SOS
What is this and what do I do if it’s what I think it is? The scorpion is in a critter keeper right now. Will the babies crawl out of the vents in the top?
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Last year it was live boa babies and now it’s baby scorpions? Maybe? This has gotta stop! 
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Welp, that definitely looks like babies. Idk a darn thing about these, so hopefully someone else can help you out.
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Lol! Thank you @noodlehaus Jess. I looks like there are hundreds of them…… @spottedbull can you shed some light on this?
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What I do know is that they should stay on mom’s back for a bit and that it’s only after they leave her that you separate them, but anyone who actually knows for sure please do correct me if I’m wrong!
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Ok well I noticed what I thought was maybe a few of something a couple of days ago and today after I realized what was going on I put her in a deli tall container so maybe I should put her back in her regular home for now. I just don’t want them crawling out…… lol!
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Could you tape some paper towel or gauze over the critter keeper vents?
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That’s a good idea. I will try that and let you know…… Maybe I should google to see how long the babies stay with her……
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Yep @ballornothing these are babies! Loads of babies in fact! Lol! Evidently they were just born and have now climbed on momma to stay there a couple of weeks until they molt. Apparently some female scorpions have the ability to produce on their own……
Now what to do with the babies…… 
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Covered with paper towels but I have about 2 weeks before they molt and leave momma. She can carry up to 100……. according to the net……. .
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My goodness 
. That is a lot of babies.
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Yes. Every time she has a baby it crawls up on her back for survival and somehow she feeds them all until their first molt and then they crawl off…… 
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Hotglueing some organza fabric or bits of a nylon stocking over the vents will prevent escapees while allowing airflow, I can confirm that oughta work.
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Congratulations on your 100 new pets! 
So I knew scorpions carry their babies on their back, but I did not know they feed them! How do they do that? That’s really neat! What species is she? Any serious danger to you if a baby gets out? When I’ve kept baby mantises before, I’ve had success putting a piece of nylon stocking over the top of their container. Allows air flow, but is a very, very fine mesh. Maybe you could just hot glue a piece to the inside of the lid of the critter keeper?
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Well scorpions can’t climb smooth surfaces like spiders. So I don’t think that they can climb out of a critter keeper top vents. As for what to do with them…
Maybe buy a bunch of small deli cups and keep them until they molt a few timesand then offer them up. Is there a local reptile show that could rent you a table space?
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Yep I am going to buy some cheap pantyhose. That’s what @athleticshoelace suggested too.
I think I was mistaken about her feeding them so I suppose she just carries them until they shed. But I’m not sure how they grow? All I know is my house seems to be conducive to animals reproducing……. Lol!
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lol! I just bought this one this past Sunday at the Midwest Reptile Expo in Indy! . I noticed some little white things on her last night when I fed her but tonight there were a ton on her and I realized what they were.
I will take them to the pet store that I sold my baby boas to last year as soon as they leave her which should be a couple of weeks……
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Also I would have to have a hundred deli cups! 11 baby boas are one thing but tons of scorpling babies are something else! lol!
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Oops I forgot to say thank you for the congratulations @solarserpents Olivia! And I think she is a Sand Scorpion? I just picked her up at the expo last Sunday! Lol!
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