It is not easy to raise scorpions, and not knowing their habits will bring great inconvenience to feeding scorpions. Therefore, it is necessary to know its habits before breeding, which is helpful for future breeding.
The life habit of scorpions is not only the law of scorpions' life, but also the theoretical basis of raising scorpions artificially. Only by mastering the life rules of scorpions can we raise scorpions better. There is also a lot of knowledge about the life habits of scorpions on the Internet and in books. The main reason for many failures in raising scorpions is that they can't fully grasp and flexibly use their living habits and create a suitable living condition for scorpions according to their own living habits.
The artificial breeding of scorpions is a meticulous and patient work. In the process of feeding, we should pay more attention, observe more, record more, and try our best to constantly sum up experience. Observe the activities of scorpions regularly every day (without affecting scorpions), and record the details of scorpions' predation, drinking water, molting, calving, diseases, pests, temperature, humidity and death. Feed is put in regularly and quantitatively; Adjust the temperature and humidity; Remove dead insects frequently; Keep drinking water clean; Deal with the wounded, weak and sick scorpions in time. In a word, the artificial breeding of scorpions is a highly technical special breeding project, and understanding and mastering the living habits and activities of scorpions is the primary condition for raising scorpions well.
Scorpion belongs to a temperature-changing animal, and its own temperature comes from the ambient temperature, so it will show four different lifestyles with the temperature change all year round.
1. Recovery period (from late March to mid-April of the lunar calendar)
After the sting, the temperature rises, and the dormant scorpion gradually resumes its sting activity. Due to the low temperature in early spring and the large temperature difference between day and night, the scorpion's activity time is not long and its activity range is not large. Except when the outside temperature turns high during the day, it rarely moves out of the nest at night. During this period, the scorpion's digestive ability is very poor. It relies on lung pores to absorb a small amount of water in the atmosphere or soil, and uses nutrients stored in the body to maintain life.
2. Growing season (from mid-April to early September of the lunar calendar)
After Tomb-Sweeping Day, the temperature gradually warmed up, the range and amount of scorpion activity increased, and the digestive ability increased with the increase of temperature. The growth and development of scorpions and mating and littering are mostly carried out during this period. Every year from the end of June to the end of August, the temperature is high, and scorpions are the most active and vigorous. This is the peak period of scorpion growth and development, and it is also the best time for scorpions to mate and give birth.
3. Filling period (from mid-September to mid-10)
After the autumnal equinox, the temperature dropped gradually, and the scorpion's food intake increased greatly. At the peak of predation, scorpions eat as much as possible and store the nutrients they get for dormancy and recovery. During this period, the female scorpion has just given birth and is weak, so she needs to fatten up.
4. Dormancy period (10 from late June to late March of the following year)
In late autumn and early winter, scorpions stop eating and start sleeping. This period. The growth and development of scorpions have completely stopped, and they are in a dormant state. During hibernation, scorpions can't eat or move, their internal activities are weak, and their metabolism is at a very low level.
It takes three years for a scorpion to grow from a young scorpion to an adult scorpion at room temperature in the wild. Scorpions have a breeding period of 4-5 years and a life span of 7-8 years. Give birth to one child every year, usually in July-August. For scorpions that breed at constant temperature, it takes about 70-80 days for fertilized eggs to mature in the ovary. Mature eggs go through an embryonic development period of about 40 days, and then they are laid in the form of young scorpions. Female scorpions usually breed two fetuses every year, and will be eliminated after three years of breeding.