emeror scorp. pic...

[Yve]

here's my latest addition....I love the indigo blue that can be seen in good light...I always thought they were plain black...
http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/503/2scorpion_002-med.jpg

and the start of her enclosure...I'll be hot gluing many of the holes...there's too much ventilation..plus I'm going to add more natural looking furnishings. I'll post a pic when finished.
http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/503/2scorpion_001-med.jpg

[Dani33]

Awesome! I recently got a black light - they glow bright green. It was pretty neat. I have read that that's how they catch em in the wild.

[TheRedDragon]

Awesome Emp Yve! I can't wait until my little one grows up. :)

[CHRISANDBOIDS14]

Nice scorp. Same, cant wait till my little boy gets all big(awww i have to wait another 5 years.

[Yve]

i've wanted a scorp. for a long time but I held back thinking that they would be fairly inactive creatures...yah right!...this lil lady is a busy body...she'll chill from time to time but everytime i look in she's moved to a new spot. its cute the way they waddle and if my hands are in there she puts her claws up and wants to duke it out!lol

[BWSmith]

I am no expert, but the only emporers that I have seen that fat, were about to have babies.

[Dani33]

Sorry to hijack the thread. My girl went missing in her borough(sp?) for like a month. She made it next to the heat pad. I knew she was ok because food would go missing. Well, I decided to change her housing and do some redecorating. She is huge. Even fatter than Eves. I thought that she might be preggo. I hope so, it would be kinda fun. I'll post pics later.

[Yve]

el prego?!...that would be a real treat...could the scorp. be over-fed?..it was housed with another female and male when I bought her...I'm not sure as to how they were fed but if they were fed all together perhaps she bullied the others and ate all the food?

[Vanan]

I've seen emps look that fat when they're overfed and close to a moult. Mostly young ones. But then again, being an adult and being that big may also mean that she's prego.

[Yve]

now you guys got me all excited....is there any other signs for a pregnant scorp? I've noticed she's quite defensive....I don't know if this is common behaviour in an emperor but even if I near the tank she turns to face me with her claws up! I think I heard a hiss come out of her too....I could be mistaken though. Might that be a sign?

[SaIiLdVaEnR]

That is exactly how my pregnant emperor acts towards me, my other scorps I could, (not saying I do, just an example for laughs), throw at a wall and they wouldn't go into threat posture

[OttawaChris]

Emps often do arrive gravid... they are usually collected from the wild in masses and shipped together in the same package... cha ching if you are a male scorp!. Then pet shops get them and often have 6 or more in the same tank... again... cha ching!

Its a virtual orgy in those 2 situations so if the females weren't already knocked up they often become that way :)

[Dani33]

What is the gestation period? Any care sheets for babies just in case?

[SaIiLdVaEnR]

The gestation period ranges, could be 8 months, could be 18... I'm not sure the periods 100%, Dave will probably know.