Advice for soon to be Emperor mama..

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Thanks a ton. I will have to wait until I get home to see the pic. Dang work filters... What size tank would I need, and would a misting system be a good idea. I already have a misting system hooked up to my GTP cage, I could run a tube to the Emp tank too.

I used a 10 gal. I changed the water out whenever she tracked dirt in it, and what I did is I covered about half the screen to hold the humidity good.

As far as the misting system, I'm sure you could depending on how often it misted? I misted daily with a spray bottle and kept the substrate damp. People say to let the temps adjust overnight, and you can, but I never varied that much.

During the day the temp was 85-87, and at night the temp was 78-80.

I used to hold my emperor, though I would never recommend to anybody to hold a scorpion as you never know if you're allergic or not, even though the emperor's sting is equal to that of a bee sting, and it uses its claws more then anything because they're rather powerful, so rarely will it sting. If you have to pick your emperor up for any reason I recommend using triceps with rubber tips and grabbing toward the last segment of the tail right before the stinger, you can even do this by hand as a last resort but be careful because they can twist their stinger a bit and if you're not on the right angle it'll stick you. Also watch out because they can come back with the claws and get you, well not sure about emperors but I had this happen with a smaller one and it freaked me out and I let the tail go and it swung that tail around and tagged my fingernail(this was like 3-4 years ago).

A lot of the time when you mist the tank the scorpion will drink from its own claws.

As far as molting goes, if you don't get an adult you may see them stop eating before a molt, and make sure when they're going through the molt that you don't put anything in there or anything a few days after as it takes the exo-skeleton a few days to harden back up. I feed 2x a week and clean up any cricket leg remains. Also never leave food in there overnight as it can stress the scorpion out if for some reason it doesn't eat.

Edit:
If you get more then one you want to go with a bigger tank as they're communal but they're known for fighting, especially if you introduce one after the other one has made home.