
 
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Scorpionluva

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I'm pretty sure there are more emperor keepers/breeders in the US than all other species combined !!!!
No matter how many restrictions they put on importing emps - there's been millions of them here for YEARS and they're here to stay
 
Ripa

Ripa

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I thought quite a number of places literally have "farm raised" specimens- mass produced depending on where you live, no? I know they're on CITES Appendix II as far as WC go, but some places do captive breed them, if I recall correctly.
EDIT- A lot of places, not some
 
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TheHonestPirate

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I'd like to purchase an emperor, I'm keeping my eye out for some cheap ones, it's hard to find reasonably priced ones.
 
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Galapoheros

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I have some little monsters going, working on breeding stock none for sale atm though.
 
Desert scorps

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TheHonestPirate said:
I'd like to purchase an emperor, I'm keeping my eye out for some cheap ones, it's hard to find reasonably priced ones.
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I have this pet store near me that has buckets of them and they are 15$ (USD) and they just throw them around like nothing. The bucket is about 8 inches by 4 inches and it has well over 20 scorps
 
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TheHonestPirate

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Desert scorps said:
I have this pet store near me that has buckets of them and they are 15$ (USD) and they just throw them around like nothing. The bucket is about 8 inches by 4 inches and it has well over 20 scorps
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Wow. Thats crazy cheap. I was told that theres a store near me that has them for around 30$ but its an hour away and i havent investigated quite yet
 
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Desert scorps said:
I have this pet store near me that has buckets of them and they are 15$ (USD) and they just throw them around like nothing. The bucket is about 8 inches by 4 inches and it has well over 20 scorps
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Are you sure they are true Pandinus imperator, or just more unidentified Heterometrus species? Because that's all most people will be seeing.
 
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gromgrom said:
Are you sure they are true Pandinus imperator, or just more unidentified Heterometrus species? Because that's all most people will be seeing.
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I am not sure if they are real emperors. They look exactly like them but so do other species. I am willing to bet that they are real emperors
 
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