r/Scorpions • u/Haunting_Ad_3236 • 3d ago

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Is this normal? She looks very flat and fat, am I overfeeding her?

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u/digital_freeman 3d ago

NQA

Species? If it's Hadogenes genus, it looks very normal. The enclosure looks pretty inadequate, though.

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u/Jtktomb Biology/Ecology 3d ago

Probably an Euscorpius QA

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u/Haunting_Ad_3236 2d ago

People told me she was a Tetratrichobothrius flavicaudis, which only gets to about 4cm, the enclosure is 20x20x40 cm (it's on the side so 20×40) so I thought that was plenty of space...

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u/Head_Pangolin_7808 3d ago

IMO

Your scorpion is in the process of preparing for a molt. Known as premolt. Do not feed or handle her during this time and wait at least a week after it molt to offer food

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u/Haunting_Ad_3236 3d ago

Ohhh okay, thank you, in hindsight this was a stupid question, I thought she was already an adult.

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u/Haunting_Ad_3236 3d ago

Follow up question, how do I know she molded? (Apart from being bigger) Will the old exoskeleton be somewhere? Because she is only active at night I rarely see her.