Scorpions living communally.

[karenjmd]

So a friend and I both have emperor scorpions which we had housed together. We did so because we were told these scorpions lived communally and can be housed together.
A few days ago my scorpion ate his scorpion

[Grim91Z]

I've seen petstore Scorps sting and claw eachother. I'm not sure on them about housing, but I heard they CAN be kept together. I guess your pair proves that wrong (of course, even dogs or cats attack eachother, so there isn't much to go on).

[Shelby]

They are often kept together successfully.. you just have to make sure they're around the same size.. and I think I read that females are likely to fight with each other.

I have three juveniles living peacefully together.. for about a year and a half now.

[greenmonkey51]

I think I've read somewhere that female tarantulas will sometime eat males put with them, I don't know if this is true with scorpions but it would make sense.

[karenjmd]

Makes sense, my scorpion is female, my friend's was male. A few care sheets I found on the net indicate communal housing is OK, however one source said it's OK in instances of three or more scorpions.

[Mina]

I have 21 tarantulas and you are right about females eating males. Tarantulas can only be put together for breeding and about 50% of the time the male does not survive. Sometimes the female will let him mate first, and sometimes not.

However, I don't know about scorpions and would like to. I'm getting some baby emperor scorplings tomorrow and I was wondering if it would be better to get two or three?

[Evan Jamison]

I've housed 6 adults together for almost 2 years with no problems whatsoever. I've seen some mating behavior, but never any aggression. I've never heard of cannibalism with emperors before. Were yours of similar size?

-Evan

[Thimble]

Theres a saying that goes, "All animals are communal, until they're not"

[Schlyne]

This is probably obvious, but you want to keep communal groups fairly well fed as well.


Also, what size enclosure were you keeping them in?