why not house the sling individually? they can survive in 5cm container with moist tissue. easier to manage. a good way of feeding AFS slings is to cut open the cricket/mealworm and put it to its mouth. usually it will eat...

They still nt yet leavae their mom's back
Only few of them started2 venture around near their mom
I ll wait few more day
Btw, they will take crix drumstick or dead mealworm?

I feed them live small mealworms

I knw, little saint told me ur scorpling at 2nd instar can take whole mealworm
I wonder if mine can do the same...

f its leaving its mom's back you can seperate d...I2 is perfectly ok to seperate without any casualty...

While they're in the 1st instar, they don't physically feed. More like L1(eggs with legs) in tarantula slings. They rely on nutrients within they're body(provided during gestation by momma scorp). Try and leave the ones still on the mommy. Let nature take its due course. The ones that already touch ground and seem comfortable moving about can be separated without much worry.

Upon reaching 2nd instar they begin feeding. In nature, scorpions are seen as a generalized predator. They don't pick they're prey. A sizeable prey item will be tackled down with a lot of gusto, especially among potent scorpions. For AFS scorplings, I have noticed feeding them with mealworms help them bulk up pretty fast. Cricket legs and squashed pinheads are also considerable alternatives. Although crickets are not my personal favourite. A variety of other prey items can be added just for fun especially in later instars, you'll soon discover an insatiable urge to look at many different invertebrates as FOOD, lol!

And owh, have you tried counting the scorplings yet?! Lol!

This post has been edited by rafiqos: Aug 10 2008, 11:37 PM

Thx for the info rafiq
I ll get some mealworm 2molo
I havent counted the exact number yet cause they still on top of each other on the mom's back
Bt i roughly counted around 25 of them

seperated my afs scorplings already, got exactly 20 of them, here is the pic of the container im using

Im going2 seperate them 2molo
I ll provide 1hiding place for each sling or a big hiding place enough for all of them and 1pre kill mealworm for each of them
Will they still eat each other?
Im nt sure whether i wan2 keep them individually or together

lilsaint: i'll sugest you to take out the paper towel rolls in there. and replace the peat with toilet paper. toilet paper holds humidity better and easier to manage compared to peat...

Hmm found out tat all of the scorpling started2 venture around so i seperated them
Altogether i gt 30, more than i expected
House them in those container tat come along when u buy superworms
Substrate coco fiber, hiding place toilet roll.....

Using tissue easier2 maintain?
I tot tissue will grow fungus/bacteria/watever u guys call those yellowish thingy

This post has been edited by RyoKenzaki: Aug 11 2008, 03:47 AM

An easy solution. Link.

Read through all the pages b4
Din say bout tissue though...
I juz house them 2gether nw

ooo icic, hw often do i have to change the tissue paper if i use it?

Latest update
Juz back from class, saw some scorpling started2 feed on the superworms parts tat i cuts for them
I ll house them seperately in tissue once i gt enuff small container

Poisonnn.

Thanks to rafiq I'm tempted to get a scorpion.

Are you selling your scorplings Ryo?

Ya, i sell them...
Bt i think its still a bit early2 sell them nw
Interested drop me pm or add my msn ba

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Added on August 11, 2008, 4:41 pmAnw i think we should have a V2 with more information at 1st page and gather up more scorpions enthusiastic

This post has been edited by RyoKenzaki: Aug 11 2008, 04:41 PM

when you see it starting to grow fungus then you change. still eaiser to manage then coco peat. trust me. coco peat in that amount is hard to even keep moist.

Not really

i choose coco peat cause i have 2 scorplings that i got frm leetplayer and he uses coco peat and i have no problems with moisture so far