How To Care For Scorpions

Learn how to care for your scorpions, or learn how to keep them if you want some

Step 1 Buy the stuff

If you want to keep scorpions you need to have somewhere to keep them and you will need some things to put in it.

The things you need are:
1)A tank (terrarium or fish tank)
2)Sand (must be clean, try your local pet shop or online)
3)Leaves, bark, small sticks, rocks (anything a scorpion can hide or climb on
4)A very small dish
5)Cotton wool
6)Crickets or cockroaches (food)
7)Your scorpion(s)

You will also need a terrarium heater light to heat the tank.

P.S Small scorpions can climb on glass, so if you get small scorpions make sure you get a tararium that is "escape" proof

Comments

[randofo]

Hey, this is a great instructable and is very informative. Just one thing is missing... pictures! It really helps a lot when trying to follow directions so you should consider taking some photographs. Once you do that and leave me a message when you have so that we can publish your work. Thanks! Thanks for the cool instructable and we hope to publish this soon!

[todell1]

no scorpion is poisonous !

[todell1]

scorpions can't climb clean glass

[flamesbane]

There is no need for the cotton in the water dish, just make sure it isn't too big and is shallow. You scorpion is not going to drown in a shallow dish, and the cotton promotes the growth of bacteria and fungus' that can kill your scorpion.

[victorsli]

awesome i have got one hunstaman spider, and the tank has sticks bowl with  wet wools, moths, and a cave, but the cave is using almost all the space of the tank, wat things smaller than a cave about 9-13 cm can i use for my spider to hide in?
and wat else should i put there? thnx

[Big Trev]

good question... it really depends on the size of the tank, try apiece of drift wood or something similar because all they really need is somewhere that they can take shelter and hunt... If you go to a petshop they may have a plastic shelter for hermit crabs or other pets (the orange rock in my instructable is plastic and is actually for a lizard)

As for adding things to your tank, sometimes simpler is better... Spiders don't really need to much but by the sounds of your tank, some sticks and the cave (or something similar) with the bowl with wool is plenty... if it looks a bit bare, add some dried leaves and maybe a few little rocks....

Anyway, I hope this helped you and your spider... And don't hesitate to email me if you need to.

Cheers
Trevor

[okwhen]

If the animal was born into the wild then let it live in the wild.

[Thundertydus]

Ahhh! Unreal Christ! What the Hell?!?! Creepy as hell

[sassy8girl]

aww that is so cute is it a naked mole rat

[Big Trev]

I agree

[Nasatara]

theas things hurt!! i have been stung twice and boath times when I was sleeping I live in westerin china and (in our county) they live on the southerin slopes. the problem is that they go into the house in the fall looking for heat and go out in spring. so watch yourself..

[gsidhe]

Just a scorpion heads up...Not all types of scorpion can live together. Some will tear each other apart, others do fine. Anyone who wants to keep scorpions should do research on the particular breed. You also need to consider things like humidity and temperature gradiant in the enclosure. If you put an emperor scorpion in the enclosure you have created, it would not live very long at all. They are jungle scorpions that need a higher humidity to survive. For the type of scorp you have, it looks great. Lots of area for them to explore and exercise. Nice instructable!

[Big Trev]

That's right, you should do yor research before you get your scorpons. P.S. Thanks for the comment!!!!!!

[masterochicken]

I was actually thinking of scorpions just before I came across this. My friend was going to get a pet scorpion if he got all Cs or better. Sadly, this didn't happen.

[Big Trev]

Well, I hope this helps you.