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Mike Lachance
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Posted by Mike Lachance on April 08, 2002 at 16:23:23:
I've been moving over the last 2 weeks. Moved my 2 Cen. Exili. a week ago and they have been happy in their new home (one baby one adult, in separate enclosures)
Saturday evening i was removing some boxes from the rear cab area of my truck. I brushed my arm against the back of the front seat and felt a tiny pinprick on the underside of my forarm. Looking up i was startled by the site of an adult Centr. Exili. scampering away up the back of the seat. Although im not "scared" of the critters, the surprise and connection i made right there was quite shocking.
I had been stung! Where did he come from?? Was it one of mine???
I answered the last question first. No he couldnt have been mine, since mine were inside in their cases, quite secure and content.
They most likely came from my apartment with my boxes and such. (where i had found my two existing "pets".
I concluded the scorpion must have been either on the seat back, or on the floor of the truck. upon my reaching in to remove the items from truck the scorpion had managed to get between my arm and the seat back. a simple crushing threat was all it took to force him to let me know what was about to happen to him.
My reaction was "well, i guess i get to find out how well i take the venom"
I immediately went inside and got a plastic cup to retrieve the insect. Once i had it in the cup, (a simple nudge or three and the scorp. fell in) i took a closer look. Rather fat! Whatever he was eating was in abundance and the scorp must have had a hearty appetite! Not quite as old as my existing adult pet. Body same size, but tail considerably shorter. This C.E. is a bit "rounder" overall.
For what its worth the new scorpion has been introduced to the old scorpion, and now share the same enclosure and burrow. Perhaps they are infact male and female and i will have babies soon enough!
About the sting. Not at all painful. Very distinct "pins and needles" sensation 1-2" around site of sting for perhaps 2 hours. Subsiding over the next 24 hours, during which time the underside of my forarm became slightly sensitive (in sensation only, no pain) and by the next evening any traces of sting effects were gone. The sting itself would only rank a 1 or 2 on a pain scale from 1 to 10. very mild. Venom effects on my arm were relatively mild from what many "wives tales" would lead one to expect. I had no real ill effects whatsoever from the sting. No swelling or rash or any adverse reactions beyond the mild tingling in the vicinity of the sting.
But i now feel i have my "quota" and would be happy to never get stung again and have a sensitized reaction!
I've been moving over the last 2 weeks. Moved my 2 Cen. Exili. a week ago and they have been happy in their new home (one baby one adult, in separate enclosures)
Saturday evening i was removing some boxes from the rear cab area of my truck. I brushed my arm against the back of the front seat and felt a tiny pinprick on the underside of my forarm. Looking up i was startled by the site of an adult Centr. Exili. scampering away up the back of the seat. Although im not "scared" of the critters, the surprise and connection i made right there was quite shocking.
I had been stung! Where did he come from?? Was it one of mine???
I answered the last question first. No he couldnt have been mine, since mine were inside in their cases, quite secure and content.
They most likely came from my apartment with my boxes and such. (where i had found my two existing "pets".
I concluded the scorpion must have been either on the seat back, or on the floor of the truck. upon my reaching in to remove the items from truck the scorpion had managed to get between my arm and the seat back. a simple crushing threat was all it took to force him to let me know what was about to happen to him.
My reaction was "well, i guess i get to find out how well i take the venom"
I immediately went inside and got a plastic cup to retrieve the insect. Once i had it in the cup, (a simple nudge or three and the scorp. fell in) i took a closer look. Rather fat! Whatever he was eating was in abundance and the scorp must have had a hearty appetite! Not quite as old as my existing adult pet. Body same size, but tail considerably shorter. This C.E. is a bit "rounder" overall.
For what its worth the new scorpion has been introduced to the old scorpion, and now share the same enclosure and burrow. Perhaps they are infact male and female and i will have babies soon enough!
About the sting. Not at all painful. Very distinct "pins and needles" sensation 1-2" around site of sting for perhaps 2 hours. Subsiding over the next 24 hours, during which time the underside of my forarm became slightly sensitive (in sensation only, no pain) and by the next evening any traces of sting effects were gone. The sting itself would only rank a 1 or 2 on a pain scale from 1 to 10. very mild. Venom effects on my arm were relatively mild from what many "wives tales" would lead one to expect. I had no real ill effects whatsoever from the sting. No swelling or rash or any adverse reactions beyond the mild tingling in the vicinity of the sting.
But i now feel i have my "quota" and would be happy to never get stung again and have a sensitized reaction!