Prevention from getting stung?

[Vaughan69]

How do i make it sound like that? i dont premote handling of scorps, much better to use thongs for yourself and the scorp. All i wanted to say was that you can be allergic to bees without being allergic to scorps.. dont know if it works the orther way allso

Thongs for you AND the scorp? kinky! lool

On a more serious note you CAN get pierce resistant gloves that they use in hospitals when handling things like used needles. I know it is the extreem but they do pretty much garauntee you wont get stung on your hands at least. Theyre not cheap by any means though £134 plus VAT which works out about $260 if im not wrong. Im sure there are cheaper ones around but these are the highest grade safety ones and are machine washable lol but then i guess theyre not TOO thick for handling scorps if theyre machine washable. heres the link

http://www.meadowshealthandsafety.com/acatalog/HexArmor_Gloves.html

Hope this helps satisfy your safety worries lol

edit: just read the glove description and it actually says for use with 'small animal handling' whether this qualifies for arachnids or other such animals i dont know...

 

[Brendan]

Thongs for you AND the scorp? kinky! lool

On a more serious note you CAN get pierce resistant gloves that they use in hospitals when handling things like used needles. I know it is the extreem but they do pretty much garauntee you wont get stung on your hands at least. Theyre not cheap by any means though £134 plus VAT which works out about $260 if im not wrong. Im sure there are cheaper ones around but these are the highest grade safety ones and are machine washable lol but then i guess theyre not TOO thick for handling scorps if theyre machine washable. heres the link

http://www.meadowshealthandsafety.com/acatalog/HexArmor_Gloves.html

Hope this helps satisfy your safety worries lol

edit: just read the glove description and it actually says for use with 'small animal handling' whether this qualifies for arachnids or other such animals i dont know...

Wow!

Those things would work perfectly!! I'm serious!

Sadly, I don't want to pay over $40 for a pair of gloves

 

[K3jser]

Wow!

Those things would work perfectly!! I'm serious!

Sadly, I don't want to pay over $40 for a pair of gloves

Brendan you cant be serious that your that scared of being stung?

 

[Vaughan69]

They are litterally THE most extreme measure of safety and i doubt many people would use them with anything other than the most medically signifficant scorpions. BUT they are an option none the less, just whether you can justify THAT price is the question...

 

[Brendan]

Brendan you cant be serious that your that scared of being stung?

Nah, I'm not THAT scared. I was just joking about those gloves.

The only things I'll be using are leather gloves & tongs.

They are litterally THE most extreme measure of safety and i doubt many people would use them with anything other than the most medically signifficant scorpions. BUT they are an option none the less, just whether you can justify THAT price is the question...

Of course I'm not going to buy em xD

To be honest, the whole point of this thread was actually just to ask how scorpions would react to gloves XD.

Because, they will NEVER be seeing my naked hand.

 

[Mr. Mordax]

To be honest, the whole point of this thread was actually just to ask how scorpions would react to gloves XD.

The same way they'd react to hands.

Because, they will NEVER be seeing my naked hand.

As SHD said, gloves make you lose dexterity -- so if one does crawl on you, you won't be able to manipulate it as easily or as safely. And all but those sharps-protection gloves won't even help.

And besides, a startled scorpion could easily clamber up the gloves and onto your wrist . . . and maybe interpret the opening of the glove as a secure burrow to hide in . . . (I almost had a flatrock go up my pants because of that behavior).

 

[Crono]

I've had a skittish Lychas try to run up my arm before, a glove would have just given it an even better grip and, likely, a very tempting place for a skittish barkscorpion to run into. (It was a very stupid mistake, I got careless)

Get some tongs and practice with them, and always be aware of the scorp when you do maintenance (or isolation with a cup like mentioned above), and you will be fine.

Edit- Looks like I should only have one tab open at a time if I want to get the first post.

 

[K3jser]

Guys havent you looked at the site? you can get arm protection allso.. plus the gloves.. ! its perfect! muahhaha..

 

[Mr. Mordax]

I looked -- I've just had a scorpion climb all the way onto my back once before I knew it. I somehow doubt a pierce-proof bodysuit would be too feasable. *shrug*

 

[K3jser]

whould hate to climb into such a thing just to feed my scorps or enter my scorp room