Handling

I finally got to handle Mortiis a few days ago, thanks to Scott for giving me a hand and showing me how to grapple the little bugger!

He calmed down pretty well with his feet on the ground (or hand...) so now I'll be able to handle him more often.

Yes, loads of junk from work piled on the cabinet!

I've just ordered a larger tank for him so when I get a female there will be plenty of room. I'll probably use The Spider Shop again for the female, hopefully get the same decent service!

Maybe not...

I tried to pick up Mortiis earlier andit didn't go well, he spun round pretty fast, obviously I wasn't fast enough.

I tried with the tweezer/forceps and he totally went for them, grabbing and swinging his tail about at them. He really doesn't want to be picked up.

I think its best to leave him too it, I would like the possibility of handling him in the future but if hes not going to be calm or placid enough for me to pick him up, so be it.

Man Bits!

Well, I'm pretty sure that Mortiis is a he.

When he was up the side of the tank, I got a decent look at his underside. The pectine's are quite long, feathery and slightly overhanging his sides and his operculum is very much oval shaped, not pointy/heart shaped which would distinguish a female.

I used a few sites to get a decent guess, you can see an example here.

He's been pretty placid at the moment, nowhere near as jumpy as when I first got him so I might give handling a go at some point.

Home Wrecker

Terrarium Update

Here's how the tank looked before Mortiis moved in, complete with sphagnum moss, thermo/hydrometers and heat mat. A bit misty as well, I'd been trying to get the humidity up before I put him in.

It's not as neat and tidy now, Mortiis has taken a liking to shifting moss all over the place, especially in his bowl where it soaks up all the water.

The Spider Shop

I actually bought Mortiis and lots of other scorpion gear from an online store, The Spider Shop.

It was really easy to find what I needed and they are just a phone call away for any advice or updates on your order.

As you can see from my previous post, everything was really well packaged and came by next day special delivery.

They also guarantee a live and healthy scorpion on delivery, which obviously wasn't a problem for me but some other places might not give you this security, especially when making a risk ordering online.

I will be using them again for my next scorpion purchase and probably for any other bits I need in the future.

Highly reccomended anyway!

First Mortiis Pics

Here's a few pics of Mortiis, on his (or her) first day in his (or her?) new tank :

Apologies on the quality and the water on some of them, as its pretty humid in the tank.

Any help with possible sex would be appreciated, I can't get a good enough look at the pectines or anything on the underside for that matter! I don't want to go poking around to have a look when its just settling in.