hey. the next time i;m in sibu i'll look you up. i go there often. 2 times a year.

i gutload mealworms with .. seem to be working for my Ts. Crickets are..... sticky.. but i do have some.

All with oranges, tomatoes, spirullina oats and cereals. Sometimes raisins.

IT's best not to handle the scorpions.
THERE IS ALWAYS A risk
DO NOT cut off the telson. (of course it's your choice) but it's like if someone CUT OFF YOUR HAND.

it helps the scorpion to hunt

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Added on October 21, 2009, 11:08 pmlives longer, happier lives with stingers on them

(abang ryo.. be patient ah...)

This post has been edited by yltanisaac: Oct 21 2009, 11:08 PM

ya.. HAPPY BDAY> SCORPION Princess aka ryo....

My AFS are getting fatter by the day.

haha

have fun at ikano today

One of my M.Martensii seems to be real plump. I din feed it since i got it from Rafiqos.

@Rafiqos, you been feeding them good is it? or is it gravid? (highly unlikely)

Both refuses crickets. Tried Supermealworms.. ,maybe they are just full~~~

Read this

http://scorpionforum.darkbb.com/scorpions-...-claw-t1948.htm




Some sort of similarity but his case was not that serious

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Added on October 25, 2009, 3:07 pmFrom British Tarantula Society: "we've heard of scorpions getting this problem "

This post has been edited by yltanisaac: Oct 25 2009, 03:07 PM

AFS, emperor. Don't handle .

"I Realise I Just Fell In Love With Hottentotta Polystictus & Hottentotta Trilineatus But I Still Love My Wife !"

1st scorp AFS
2nd scorps M. Martensii
3rd/ more AFS~~~

I know bro. I will be caught by surprised if one of them is.

In my humble opinion,

Parthenogenesis is usually the form of reproduction of some organism when optimal conditions are met.

As with all types of asexual reproduction, there are both costs (low genetic diversity and therefore susceptibility to adverse mutations that might occur) and benefits (reproduction without the need for a male) associated with parthenogenesis.

Lacking the ability to switch to sexual reproduction, the only means of propagations fo obligate parthenogenic species, namely Hottentotta hottentotta and other species which have no known male species is by developing from unfertilized eggs of the parent scorpion

For the gene pool of these obligate species to diversify, one must always hope and assume random mutations occur for the better survival of the species. I am not implying that we should all take X-rays and start mutating the scorpions but to allow nature to take its course. Let new alleles and genes arise by themselves.

However, in nature obligate parthenogenic organism are bounded to a genetic disaster if the species is not easily mutable. It is apparent that the offspring will be less viable and prone to early deaths. I don't know whether does it apply to scorpions. but seeing the situation of H.Hs I can only assume.

Of course I am no expert in this and I am merely sharing my thoughts and knowledge on parthenogenic animals.

Excuse me for intruding.

This post has been edited by yltanisaac: Oct 29 2009, 06:14 PM

Good read. Don't know if you guys read it before. Maybe someone posted it before too but it's no harm bring it up
Link

I beginning to love this thread.

Here's some pics (better with pics than no pics at all, sorry for my 1.5M phone cam)

AFS Scorpionlings communal setup. I try to keep it as Natural as possible.
I added Mountain moss i got near Kelab Darul Ehsan jungle trek and river bed sand from Hulu Langat upriver on the bottom (false bottom).
Cocofibre and some peat with some pothos plant



Some aquarium bark that i had left from my old tank. (I saw the most off for my Avi avi Tarantula setup)




those little things don't sit still..




NEXT

My M.M

Thinking it's from an arid area, i didnt put any water dish nor any plants or moss.



Close up


The one that I THINK is gravid is hiding under the slab.

In theory it seems so.

But Scorpion King's case is unique. Defies Science.

PS: thanks ryo. I wish i had a better cam . It will sure make me feel better. But I try to make the afs enclosure as green as possible.

which discussion? my setup or the genetic argument?

I dip them in spring water 1st for a day then in distilled water. Shine them under UV light.

Thanks man for the compliment. I too worry about mites, ants, nematodes and other pest in the mountain moss but till now. Sterilizing by the method i mentioned doesn't clean the moss 100% but i did the best i could.


But here's a guide to disinfect plants (for aquarium used) but i figured we can apply them too. (Bleach also kills the plant but hey, they been using it to DISINFECT AQUARIUM PLANTS)



to summarise read the following




Terms: dechlorinator is the one we use for aquarium water/

If one new strain of virus/parasite/bacteria forms and new diseases develops for parthenogenic species , it will be easier to wipe them out.

Fat~~~~~~~~

Ryo: My condolences man

congrats

man~.. i was in a pet shop in Petaling Street around noon to see some cute dogs, tarantulas and scorpions. I saw some adult black scorpions cramped in same critter tanks each with NO substrate, wet sponges and dead crickets.

I asked: "Auntie, do you have any emperor scorpions?"
Auntie:" Emperor?!!! they can kill people de!! don't sell here. We have nice malaysian black scorpions here."
Me: "Don't they look more like emperors with bigger claws and bulkier look? I see you have two different scorpions here. AFS and emperors"
Auntie:"Ah boy I been selling these things so long la. Emperor can kill people de"
Me:" Ok auntie, I get it. Do you have substrates for tarantulas and scorpions such as cocopeat or vermiculite ?"
Auntie:" ah? never heard of these stuff. Ah.. Got this very good substrate" (She shows me wooden chips) "and exoterra forest moss"
Me:"Only use moss? no soil or sand?"
Auntie:"No substrate also can"
Me:

and then I saw this lone tarantula in a cracked exo-terra faunarium that has been dusty and held together with cellotape. I ask to have a look. The worker open the container and stand 2 feet away from me. (Wuss) I observed it was some sort of chilobrachys sp. but it was totally dark and brown. Again, no substrate was provided. but this survivor has webbed the entire faunarium and looked very thin and dehydrated. I felt sorry for the creature. I wanted to save her (she was 6-7 inch with no hooks so i just assumed she's a she) but her price tag was too steep of an asian tarantula. (RM280; discounted to Rm250). I can't imagine paying that price and would rather spend it on juvies/slings or some other adult T that has more colour.

I bid my farewell and thought in future I will be going back to the pet shop and bargain down the price for her and the scorpions. (they were in a good price compared to other prices for adult scorpions). But I can't help to feel i may fuel the misconduct of this pet shop in future.