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This is urgent! My pet Emporer Scorpion's stinger fell off. I don't know how, but it is missing. Will it grow back? Will my baby be okay? Is this common?
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yikesintrepidus6 said:No, I only got her about a month ago and she has not molted since I got her.
I agree that its not healthy for things to just fall off thats badMurziukas said:How much of it: just needle or whole segment? It would be nice if you could shar some photos. In one or another way - I don't think it will re-grow but I guess it's not so vital for emperor scorpion. The problem is that usualy "pet parts" don't just fall off.
Your scorpion may survive without telson as it uses claws for killing buy it's quite possible that it got some sort of fungus and it may bring more damage to your scorpion. If possible - do some photos and post it or at least write a detailed story of what you see and what you think is not tipical (don't forget to include substare type, humidity, diet, heating method and everything you can think of and you see). That's the only way. Take care and keep us informed.
If I found out someone cut the telson off one of my scorps, that person's face would soon be unrecognizable even by their own mother.Galapoheros said:Man that's weird. OK, paranoid time. This might sound far fetched. But, do you live with a very protective parent or scorpiophob? It's almost like someone snuck in the room and clipped it off when you weren't looking, making sure you wouldn't get stung or, if it got out, nobody would get stung. That's just a thought. It just looks suspicious to me. I can just hear a parent talking to the pet store owner, you know, "Hey, these things sting? I'm worried about it getting out." Store owner, "Well, if your real worried about it, you can clip off the end of the stinger. They don't really need it anyway. Just the tip, not the bulb part...." Huh? Whatcha think? It's possible. Is that paranoid? Maybe I need to get back on my meds .
Galapoheros has a good point there. It looks as if it were cut off cleanly not like it fell off or anything. Talk to your parents or any one you live with about thatGalapoheros said:Man that's weird. OK, paranoid time. This might sound far fetched. But, do you live with a very protective parent or scorpiophob? It's almost like someone snuck in the room and clipped it off when you weren't looking, making sure you wouldn't get stung or, if it got out, nobody would get stung. That's just a thought. It just looks suspicious to me. I can just hear a parent talking to the pet store owner, you know, "Hey, these things sting? I'm worried about it getting out." Store owner, "Well, if your real worried about it, you can clip off the end of the stinger. They don't really need it anyway. Just the tip, not the bulb part...." Huh? Whatcha think? It's possible. Is that paranoid? Maybe I need to get back on my meds .