The first of my baby scorps made his way down off his mum and we think he started to molt then Mum ate him. should i take the other scorpling away from mum as son as they desend from her back? or wait till theve molted and fed befor i move them?

by the sounds of it, yopu will probably be best to take them from her as they descend. sounds like she mighrt be a bit hungry lol

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yeah will do that i think, she shouldnt be hungery she munched out on a big pinky (well its big for a pinky lol) a couple of days ago. just had another one desend so will remove it now. thanks for the reply.

The scorplings will molt on the mothers back, than move off for a quick exploration. This is when I remove the young. I have kept smaller groups with the mother but there is always going to be a risk when you do this. Also, they seem to burrow deeper when with their Mom so you never see them, just the occasional molt. Pinkies are not generally recommended for scorpions due to the large amounts of calcium they contain and scorpions don't require calcium ( their exo-skeletons are made up of a beta glucose composition) but a mother who has just popped will probably appreciate a large meal. Just have a good sniff of the enclosure the next few days to be sure there are no remains left, otherwise, you may have to dig the remains out wich will make the mother extremly aggresive, but if you don't, the remains may attract mites. Also, you could pop the rear legs of a large locust and feed this to mother to keep her going.

Good luck with the brood

Damo