No Anti Venom in the US???????????

[MACZ]

Just reading this and wondering if it is true?





http://www.petbugs.com/caresheets/A-australis.html

 

[Spanks]

To me it seems like the writter of that doesn't really know as much as he wants people to believe

 

[misfitsfiend]

is there any available for anyone who gets stung?

 

[MACZ]

What do you feel is wrong with it Spanks? :?

 

[MACZ]

is there any available for anyone who gets stung?

That is what I would like to know.

 

[Spanks]

What do you feel is wrong with it Spanks? :?

Well I'm fairly new to inverts' my self, but its more the way he described the scorpion. I don't know, just got that feeling or maybee I'm just full of crap.

 

[edesign]

i fail to see anything wrong with what the author has wrote in the description. Not a beginner's species, VERY dangerous if stung, no antivenom in the U.S., do not handle...what is so wrong with all that? :? do some research on it, you'll find the exact same things said by people who keep them from here on the forums.

think about it...what the heck would we need it for? They don't occur here naturally and nobody is going to stock antivenin for hobbyists. You should look in to how much some of that stuff costs...could buy a nice used car for the same price.

I'm still new to scorps myself, only had mine critters for a lil over a month but I've been researching them for over 4 months lol. Try the search engine here on AB, just punch in "androctonus" and you'll get plenty of threads to read

 

[Spanks]

i fail to see anything wrong with what the author has wrote in the description. Not a beginner's species, VERY dangerous if stung, no antivenom in the U.S., do not handle...what is so wrong with all that? :? do some research on it, you'll find the exact same things said by people who keep them from here on the forums.

think about it...what the heck would we need it for? They don't occur here naturally and nobody is going to stock antivenin for hobbyists. You should look in to how much some of that stuff costs...could buy a nice used car for the same price.

I'm still new to scorps myself, only had mine critters for a lil over a month but I've been researching them for over 4 months lol. Try the search engine here on AB, just punch in "andoctonus" and you'll get plenty of threads to read

Well then.... It would look like im full of crap wouldn't it lol.

 

[edesign]

Well then.... It would look like im full of crap wouldn't it lol.

lol, just a smidgen did i just type "smidgen"? scary...

 

[Shelob]

Probably my favorite part of the caresheet was this -

"Temperament Aggressive and calm."

Can a scorp be aggressive and calm in terms of their temperment?

 

[misfitsfiend]

Probably my favorite part of the caresheet was this -

"Temperament Aggressive and calm."

Can a scorp be aggressive and calm in terms of their temperment?

Sure they can. They will me more then happy to sting you if you get them mad, but generally they are calm....... a good example of an agressive and nervous invert would be a vietnam centipede.... theres a difference between will sting you, and will stop at nothing to tear you into peices while you sleep.

 

[edesign]

haha, yea...if they're bipolar maybe nervous would be a better description? My A. seemani (tarantula) isn't aggressive but if you surprise it it will strike at the perpetrator. Usually it will try to run, but not always lol

 

[skinheaddave]

He overstates the potential danger ("can kill an adult man in two hours") and misses the point about antivenom. For the most part, antivenom is going to be way more trouble than it is worth and is generally contraindicated. To be sure, his words of caution are valid -- but it seems to be another case of the blind leading the blind.

Cheers,
Dave