***Our ever growing collection.. Enjoy *** Updated 04.05.2011

The fast old world spiders are my favourite. I hear pokies Are very quick and like to dash up your arm.

Both my scorps are pet holes. The cav comes out for a stroll and climb at night sometimes. Don't think he's up for being handled. Seems very aware of my presence. Pretty mad wee thing lol.

it nearly teleported up my arm a few weeks ago lol

ahaha.. they have a very nasty bite that makes your muscles go tense if i'm right :/
i don't trust myself to get one yet
see now.. all buthids are dwa, yet these are not.. stupid much?

imho pokies are much more dangerous than buthids (if they are kept right). Agreed a sting might be way more serious than a pokie bite, but the fastest buthid is only half as fast as the slowest pokie.

Dont underestimate the climbing. They climb as fast as they run. I'm falling into repetition lol

^that's what i'm getting at.
silly DEFRA i emailed them as to why they feel all buthids should be dwa

spinnin_tom wrote:

^that's what i'm getting at.
silly DEFRA i emailed them as to why they feel all buthids should be dwa

me too the outcome is in this thread...

https://scorpionforum.darkbb.com/t5790-dwa-s

Did it give you a fright bex. Imagine a buthid as fast!

Tom I'd get one. They're really nice. You know the script you have to be careful with em. The pokies bite will cause cramps among other things. If it decides to dash and bite then that's gonna happen lol.

Some T's are very fast. The bites are painful but other than that that's all they got. They aren't dangerous so that excludes them from the DWA. Some buthids are and it's easier just ban all of them. That's a lot of scorpions. I however disagree with the DWA laws to an extent. Tigers are very dangerous lol.

Pluto. You could own a king cobra right?

yup.. not a good plan though! was offered a bitis gabonica not too long ago. However, somewhere i still have a brain!These animals are readily available. In contrast too TERRIBLE scorpions, these ARE lethal... A bite is enough to kill you 30 times over..

It did give me a fright yeah lol bit luckily I had all my base covered and the doors were shut before it got anywhere near me got about 3 3rds up the tweezers though... Was fun it's quite placid really on this occasion i think the cricket scared it lol

*~BEX~* wrote:

spinnin_tom wrote:

^that's what i'm getting at.
silly DEFRA i emailed them as to why they feel all buthids should be dwa

me too the outcome is in this thread...

https://scorpionforum.darkbb.com/t5790-dwa-s

so they say we don't really know.. go get a dwal, go away.
if they say to me get a dwal, i will state i'm only 15, that'll mess the system up lolz

You can keep em it's just illegal. And highly frowned upon. If someone offered me a P trans...... Could I say no? Temptations lol.

& probably quite easily, if you arein the uk.
but anywhere else, you could never say no

Yups uk.

For some the pros outweigh the cons.

I don't in any way encourage it.

What a beautiful collection of animals and what a beautiful girl!

Thank you

I love pokies and i have had some before, and i am WAY more afraid of having scorps that can kill you with their sting, than a teleporting pokie. All the pokies i've had have never been aggressive or biting, except one (p. formosa) He was a sick bastard and tried to kill EVERYTHING that went in his cage. He actually pulled the tweezers out of my hand once and dragged it back into the cage. The tweezers had rubber on the tip wich he penetrated with his teath and i could actually see the venom afterwards. (Yes i managed to get it out wearing a owen glove and an aquarium net xD). All the other pokies i was able to handle and i let them walk all over me (p. regalis, p. subfusca and p. miranda).

Anyway, i am NOT planning on having any androctonus or other dangerous species of scorps... ever. But one of my highest wishes is to some time in the near future own a p. metallica These are without doubt the most beautiful arachnid in the world!

Scorpeace wrote:

Anyway, i am NOT planning on having any androctonus or other dangerous species of scorps... ever.

We'll see...

That's exactly what I used to say a couple of months ago...

DolbyR wrote:

Scorpeace wrote:

Anyway, i am NOT planning on having any androctonus or other dangerous species of scorps... ever.

We'll see...

That's exactly what I used to say a couple of months ago...

You know.. I said the same thing 2 years ago about having pokies

Said that too until I got a few Andros and LQs, now I love em.

*~BEX~* wrote:

Hmmmm.... I would need a bigger house for a start lol

hahahaha
i wish i could see the pics!

Scorpeace wrote:

Anyway, i am NOT planning on having any androctonus or other dangerous species of scorps... ever.

i said that too,now im debating that after seeing vids on the p.transvaalicus and a.mauritanicus.
i definitely want to get some tarantulas so i may just get those and save the room for my snakes adult enclosures.

And to think I was running around bragging about being a chick with 13 scorpions. ((well more now that one has had babies)). But I see I must bow to Bex the scorpid queen. Haha.

aw lol thanx hehe got tooooo many lol need to update the pics soon actually

If you dont mind me asking where do you get your scorpions from? My jaw is dropping at some of these. The next one in my plans is a H. paucidens. My scorpion collection is growing slowly, but surely.

Scorpeace wrote:

All the pokies i've had have never been aggressive or biting, except one (p. formosa) He was a sick bastard and tried to kill EVERYTHING that went in his cage. He actually pulled the tweezers out of my hand once and dragged it back into the cage.

i read this post before but came back to it because of Roachgirl bumping it.

i mustve missed that part when i read it before.OMFG ROFLMAO