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<blockquote data-quote="Lady Lilith" data-source="post: 62908" data-attributes="member: 3365"><p>HI. I keep both desert and forest scorpions. At the moment, I have a pair of Hadruras arizonensis (breeding adults) in a 30 high and a pair of juvenile Heterometrus spinifers raised since scorpling-hood <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> (sexes unknown) in a 30 long. I have had a pair of Emperor Scorpions (the true P. imperators not the P. cavimanus, or red claws) and one H. petersii (my fave of the heterometrus sp.)</p><p></p><p>For a 20 gallon I wouldn't go bigger than 2, 3 at the most, depending of course on the size your chosen sp of scorpion, as most sp of scorpions like to burrow and the more space taken up by a large colony, the less space the individuals have for burrowing which leads to "stress" and fighting over food and territory etc etc etc. Some keepers push the boundaries of how many they like to keep, but for me personally, I feel that even though I COULD survive living in a three room tiny house with 20 people living in it, I'd be more comfortable in a two room house with only one roommate. </p><p></p><p>As for substrate in a desert set up, I like a mix of excavator clay and playsand (available really cheap at Lowes/Home Depot). Ratios vary, so I'd check the boards for what makes you comfortable. I wouldn't recommend simple sand, as, like their forest friends, most desert species are obligate burrowers capable of making very extravagant burrows, with this opportunity removed, again though they CAN survive, their quality of life is a bit diminished. It would be like a bird in a cage; your nature is to fly, yet you are forbidden to. I'd go crazy too <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p></p><p>There are some sp of scorpions that are naturally communal, and I did keep a colony of a sp known as Arizona Bark Scorpions, but, despite the fascination in watching them, these are very small scorpions hard to see that own one of the world's deadliest toxic venoms, and since I have little ones from the neighborhood and children of relatives etc that like to poke around my house to see what "Miss Kelly" has and if she's gotten anything new, i figured it would be prudent to err on the side of not having a mischievous little hand dart into a cage to pick one up and end up seriously, seriously ill, or worse, and so adopted them out to a keeper without such a risk.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lady Lilith, post: 62908, member: 3365"] HI. I keep both desert and forest scorpions. At the moment, I have a pair of Hadruras arizonensis (breeding adults) in a 30 high and a pair of juvenile Heterometrus spinifers raised since scorpling-hood :) (sexes unknown) in a 30 long. I have had a pair of Emperor Scorpions (the true P. imperators not the P. cavimanus, or red claws) and one H. petersii (my fave of the heterometrus sp.) For a 20 gallon I wouldn't go bigger than 2, 3 at the most, depending of course on the size your chosen sp of scorpion, as most sp of scorpions like to burrow and the more space taken up by a large colony, the less space the individuals have for burrowing which leads to "stress" and fighting over food and territory etc etc etc. Some keepers push the boundaries of how many they like to keep, but for me personally, I feel that even though I COULD survive living in a three room tiny house with 20 people living in it, I'd be more comfortable in a two room house with only one roommate. As for substrate in a desert set up, I like a mix of excavator clay and playsand (available really cheap at Lowes/Home Depot). Ratios vary, so I'd check the boards for what makes you comfortable. I wouldn't recommend simple sand, as, like their forest friends, most desert species are obligate burrowers capable of making very extravagant burrows, with this opportunity removed, again though they CAN survive, their quality of life is a bit diminished. It would be like a bird in a cage; your nature is to fly, yet you are forbidden to. I'd go crazy too :) There are some sp of scorpions that are naturally communal, and I did keep a colony of a sp known as Arizona Bark Scorpions, but, despite the fascination in watching them, these are very small scorpions hard to see that own one of the world's deadliest toxic venoms, and since I have little ones from the neighborhood and children of relatives etc that like to poke around my house to see what "Miss Kelly" has and if she's gotten anything new, i figured it would be prudent to err on the side of not having a mischievous little hand dart into a cage to pick one up and end up seriously, seriously ill, or worse, and so adopted them out to a keeper without such a risk. [/QUOTE]
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