Orphaned Scorplings... with pics

[Anatopism]

i had to pull babies from a rare species of scorp that i was working with. no matter what i tried, the mothers would keep eating them. the babies won't start feeding until they are past the second instar stage. until then, they will be fine without food. do not offer food during this time. wait till they moult. you need to keep them mosit but so mosit that mold starts growing. if they dry out, they will die.

as for mom, no she should not be moulting so soon after having babies. generally, they go and hide when they moult anyway. if her tail is laying down, she is dead.

She was upside down completely limp and out in the open, babies squished underneath her. Proper temps for these guys? I have them sitting on the snake rack close to some heat cable but not touching it. I have them in a small plastic cup.. kinda like a deli cup, with a secure lid and a hole for breathing, on moist eco earth. I assume just like baby Ts they aren't going to drink if I give them a bottlecap of water, and I just have to keep the bedding a proper humidity?

I'm trying to keep an open mind, but I still find tarantulas and scorps very creepy. Blech

It has taken some willpower to get myself to hold the adult scorpions. I don't own any, but I work at a pet store where the mom had babies, and even if I'm wary of mom and dad scorpion, I don't want the babies to die. Tarantulas have always seemed more like furry little animals to me, and less like giant spiders.