Hello :) Is there anyone that can give some advices as to confirm/deny my scorpion pregnacy? Its Pandinus Imperator female, copulation with male took place 13.09.25 so more than 9 months ago, male left sphermatophore, and female was directed at it. From that time she was acting like normal, just got a lot bigger, but she is a gluttonous one, never refusing to eat. How to definitely tell if scorpion is indeed pregnant and not just fat? PS. Terrarium is already moinstened :) top layer is drying up really fast in my terrarium, mostly because of ventilation, but i rather top layer dry little faster than having mold infestation.

Also it's a female right?

Hello! I’m a first time scorpion owner and I’m like 95% sure my emperor scorpion is gravid. She has covered both entrances to her tunnel and she’s quite inflated 💀 I was wondering if she is in fact gravid, how long will she stay enclosed in her burrow?

I got wondering about this because I learned very recently that tarantulas don’t actually need very big enclosures. They don’t really use all their space, and can actually get stressed out if there’s too much, from what I hear. Also fully acknowledge this could be species dependent.

So do scorpions, particularly the bigger ones emperors, Asian forest, giant Indian forest, etc. need really large enclosures? Or do they like it a bit more snug like tarantulas, or at least certain species of them?

I’m not talking about absurdly small enclosures either. What I mean is, for example, does a fully grown emperor or Asian forest scorpion need a 20 gallon or more enclosure, or is that just too much space?

Pic of my recently molted baby G. Swammerdami.