Exotic Pets thread

[Inferno Rodan]

So last week I caught a grasshopper at work to feed to my scorpions. The male nearly caught it last Thursday night, but it dropped one of its rear legs and got away (the scorpion got a nice "drumstick" as a snack though). He finally caught it Tuesday night.

7:55 PM -

(for reference, the grasshopper was just under 2 inches long)

8:22 PM -

(in case you're wondering, yes, he did tear off its head and is sucking the juicy brainmeats out of its skull in the above shot)

8:47 PM -

(I could literally hear him crunching on it from the other side of my room)

10:10 PM -



Shortly after I took the last shots, he decided to take it into the cave and finish eating in there, so I couldn't get any more shots of the progress. All that was left the next morning were wings, the spiky part of the rear leg, and a heavily chewed piece of exoskeleton from its thorax. He's pretty fat right now, lolz.

[Orgasmatron]

scorpions are scary!

are they tolerant of you touching them?

[Inferno Rodan]

are they tolerant of you touching them?

See my original post in this thread. You know, the one at the very top of the first page.

[Orgasmatron]

im not necessarily a wuss when it comes to bugs, but i dont think i could bring myself to touching scorpions no matter how calm they were

[Legionmaster]

im not necessarily a wuss when it comes to bugs, but i dont think i could bring myself to touching scorpions no matter how calm they were

The big ones are fine. The worst their sting is going to do is hurt and swell. It's the little ones that will kill you with venom.

[Orgasmatron]

its not really as much as that the bug could hurt more than what it looks like

im the kind of guy who hates things like cave crickets, and those things really cant do a single thing to you