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<blockquote data-quote="Whitelightning777" data-source="post: 120878" data-attributes="member: 26980"><p>My adult female is very aggressive at the proper temperature. The one time I handled her due to a string being stuck in her mouth and wrapped around 2 legs, I chilled her to 50 degrees for one hour first. The string was removed and I see no need to ever handle her again.</p><p></p><p>I got into a tussle over the paintbrush because I was trying to roust her from the filthy water dish. When I released it, she literally threw it at my face successfully!! Throwing unwanted prey items and eco-earth across the enclosure are not unusual.</p><p></p><p>Do they make great pets?</p><p></p><p>Absolutely!! Striking poses, being visible during the day on a regular basis and watching them disassemble roaches is just amazing.</p><p></p><p>That's not begging for food, just pure highly territorial threat posture. Are they mischievous? Totally!! Getting covered in dirt, trashing the water dish and daring you to come and get it is all to common. They can also literally coat the walls with soil. I swear sometimes it's like she's putting the dirt onto all one side to make a ramp to escape!!</p><p></p><p>Just my imagination, right?</p><p></p><p>FWIW, momma scorp and the scorpling named Trouble that I kept both refuse crickets. Superworms are barely accepted. Roaches are where it's at. One other thing, they ignore food that's too easy to kill. A roach less then 3/4 of her size just gets ignored. They like to eat when they're angry, hot and dry. (Full water dish at all times)</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]25813[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Whitelightning777, post: 120878, member: 26980"] My adult female is very aggressive at the proper temperature. The one time I handled her due to a string being stuck in her mouth and wrapped around 2 legs, I chilled her to 50 degrees for one hour first. The string was removed and I see no need to ever handle her again. I got into a tussle over the paintbrush because I was trying to roust her from the filthy water dish. When I released it, she literally threw it at my face successfully!! Throwing unwanted prey items and eco-earth across the enclosure are not unusual. Do they make great pets? Absolutely!! Striking poses, being visible during the day on a regular basis and watching them disassemble roaches is just amazing. That's not begging for food, just pure highly territorial threat posture. Are they mischievous? Totally!! Getting covered in dirt, trashing the water dish and daring you to come and get it is all to common. They can also literally coat the walls with soil. I swear sometimes it's like she's putting the dirt onto all one side to make a ramp to escape!! Just my imagination, right? FWIW, momma scorp and the scorpling named Trouble that I kept both refuse crickets. Superworms are barely accepted. Roaches are where it's at. One other thing, they ignore food that's too easy to kill. A roach less then 3/4 of her size just gets ignored. They like to eat when they're angry, hot and dry. (Full water dish at all times) [ATTACH=full]25813[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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