WooHoo!!! Emp scorp having her babies!!!!

Finally my Emperor scorpion is having her babies!!!! She started yesterday and is still having them as of today!!!

This is a pic I took of her when I thought she was gravid:
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And this is a couple picks through the glass of her having her babies:
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I will post some more soon :D

Congrats on the babies!

Not that I would ever get one but I find scorpion to be fascinating.

So what is the average number of babies that a female can have?

This is the first time I actually had any luck breeding them but on average they have like 12 but I have seen people have more then that.

Very cool! Congrats!!!

Can't wait to see more pics!

:D :D :D

very cool:gj:

awsome! Inverts rule!!

Congrats, :D

So do you have to feed mamma anything special to get her back into tip top shape and to help her feed the babies?

One of my friends thought his was overweight so cut right back on the feeding - then she had babies and ate them. :(

This was back in the day mind you and he was just learning - would have been around 1990 if I'm remembering right. :rolleye2:


dr del

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Congrats, :D

So do you have to feed mamma anything special to get her back into tip top shape and to help her feed the babies?

One of my friends thought his was overweight so cut right back on the feeding - then she had babies and ate them. :(

This was back in the day mind you and he was just learning - would have been around 1990 if I'm remembering right. :rolleye2:


dr del

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As soon as the babies have their first molt and climb off her back I will put them all in their own containers. And with the mom I am just going to feed her gut loaded crickets and meal worms as much as she wants to eat. She was a beast before she had the babies (she was in a tank with a male and another female, started plumping up and became aggressice towards the other two and started claiming territory and that is why I thought she was gravid and moved her to her own 5 gallon tank). She stopped eating on her own for awhile (and never lost any weight whatsoever - another reason I thought she was gravid). Before she stopped eating she was a VERY good eater so I hope she eats all the food I give her and not the babies. I will be babying her and hopefully in turn she will baby her babies - lol

That stinks that happened to your friend!!! That was a loooong time ago :D

That is wonderful!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So let us know what the baby total is when you do. I'm curious.
This is so cool!!!!!!! :banana: :gj:

That is very cool! And something I have never gotten to see before very neat.

Congrats brotha, emperors are sweet, I'm allergic to bees though so every time I take my buddies emperor Ares out I get a little nervous. Awesome though and I hope it all goes well.

It took her two days to have them all and the total count is 11. On the third day I offered her a large cricket from the tongs and she ate it. So far she has not ate any of her babies. I am going to keep her in her 5 gallon tank for a few months to fatten her back up and get her strength back up then put her back in the big tank with the other female and male. Thanks for the responses!!! It does mean a lot to me to see people happy for something I am excited about!!! Thanks again :gj:

Top view of the 11 :D

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Hi,

Is she any different in her attitude to you? Any more or less handleable?

Not that I'm suggesting handling with the lil white babies I just wondered if she had got all feisty and sting-happy. :P


dr del

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Hi,

Is she any different in her attitude to you? Any more or less handleable?

Not that I'm suggesting handling with the lil white babies I just wondered if she had got all feisty and sting-happy. :P


dr del

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She is a bit more aggressive but not trying to sting at all. She has always been a bit more aggressive then my other two though. If I want to pick her up (which is not often) I have to cup her first then let her crawl on my hand. Some people like to tail their scorpions but if you try that with her she will flip out. I went in her tank to adjust her thermostat probe and the thermometer probe in the tank and she was VERY jumpy and wanted me out asap. Just being a good mom IMO. But I definately say she is more testy now then usual but not stinging at all :gj:

wicked cool.

I have to say, that is creepily cool.