Comments on: Scorpions in Captivity – An Overview of Popular Species: Asian Forest Scorpions, Genus Heterometrus http://blogs.thatpetplace.com/thatreptileblog/2009/04/15/scorpions-in-captivity-%e2%80%93-an-overview-of-popular-species-asian-forest-scorpions-genus-heterometrus/ That Pet Place Reptile Blog Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:03:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: findiviglio http://blogs.thatpetplace.com/thatreptileblog/2009/04/15/scorpions-in-captivity-%e2%80%93-an-overview-of-popular-species-asian-forest-scorpions-genus-heterometrus/comment-page-1/#comment-1362 findiviglio Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:51:41 +0000 http://blogs.thatpetplace.com/thatreptileblog/?p=335#comment-1362 Hello Victor, Frank Indiviglio here. Thanks for taking the time to write back. Great idea…scorpions really do take quite a wide range of prey, and providing such in captivity goes a long way in keeping them in good health. When you have a chance, please let me know what sort of invertebrates your scorpions accept. Enjoy, good luck and please keep me posted. Best regards, Frank Indiviglio. Hello Victor, Frank Indiviglio here. Thanks for taking the time to write back.

Great idea…scorpions really do take quite a wide range of prey, and providing such in captivity goes a long way in keeping them in good health. When you have a chance, please let me know what sort of invertebrates your scorpions accept.

Enjoy, good luck and please keep me posted.

Best regards, Frank Indiviglio.

]]> By: victor ryder http://blogs.thatpetplace.com/thatreptileblog/2009/04/15/scorpions-in-captivity-%e2%80%93-an-overview-of-popular-species-asian-forest-scorpions-genus-heterometrus/comment-page-1/#comment-1359 victor ryder Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:37:51 +0000 http://blogs.thatpetplace.com/thatreptileblog/?p=335#comment-1359 Yes I have fed crickets & meal worms vitamins with their fruit & and veg` when gut loading them for my lizards. Also now trying other foods for the scorpian such as wood lice, worms, and other animals that I feel they may encounter in the wild. Thanks again for your help. Yes I have fed crickets & meal worms vitamins with their fruit & and veg` when gut loading them for my lizards. Also now trying other foods for the scorpian such as wood lice, worms, and other animals that I feel they may encounter in the wild. Thanks again for your help.

]]> By: findiviglio http://blogs.thatpetplace.com/thatreptileblog/2009/04/15/scorpions-in-captivity-%e2%80%93-an-overview-of-popular-species-asian-forest-scorpions-genus-heterometrus/comment-page-1/#comment-1179 findiviglio Sun, 28 Jun 2009 02:31:22 +0000 http://blogs.thatpetplace.com/thatreptileblog/?p=335#comment-1179 Hello Victor, Frank Indiviglio here. Thanks for your kind words and interest in our blog. My compliments on taking the time to research the animals in your collection…we certainly could use more of that! We know very little about the specific vitamin/mineral needs of scorpions - far less even than is known for reptiles and amphibians. Most of what seems to hold true has emerged over the years through trial and error, correspondence between interested people and comparisons with related, better-studied species. Your safest course of action would be to provide as much dietary variety as is possible, as described in the article you referenced. Forest scorpions likely take dozens of prey species in the wild; although many scorpions get by, often for years, on a cricket-based diet, I have noticed a definite difference in the overall health, vigor and breeding potential of animals maintained on varied diets. Your food animals should also be fed a balanced diet before being offered to animals in your collection…please let me know if you need any further information on that topic. Good luck, enjoy and please keep me posted. Best regards, Frank Indiviglio. Hello Victor, Frank Indiviglio here. Thanks for your kind words and interest in our blog.

My compliments on taking the time to research the animals in your collection…we certainly could use more of that! We know very little about the specific vitamin/mineral needs of scorpions – far less even than is known for reptiles and amphibians. Most of what seems to hold true has emerged over the years through trial and error, correspondence between interested people and comparisons with related, better-studied species.

Your safest course of action would be to provide as much dietary variety as is possible, as described in the article you referenced. Forest scorpions likely take dozens of prey species in the wild; although many scorpions get by, often for years, on a cricket-based diet, I have noticed a definite difference in the overall health, vigor and breeding potential of animals maintained on varied diets.

Your food animals should also be fed a balanced diet before being offered to animals in your collection…please let me know if you need any further information on that topic.

Good luck, enjoy and please keep me posted.

Best regards, Frank Indiviglio.

]]> By: victor ryder http://blogs.thatpetplace.com/thatreptileblog/2009/04/15/scorpions-in-captivity-%e2%80%93-an-overview-of-popular-species-asian-forest-scorpions-genus-heterometrus/comment-page-1/#comment-1177 victor ryder Sat, 27 Jun 2009 21:47:05 +0000 http://blogs.thatpetplace.com/thatreptileblog/?p=335#comment-1177 I have a female scorpian sold to me as an asian forest scorpian. Yes it looks like the pictures but has dabs of white all over it`s body. I keep a wide range of animals from the bearded and asian dragons (lizards) to an african grey parrot. I always research my animals fully as a keeper I think it is my duty. But the scorpian it seams a bit more difficult to research, was not sure about vitamins but what you say makes good sense and will do like wise thank you. One thing though I found her more aggresive with her claws and as yet has not attacked my feeding tongs with her sting. No I ain`t daft enough to put my hand in. I have a female scorpian sold to me as an asian forest scorpian. Yes it looks like the pictures but has dabs of white all over it`s body. I keep a wide range of animals from the bearded and asian dragons (lizards) to an african grey parrot. I always research my animals fully as a keeper I think it is my duty. But the scorpian it seams a bit more difficult to research, was not sure about vitamins but what you say makes good sense and will do like wise thank you. One thing though I found her more aggresive with her claws and as yet has not attacked my feeding tongs with her sting. No I ain`t daft enough to put my hand in.

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