Opinions of Shipping Scorpions

Ok...so my tank is semi ready, just awaiting the heat pad and hide...should be here Monday or so. Now, I live at the beach and can find hermit crabs in about 20 stores not 5 miles away from my house. However, finding a emperor scorpion is a different story apparently. Of course, I'm not planning to get one until the tank is 100% complete....duh , but the closest store I have found is about 50 miles away! I can drive there if I need to, but was wondering if anyone has had any luck with shipping an emp? If so, which website is recommended? I viewed a couple of sites and was put off by the fact that they knew less than I do about scorpions by saying the emps were very aggressive ...gotta love the internet. Anywho, any opinions would be appreciated.

I think Ken the bug guy might have some

Yeah, Ken has a listing for juvies. Swiftinverts has CB babies as well. I saw someone selling some very reasonably priced adults on another forum, though I'm not sure if he's a member here or not.

You could always make a "WTB" post in the Classifieds - For Sale or Trade section of this forum too, and see if you get any responses.

(WTB = Want To Buy)

EDIT: Getting scorpions shipped to you usually isn't a problem. My current collection of specimens have all been shipped to me. So long as you don't mind the shipping fees...usually you have to order using overnight, or 2 to 3 day shipping. Cost and shipping times may vary from vendor to vendor.

Thanks for the info! I was just concerned that the shipping process may be stressful and that is the last thing I wanna do. I will take a look into Ken's listing. Again, thanks!

Nah most of us get our Scorps shipped just make sure whoever you get then from has a live arrival guarantee so that in case you get a dead scorp it'll get replaced.

Just about any reptile/invert site has P. imps, but ken probably has the best quality. What ever you do stay away from a website called (Backwater Reptiles). And good luck with the emp!

CRBP432 wrote:

Just about any reptile/invert site has P. imps, but ken probably has the best quality. What ever you do stay away from a website called (Backwater Reptiles). And good luck with the emp!

Whats wrong with Backwater Reptiles?

I've encounterd a plethora of bad reviews for Backwater online.

get them from ken the bug guy

but make sure your order is over 30 dollars so u get a live guarentee

if its not over 30 dollars and your animal dies in mail

he will send it to you on your next order

so just order over 30 dollars of animals

he ships monday - wednsday

deadline to order is tuesday at 5 i believe

if u order on wednsaday or thursday it will ship monday

its acually better to order at this time of year

from my experience anyhow

cuase if its too hott that could really do some damage

but its cooler now and ken puts a heat pack in the box