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Old 22-02-2012, 10:17 PM
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i bought a flat rock scorpion about 3 months ago and i dont know if its been eating lol. it doesnt feed from tweezers and it seems like the crickets are in there for a long time. any ideas?.
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Old 22-02-2012, 10:26 PM
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Probably not hungry or your prey items are too small.
Is it very fat? is it an adult? do you have any pics? Premoult maybe...
These can gain a lot of weight very quickly and it takes aaaaaages for them to loose it.
Let it be for a while, don't feed it and try again in 2 weeks.

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Old 22-02-2012, 10:29 PM
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well the crickets are tiny but apparently the scorpion isnt very old she is only tiny herself. ill upload some pics tomorrow gonna go bed lol. thanks for the advice though ill wait and leave it like you said then try again maybe with some bigger crickets lol.
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