Potentially injured scorpion?

mcl1029

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Hey yall, my scorpion usually hides all day and comes out at night. But with this storm in Texas, it's been under the ceramic heat bulb almost all day for the past few days but it's been walking around. However, I just noticed it's leg is bent oddly. It moves when it walks, but the leg doesn't touch the ground. I'm very confused at what's happened, I think it mightve hurt it's leg somehow in it's terrarium. Sorry for poor picture quality, but can someone help me out with advice?
 

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mcl1029

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Yes that is an injured leg do you have any high places it may have fallen from?
No I've never handled it and there isn't really anywhere it can fall from though I think the hide is a little too high (about 3 inches but he spends a lot of time in it, it's a fake log) so I'll replace it soon
 

darkness975

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Hey yall, my scorpion usually hides all day and comes out at night. But with this storm in Texas, it's been under the ceramic heat bulb almost all day for the past few days but it's been walking around. However, I just noticed it's leg is bent oddly. It moves when it walks, but the leg doesn't touch the ground. I'm very confused at what's happened, I think it mightve hurt it's leg somehow in it's terrarium. Sorry for poor picture quality, but can someone help me out with advice?
If it gets bad enough the scorpion will self amputate.
 
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