random question just popped in my head

[talljosh003]

when/what was your first scorp and how old were you? I'm curious to know when people got started in the hobby.

 

[mkieff]

37 years old.

 

[crpy]

I was 15 yrs, it was an C. gracillis

 

[~Androctonus~]

I was 14 years old, and my first scorpion was Scorpio maurus fuscus.
after it - Leiurus quinquestriatus.

 

[talljosh003]

I was 14 years old, and my first scorpion was Scorpio maurus fuscus.
after it - Leiurus quinquestriatus.

jumped right in to the exciting ones!

i was 15 it was a p. imp. i have yet to experience a new specie and its been 3 years
ha i guess i'm just waiting for the magical one to come by and sweep me off my feet

 

[dovii88]

bark scorpion..was my first..got it today at noon..lol

 

[lostriverdoc]

v. Spinigeris. Found it @ the bottom of our pool while cleaning one morning 2 years ago. Thought it was dead and brought it into the house to show the wife and kids. It turned out to be very much alive. Still going strong after 2 years. Have added quite a few more species since then.

 

[tabor]

12, emperor bought at a crappy local pet store. he only made it about 5 months, i dont think he ever ate, but thats what got me into the online part of the hobby and got me ordering T's and stuff, back then selection for scorps was really really small. You could have a collection mostly of T's then 2 or 3 species at most of scorpions.

The hobby has it made today, with such a wide range of awesome species to choose from :clap:

 

[MooSmoo]

20, got an emp, and my fiance bought me heterometrus spinifer

 

[ManicDan]

20 P. Imperator... because of the freedom of having my own appt in a state far far away from my parents... but atleast they get to see the pets when I visit! hehe!

 

[Alakdan]

29, H. longimanus, quickly followed by M. martensii and I. maculatus.

 

[JMoran1097]

P.Imperator @ 20 y/o

 

[jpet]

28, az bark scorp I found in the kitchen sink.

 

[ErikWestblom]

I'm 25, and getting my first scorps in less than 2 weeks. 2 baby h. judaicus

 

[Galapoheros]

I messed around with the local C. vittatus when I was a kid. I think I bought my first scorp when I was 17, ..1980(?). I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw that thing in a pet store! They were around $30 back then. Parents were and still are bugaphobes but they let me keep the emp. I've gone in and out of it since then and still keep some scorps but I never went nuts with it like some of you other dudes.

 

[~Abyss~]

Depends. I got my first scorp at 4 that I kept in a jar and fed roaches...she even had babies but I left them with my grandma in mexico. At 13 I got my first P.imp. And at about 17 I got really serious about the hobby.
-Eddy

 

[josh_r]

i got my first scorps at 5 or 6 years of age. they were a couple uroctonus mordax that my dad had found in the oakland hills and brought back for me. i had my first tarantula at the age of 9 also brought back from the oakland hills by my dad. i had my first calisoga longitarsus at the age of 7 that i caught with my dad in teh oakland hills. i had my first pet black widow at the age of 5or so that i actually caught, carried home and let go under the shingles of the house and the parents let me keep it there. i would catch bees every day and feed her. i was hooked on spiders from a very young age.

-josh

 

[Galapoheros]

Wow my parents would never let me keep that kind of stuff when I was that old. I remember bringing home a C. vittatus when I was about 8 years old with babies on it's back. My dad turned on the hot water, filled up a glass and dropped the scorp in. I'm 44 now and when I take a look at what he did, ..well seems to be some issues there:? .

 

[ManicDan]

Years of therapy right there... *comfort*

 

[lychas]

I got a pair of Liocheles sp when i was about 12. 19 now and keep about 15 or so species