Mutant het?

Subject: Mutant het? 6/25/2008, 2:55 pm

so..anyone else think this is weird looking?
Mutant het? IMGP0249

the rear right leg is missing the last segment...doesn't seem to bother her too much thought

Subject: Re: Mutant het? 6/25/2008, 3:33 pm

must have been a birth defect...

but if she is doing fine then nothing to worry about
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Subject: Re: Mutant het? 6/25/2008, 3:56 pm

Birth defect? its pretty common to find scorpions with missing leg segments when they are WC.. i find it all the time when i get scorpions thats WC.. sadely they can be abit harder to sell when they are missing a segment.. but it doesnt effect the scorpion.. they might get it from fighting or preditor trying to get a hold of them.. or even humans that have collected them that accidently ripped a leg off..

Subject: Re: Mutant het? 6/25/2008, 4:45 pm

it could be but also I didnt know if this was a WC scorpion. could be CB in the shop and sold on

Subject: Re: Mutant het? 6/25/2008, 4:46 pm

well it chould be a CB scorpion and still lose a leg.. communal settings can cause fighting and they can lose limbs that way too Very Happy

but i have seen it more commanly on WB scorps..

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I just had an emp lose a back leg to a scuffel in my juvie tank... all were CB and bought at a show... All is good they all get along still.

Subject: Re: Mutant het? 6/25/2008, 8:43 pm

well as long as she can still catch food and climb to her little perch area im happy...just thought id share the pic since i just noticed today Very Happy

and i got her at the pet store..THINK shes WC but im not positive

Subject: Re: Mutant het? 6/30/2008, 10:45 am

Pet store = WC.

I've seen similar oddities -- I think I have a WC Oregon species missing a tarsus. Someone noticed on an H. arizonensis with a similar injury that the remaining segment developed the two little claws normally present on the tarsi. I think (can't remember exactly, only pics aren't showing it) mine did the same thing.

Subject: Re: Mutant het? 7/1/2008, 6:28 am

mabye her leg got damaged during a moult or something, or the moult didnt come of the leg properly. scratch

Subject: Re: Mutant het? 7/2/2008, 11:12 am

can't answer that one..she hasnt molted yet in my care.

Subject: Re: Mutant het? 7/8/2008, 12:40 pm

IHeartMantids wrote:: Pet store = WC.

Maybe in America, in the UK most pet shop suppliers deal only in CB. Of all the suppliers I used whilst in the pet trade, only one dealt in WC, and we never used them. There are enough people breeding here to sustain us.

Subject: Re: Mutant het? 7/8/2008, 12:50 pm

thats not entirely tru, as a generalisation, in england yes alot are cabtive bred but mainly pandinus imperator, other species are mainly w.c

Subject: Re: Mutant het? 7/8/2008, 12:59 pm

a lot of the tarantulas in the shop we go to are actually captive bread.
But the scorpions are wild caught.

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