centruroides exilicauda and brood

i always seperated my babies once they left the mother's back. it reduced the chance of cannibalism among the young. I used tackle boxes from wal-mart. They were single layer with dividers.

uuuuu.thats a good idea with the tackle boxes.
i was planning on keeping them all in the same viv and making sure there is always prey running around the tank as someone else has suggested to me..
this is my first time caring for slings so any suggestions and help will be appreciated.
it just so happens im going to wally world today as well and doesnt sound like a bad idea to break up the pack and limit the numbers i have in one viv til i find homes for em.or just keep em.either way:D

these are her usual hang out spots from the times i have seen her out.tonight she has a basking lamp on as some one is cranking the ac tonight.
she came out early im guessing because i put on the heat lamp.
i think im gonna get her a lamp of her own.shes borrowing my emperors tonight.

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i liked seperating them so i could monitor whos feeding and sheding. if you kept them all in there, you'd never know if one was missing out on food or not. i just put a piece of cork bark in each partition and they were good to go.

yep i got the single layer tacklebox with dividers.what do you suggest i use to poke airholes?
heated ice pick,small drillbit?

how many do you think i should keep with the mom in the main viv.again its a 5.5 gallon with tons of hiding spots and adventuring,well you seen the pics.
or should i just get another tackle box(15sections) and keep mom in the main viv by herself?

i would seperate them all from mom. mom might get hungry or a baby might get stronger and eat another baby. i would get another box. shame you aren't closer!! i have six or so gathering dust!!!

i used a small nail and heated it with a propane torch. i held the nail with vice grips. i also made a templet for the holes out of wood so they came out nice and even (i am a bit OCD when it comes to that!). i put holes in the lid and all the way around the top of the sides.

drilling plastic is bad news. it tends to crack the plastic.

babies are so much fun!! just wait and see! you'll start to get excited when they start molting. it is truely amazing how big they can get from one molt to the next. it seems like the jump from 3i-4i is huge!!

oh and one more thing.....curse you!! you are really making me want to get back into them!!

^hahaha

the night before the move
http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r...0714110027.jpg
http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r...0713110106.jpg

the babies new condo
there were 20 scorplings,the biggest 3 sections contain 2 scorplings each and there was 2 other scorplings that refused to budge from the metamorphic rock holes so i just left them with the mom in the main viv since they were so stubborn.
http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r...0715111340.jpg

heres one by mah fingah during the move,and its the biggest of the babies.
http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r...0715111423.jpg

since i had to remove everything from the main viv to get to all the babies its redesigned and with a sand and eco earth mix.ill take pics of that soon.

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