I've stopped using wax melts, candles, and diffusing essential oils in my room for fear of distressing or hurting my p. whitei, but I wish I could go back to using them. Are there any that are not a risk? Personal experiences? Never tried incence because I don't like the smell, but open to that option if there are any that...don't smell like incense.

I named her Marth because Marth has a ling grab range in Smash Bros Melee.

I bought what I believe is a Damon medius at a reptile expo 5 days ago from pnw arachnids, as well as a 12x8x8 glass tank with screen mesh top, some soil like substrate, and a semi circular wood hide. I think she is a subadult or older juvenile. We also order a piece of natural-looking cork board which we cut and flued to cover one side of the tank, and also used two leftover pieces to create diagonal climbing surfaces. We have been feeding her small crickets (one at a time, making sure to put them in only when they seemed like they were slowing down and unable to fight back and hurt her), and in the last 5 days she's killed and eaten 3, although she left about a third of the last one so we figured that's sign she had enough to eat. We have her enclosure set up with the top, and three of the sides covered up with a removable black fabric cover to provide her with adequate darkness, and when it's night time we have also been covering up the other side so she's not bothered by the lights of our electronics. I put an analogue thermometer /hygrometer in her enclosure, but I'm pretty sure the hygrometer is not accurate at all, but I'm comfortable in saying the thermometer works and her container and our apartment is consistently around 70~73° F.

However, this entire time no matter what we do she keeps spending most of her time on the ground, usually in her semi-circular hide, directly on the substrate or perched where she is touching it. We have tried misting the container multiple times a day, soaking the substrate until it was basically soupy (although we made sure it was solid enough that she wouldn't drown walking on it) and trying to seal off part of the mesh top with plastic wrap , but none of it seems to encourage her not to sit on the substrate. I'm very worried, because I've read stories of Damon medius that were purchased and then wouldn't stop huddling on the substrate until they died, no matter what the owner did. But she is eating well, so maybe she is just still adjusting to her new home? I'm a first time arachnid parent so I want to provide the best life for her I can, but I don't know if I'm doing something wrong or just need to wait.

(For more info I'm like 90% sure she is Damon medius, based on the stripe pattern on her legs, her body is about 2 cm long, she isn't missing and legs or feeler segments, and I don't know if she is female I just named her Astrid; I'm too nervous to try to sex her)

Hello everyone,

I am thinking of buying a 1" Mastigoproctus (I know technically not a amblypigid however didn't know where else to ask this). However I'm not sure how to feed them when this young. Ive had a phrynus whitei adult for 2 years now but I got it when it was already large enough to eat small crickets. Last year I got a very young phrynus, about 1/4", that I tried feeding flightless fruit flies to, however I believe they were too large and it refused to eat them. It unfortunately ended up dying as I couldn't source anything smaller like pinhead crickets. I don't want the same thing to happen again, so I'm wondering if anyone has any tips for feeding really small ones.

This is my first amblypygid and I know mould isn't a danger to these guys like it is with tarantulas, but when do I get worried? Also any tips on how to handle mold on the higher parts of the branches in the enclosure? I've already ordered more springtails and moved the enclosure to a slightly less dark spot in the house.

I fed my big d. Medius a nice fat hornworm yesterday. She hunted and nailed it with gusto. I left her big bark overturned so she could finish eating in peace without me moving a bunch of stuff around. Came back this evening to her laying on the substrate, half hidden under a bit of smaller bark, and she was mostly unresponsive. I was able to actually pick her up which is completely impossible otherwise. I gave her bark a good spraydown like usual and then put her back on it. She's since gone all flat and normal looking but now I'm worried. Is it possible she's just hella fat and chill from her meal? Because she has never, ever let me handle her like that.

I've been in love with the tailless whip scorpion for a while and have finally decided to bite the bullet on some Paraphrynus Carolyna! I'd like to get a few and start a colony in my 10 gallon tank if that's advisable?

Also, where should I purchase from? Ohio, USA here.

Edit: Then you all for the advice, I've decided to get a smaller tank and get just one so I can use the 10 gallon for something else.

Hello!

Looking to purchase a Tailless Whip Scorpion and am generally reluctant to purchase through big sites and companies, but will do if reputable!

I can't seem to find any sites who have them in stock or smaller breeders etc. Possible to push me in the right direction and one who offers shipping?

Thanks so much!

So, I just bought this one from a pet store and it was labeled central American tailless whip scorpion Phrynus mexicanus and I heard it was an extinct species. I just wanna know what type of tailless whip scorpion this is.

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They’ve molted couple times so moving into a bigger space