Celeste
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*WHAT* THE?!?!?! Parasitic worms?Discovered this white stuff on the sides of my son's Emperor Scorpion's Kritter Keeper:
I thought at first it might be some kind of fungus, but on closer inspection I'm thinking it might be some kind of parasitic worms???
I *think* one bunch of these white threads was radiating from a blob of scorpion poo.
They are all dessicated, so hopefully dead now. But is the Scorpion going to be O.K.? Is there anything I should do (besides clean out his cage thoroughly)?
He is the only invert in my son's bedroom, so is well isolated from other inverts in the house.
-- Celeste
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~Abyss~
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Probably not. Only time would tell. WC scorps are always at risk and I had a very disturbing death with one of my desert species were maggot-like worms ate it's insides while alive and crawled out of it's mouth.
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Celeste
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He *has* been acting strangely. We found him with his tail sticking straight out a week ago, and this evening (after I cleaned his cage) I found him kind of hunched over and "stroking" a spot on his stomach with three of the legs on his right side. I couldn't see anything on there, but it was very odd behavior.
Fortunately, my son doesn't pay much attention to him, so if anything gruesome happens, I'll probably find it before he sees it...
-- Celeste
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cacoseraph
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if you want to scrape some of that stuff off into a vial and put some alcohol in it maybe we can figure out what those are. that is pretty freaky looking, though
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Celeste
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Sorry, Caco -- I already cleaned his enclosure. But if I see more, I'll save some for you.
-- Celeste
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cacoseraph
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right on, thanks 
i would have cleaned it asap, too
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~Abyss~
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Sorry C, sounds like it's on it's death bed. Of course there are rare times when scorpions act that way and still live.
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Steven
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Disgusting looking nastys.
Hope there was no chance of spreading to other inverts in your house.
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~Abyss~
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Dry substrate probably had something to do with it.
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Celeste
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| ~Abyss~ wrote: | | Dry substrate probably had something to do with it. |
Meaning dry substrate helped, or hurt? Can you clarify?
Meanwhile, aside from the occasional odd behaviors, he seems to be doing O.K. -- he's still eating great and doesn't look thin or anything. He moves around and reacts normally to activity around him.
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~Abyss~
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Well they need moist substrate. If he's acting weird it's most likely because of that. If he is hurt it'll probably be really hard for him to heal under those conditionsl. BUmp up the temp to mid 80's and give him at least 5 inches of moist peat.
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Celeste
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O.K.! Thanks for the advice, Eddy!
(Hope you're doing O.K.!)
-- C
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~Abyss~
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I have a feeling things are gonna get better this week. I'm gonna start my scorp collection again ASAP but right now i still have most of my t's
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ftorres
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Hello All,
Sorry wrong specie.
He needs a little bit more substrate and a nice hide and humidity to at least 75%
thanks eddy for letting me know.
francisco
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~Abyss~
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Francisco this is a Pandinus imperator although giving flatrocks that much humidity makes them prone to infection if they get wounded and mycosis. Just a warning. I never gave any of mine water.
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ftorres
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just to add to my previous add.
It is my opinion that when a pandinus is really happy with the enclosure it will hardly ever leave its hide, have you experience that before Eddy????
My big girl is always hiding unless she is hungry.
Sometimes I wait until she comes out to look for food to at least see how she is doing.
regards
francisco
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~Abyss~
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Yeah a happy P.imp is an invisible one. They're pretty much pet holes staying in they're burrows. If your worried digging them out occasionally isn't so bad they usually just create new burrows.
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Celeste
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Correct: Pandinus imperator (Emperor Scorpion), male.
Thank you all so much for the advice!
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BugMom
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Ah! That is so good to know. I guess my little girl is REALLY happy then. Definitely a "pet hole"!
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~Abyss~
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That usually just applies to emps, P. silvestrii are pretty active when i had them but I had a pretty big colony.
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BugMom
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I was talking about my emp. We only see her when she comes out to snag a cricket. My silvestrii is pretty frisky, although mostly in the early morning or evening.
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~Abyss~
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Yeah that sounds about right.
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