Nine Things to Note in Scorpion Farming

Scorpions are both a valuable medicinal material and can be used to make high-end dishes, and demand for them is growing. Therefore, in recent years scorpion farming has gradually become a popular specialty breeding business, but many scorpion farmers achieve low profits because they do not have a good grasp of scorpion farming techniques. To raise scorpions well, you should master the following tips.
1. Source breeding stock nearby. Long-distance sourcing of breeding stock will cause scorpions to suffer from acclimatization and die due to differences in environment, temperature, humidity and other factors. Beginners must go to a nearby scorpion farm to source their breeding stock.
2. Avoid startling them. Scorpions are averse to movement and recognize their nests. Casually turning over their nests will frighten them, causing them to scurry around without returning to the nest, refusing to eat or drink, and gradually dying.
3. Keep food fresh. Scorpions have a habit of cannibalism, but if enough live insects (such as ground beetles, yellow mealworms, etc.) are supplied, they rarely cannibalize each other. Feed is therefore key, and the feed problem must be solved first.
4. Care during pregnancy. Scorpions generally give birth between July and August. If male and female scorpions are kept together, the female scorpion will miscarry because she cannot find a quiet place to give birth, and the newborn scorpions will also be eaten by the male scorpions, so a sufficient number of young scorpions cannot be bred. Therefore, when pregnant scorpions give birth, they must be kept separately and kept quiet.
5. Care during the birthing period. After the pregnant scorpion gives birth, the young scorpions must climb onto the mother's back and stay there for 4~6 days before they can come down and move around on their own. If the young scorpions do not molt for the first time on the mother's back, it is very difficult for them to survive for several days. If the mother scorpion and the young scorpions are left together for more than 10 days without feed and water, the mother scorpion, being hungry and thirsty, will mercilessly eat the young scorpions.
6. Raising young scorpions. After the young scorpions molt for the first time on the mother's back, their appetite increases greatly, and they eat one small insect a day. However, young scorpions have poor predatory ability and are physically weaker than the large yellow mealworms and other insects used as feed, and they cannot pierce the insects to death, so the young scorpions will cannibalize each other. Without enough small yellow mealworms or other small insects, it is very difficult for young scorpions to grow into adult scorpions.
7. Escape prevention measures. Scorpions cannot fly, but they are extremely good at crawling. Therefore, whether raised in basins, boxes, pools or racks, the surroundings must be well enclosed and sealed with wide transparent tape, glass strips or plastic sheeting, so that scorpions have no chance to escape.
8. The scorpion's respiratory organs and reproductive system are both located on the lower part of its body, so it is most afraid of being soaked in water. There must absolutely be no water ditches or water pockets under the scorpion nest. When adding water normally, choose daytime, and do not add too much at one time; it is enough for the soil to be somewhat moist. To provide drinking water for scorpions, just use a small dish holding a few pieces of absorbent sponge or cotton; generally the water must be changed once every 4~5 days. If scorpions are left to drink spoiled water for a long time, they will get sick and die.
9. Scorpions are venomous, so they have few natural enemies. But the most terrifying is the rat; in summer rats will snatch and eat feed such as yellow mealworms or ground beetles. In winter, scorpions hibernate and have no defense capability, so they are easily eaten by rats, and it is very hard to prevent this. Therefore, rat prevention work must be done well.