mine came down from mother already

that is only 1/3 of my tank hyorinmaru.

that is a really small tank.lol.

but will they mate in public??

do you like to have sexy time in public?

er... if u want to bring ur female and breed with my male in public i dont mind.. but we need bigger tank.. and will they tango in from of people though???

since we are on the discussion of mites how about if we do it in a scientific way.

first is where does the mites comes from?
what are the factors contributing to the mites infestation, humidity, availability of food,from outside(for wc specimens), type of substrate, temperature that are involved, amount of scorpion(for communal setups), etc,etc,etc.

preventing the mites to infest is the way to go compared to treating the problem after it have gotten out of hand.

glad to report that my WC scorpions have no mites on them after a close inspection that is done once in a blue moon.

my only problem is ants and flies.

i found another way to get rid of mites.. well, this is from what ive read, like to see what u guys think of it..

mites can be suffocated with a very small drop of glycerin or fingernail polish. great care must be taken to avoid getting the substance on the scorpion's chelicerae and spiracles.

and mites reproduce on moist substrate, not on the scorpion, the eggs hatch, find a host, feed, drop off, and breed, lay eggs and the cycles continues...

update on scorpling seperation day 5:

another 3 died. 1 was actually dead for sometime already but i didn;t notice it.

so left only 5.

update on mother giving birth day 4:

the mother is in the hide and occasionally comes out for a drink in the water dish. gave a slightly killed meal worm and she ate it.

yeah, using strong chemical really needs very great care.. its risky and look like even harder than the common method of using vaseline and change to tissue sub~ lol (but if really know how to do it, maybe very2 easier! just put little drop of glycerine or fingernail polish and all mites suffocate~)

im trying to find some large scale breeders to ask on this matter.. who knows, they might haf some personal tricks that doesnt in the book~

you could be a breeder in the near future lester... ur collection are getting more and more.. you'll be my 1st list to get all the rare sps...

lol ... still not up to the level of a breeder ..still have lots tolearn 

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Added on July 24, 2009, 3:51 pm
cool .... u will be supprised by how fast it molt from 1i to 2 i lol ..

but any updates on the preservsation formula ?

I bet your gf is jealous now that she don't excite you as much as before Lester. If you're getting more than 10 Hottentotta judaicus, go for a large communal setup! They make excellent display animals judaicus.

Goodluck keeping the 5 remaining scorplings alive akagi.

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