Another beautiful specimen, but I still don't like either insects or arachnids. Nothing against the scorpion, but I'd stay away from it.

I once said I'd never touch or handle a scorpion - yet I had no problem with tarantula's. Now, I love scorpions, don't mind handling them - and still don't mind tarantula's. But for some reason..i'd rather have pet tarantula's right now.

eek, tarantulas. I know it sounds sheepish, but that's...ya...

x3...tarantula's are awesome though

I stared one in the eyes, and eyes, and eyes, once. Dang thing jumped on the screen, I instinctively jumped back, and lost the foreskin on my arm thanks to a rusty coat hanger. Set the tarantula loose after that.

Scorpions scare the everliving out of me, but I am intrigued :) I am curious, how can you tell it's female? Is it size or color based? Or just on the tiny stinger?

What the guy said in the case of flat rock scorpions is that females have a very small tail. Males have an EXTREMELY long tail.

Exampls:

http://www.averyexotics.com/Edited%.....orpion_old.jpg Male
http://image.shutterstock.com/display_pic_with_logo/95903/95903,1179889646,2/stock-photo-yellow-banded-flat-rock-scorpion-3359726.jpg Female

Ahhh, I see, that's pretty distinctive :o Intimidating creatures, but it must be neat to have a docile one as a pet :D

Heck yeah. She is amaazing - she likes to explore though - and she only pinched me once, but otherwise no attempts to sting and seems to like me. =)

Those two you have linked are two different types of Flat Rocks, btw. The first is a: Hadogenes troglodytes and the 2nd is what you and I have: Hadogenes paucidens. A good way to tell the sex for sure other than just looking at the tails/claws is by actually putting it in a clear container and checking out the pectines on the underside. Males will usually have much bigger/longer ones than females.


Some scorpions like B. jacksoni it's easier to tell by their tails/pincers. Females will have a smaller tail and pincers as males will have much bigger looking ones.

Either way that's a great looking scorp you got there. =)

Ahh...alright, thanks for the info! I'm a fairly new scorpion owner. I got her at the REptile show and I was only told how to tell the sex of my flat rock by the tail. So I looked up online what a male would look like and was like. He didn't tell me what type of flat rock I had, just that it was an african flat rock and that the one I had was super docile and tame. Which she is!

I haven't gotten her to eat from a pair of tweazers yet - but the guy said I probably wouldn't see her eat.

Whereas I recently managed to feed one of my Emp's with tweazers..it was funny! Held the cricket by a pincher - she grabbed it and immediately began nomming.

Oh yeah, these are bad about not eating. They can go for a year or so without eating a thing. But dont let it freak you out, that's just the way they are. VERY slow growers too. It can take them 7 yrs to reach full adult and they can live up to 25 yrs. So maybe not as active as emps or something, but still one of my absolute favs.

Ah. Well, she eats regularly. She gets crickets once a week like the others and the crickets are usually gone within a few days. She's also kind of active at night - I've noticed lately that every night she comes out and roams her cage and tries to 'crawl up the glass'. Lately she's just been sleeping in one of her dens.

I have one of these. Want MORE! Aren't they just fantastic?? I love them. One of my favs.

Definitely! WHen the next Reptile show comes up I'm gonna find out if they have any more flat rocks. =) Especially if they have a male..

Do you go to Repticon? Im hunting a male myself at one coming up on the 16th here.

Yup! There's one in December that'll be hitting Pensacola. I got my flat rock from...who was it...Grah, I can never remember his name! He's the guy with the mohawk and always has spiders and scorpions. Red hair I think...