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Sat outside with my big beautiful boy for a while. Happy Halloween~

Basically title, I'm moving the current resident out of my 40 gal soon and very interested in getting a vinegaroon and putting it in there. As far as I can tell, ~10 gallons seems to be recommended? I know bigger is almost always better but will the whole space be used? Or are they like certain kinds of frogs or tarantulas where they don't really care after a certain point?

Hello everyone! This is my beautiful girl Hot Sauce! I am new to owning a vinegaroon and I was wondering how to get her more comfortable with me holding her.

As the title implies I'm just wondering if there's any behavioural differences between the two species. This will be my first time raising a whip scorpion so I want to know what to expect from their behaviour so I can make a better choice between the two. My only previous experience with arachnids like these is with amblypigids.

I know, I know, they can disappear for a while, owning a jar of dirt etc. etc.

My juvenile vinegaroon disappeared underground around 5 months ago now, and I've seen no sign since. I mist still and check to see if there's any funky smells, and I'm being patient but that little bit of anxiety is just now starting to creep in. How long do I wait?

had her for about a year and she’s only eaten once in that timeframe. i attempt to feed her once a month and she seems interested but she is so fucking bad at hunting. sometimes i sit there for 30-40 minutes just trying to help her catch the damn worm!!

her abdomen is pretty plump so i’m not too worried about that but trying to get her to eat is such a pain in the ass 😭 i know she’s interested because she follows the worm and feels it out with her front legs, occasionally strikes at it if she’s feeling brave but her aim is horribly off. am i doing something wrong or is she just stupid?

My vinnie has been shy to eat from tongs, she has a few times so I'm not HUGELY worried, but would it be easier for her to just drop a dubia roach in and let her hunt it herself? Do any of you guys do that or should I continue tong feeding? Thanks a bunch :)

I bought a juvenile vini (1") last week, and I haven't seen him since:(. I've misted the enclosure, but I also have a water bowl. I figured he would have been thirsty after his ordeal, but he hasn't touched his water from what I can't tell. I've been feeding him and but it's hard to tell if he's eaten because there's so much leaf litter and stuff covering his enclosure. So my question is, is this normal behavior? I know I shouldn't go looking for him, but I'm worried:p He could be hibernating I guess, but it seems very soon.

If money were no object and you could buy anything for your vinegaroon, what would you get them?

Just got my first vini this weekend at an expo and I already adore her. She moves so thoughtfully and is so entertaining to watch. I'm comfortable feeding her live insects of course, but I was wondering if anyone has tried feeding their vini something like this or maybe freeze-dried crickets? It would certainly be easier. Let me know your thoughts :) And what foods your vinegaroons like the best.

For my guy Jose who is underground

I’m assuming it’s largely the same, but I’ve heard that Thelyphonus is more of a forest floor dweller while Mastigoproctus is more of a burrowed.

Does this mean that Thelyphonus don’t need as deep of a substrate (I’m assuming they still need a fairly deep one but maybe a few inches less than Mastigoproctus)? Also, if Thelyphonus are more leaf litter associated does that mean that theoretically (accounting for temperament and such) a Thelyphonus would be ‘out and about’ more often?

I’m assuming Thelyphonus need much higher humidity than any Mastigoproctus except maybe floridanus

I have a baby Texas vinegaroon (less than an inch in size) that I just got a few days ago. First night I left out 4 fruit flies in case it was hungry after shipping, it ate all 4. The next night I saw it wandering around its enclosure so I left another fruit fly in case and it ate it again! I had thought from the research I did that young vinegaroons only eat once a week, but this one seems to look for food every night and take anything I leave out for it. Should I keep leaving food out or am I overfeeding it? How often do the babies normally eat?

Anyone know of a reliable and quality breeder of M.tohono?

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I handled her for the first time in a long time. She wasn't too happy about it, haha. I've gotten used to her new look now, even though I still miss her long beautiful tail.
(In case you couldn't tell, the title is a bit of a joke)
This post is an update to this one: https://www.reddit.com/r/vinegaroons/comments/1e59vpd/vinegaroon_lost_her_tail/

I found my.vinegaroon stuck in her coconut shell, any advice how to get her out

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A week ago I noticed these little white dots on the damp side of my vinegaroon's enclosure. Someone told me they are hyphal knots?? The enclosure has plenty of top ventilation, but I blocked some of it off because it was drying out too quickly, and now the opposite is happening... I clean and overflow my vinnie's water dish once a week. Maybe once a week is too much? The substrate is plain coco fibre. Would they disappear on their own if I stop watering that part of the enclosure? I don't like how they look... She dug a lot of tunnels so I don't want to change out the substrate if I don't absolutely have to... Not to mention how tiring and time-consuming it is... Just thinking about it makes my back ache...
I cleaned and refilled her water dish just now but didn't overflow it this time. Not sure if that will help at all at this point...

I heard my vinegaroon tapping last night. Turns out it was scraping at the vents on the side of its enclosure. I opened it and added some water in case it was thirsty. Was it just curious or should I be concerned? I just got it and I'm preparing a larger enclosure with deeper substrate for it currently. Any advice would be appreciated.