Scorpions

In this thread I see all kinds of T posts, but very little Scorpion posts! I am interested in invertebrates, but I have heard Scorpions are easier to care for than T's. Is this true - if so a care sheet would be awesome.

So far I've owned tarantulas and a scorpion. To me, the care for both different inverts is equally simple. That might depend on how complex you make the enclosure, the personality of the individual species, and where it's native to.

If you make a beautiful display enclosure, it may take a little more work to keep it maintained, although inverts don't really seem to be that messy. As far as tubs/kritter keepers go with only a couple cage items, the maintenence is pretty simple.

Many tarantula species can be pretty flighty and quick which may be a bit trickier when it comes to feeding, watering, misting, spot cleaning, etc. The slower, calmer tarantula species are easier to work with. I HIGHLY recommend using tongs whenever doing any type of maintenence in the enclosure, you'd be surprised how fast they can be when they think something is food LOL.

For scorpions, there are some quick little guys but most are laid back and won't shoot out of nowhere in order to get to your fingers. I can easily do spot cleaning and water changing without tongs for my Emp Scorpion because he pretty much sleeps all day long. But feeding them with tongs is also highly recommended.

As where their native to effects how they should be kept. Some require higher humidity than others. For higher humidity it may take a little more effort in tanks/display cages/kritter keepers but with tubs it makes raising the humidity a lot easier.

All in all, both inverts are pretty simple to keep. Scorpions are definitely extremely fun pets to have, and handle!

i have had both as well. i do find scorpions to be a bit easier because they cannot climb glass or plastic. most are laid back but i have had one or two species that are aggressive. i had to pull babies off of one female and she was striking at my instruments left and right! i kept mostly hotter speices so i didn't really hold too many. i really like the scorpions but got rid of all but one :(

I have only kept emp scorps but a variety of T's but IMO T's are eaiser to care for as they do not need any special heating requirements. I also seem to have much better luck with T's then scorpions for some reason.

I say scorpions, but I've only had a Rose Hair so I wouldn't really rely on anything T related from me.

Scorpions are neater to watch IMO, plus they have some very unique species out there(which I'm sure T's do as well). Overall T's are probably more popular then scorpions but hopefully scorpion popularity will grow. As far as feeding, you don't need tongs, you don't need anything, just put the food in the tank and watch. Scorpions have thousands of hairs and they can feel anything on the ground so you don't have to actually feed it to it's face. I would also recommend keeping a simple setup for your scorpions as all the fancy stuff is pretty useless IMO of keeping 60+ scorpions, especially when you want to clean or if you can't locate your scorpion and it's just not worth it.

I'm familiar with all the common scorpions in the US pet trade so if you need to ask anything then feel free to message me or even email me, I also use yahoo daily.

ATM I only have one scorpion, because I was working offshore for awhile so I had to get out of the hobby, but I'm about to get deep back in it with species that have never been introduced into the US before, as well as Europe. I'm going to focus mainly on two species that I've been wanting for years, but I will keep a few other of the neater species.