Would this be a good purchase?

Thaedion · Dec 4, 2006

I was at the pet store today and saw that they were selling a H. Spinifer (labeled P. Imp :wall: ) (I was able to note this thanks to the helpful Heterometrus ID Thread; :worship: G. Carnell :worship: ) for 14.99 US, is this a good price? It is a female in good condition, about 4 cm long, so I assume it is still young. Any insight would be good, especially what to look at to really tell if it is a healthy scopion. Thanks in advance.

xVOWx · Dec 4, 2006

If it looks healthy and has been kept in good condition than I would say it's a pretty decent buy. Around $15 seems to be the average price of an emp, if you are completely sure they have the ID wrong you might want to inform the petshop of that also.

Thaedion · Dec 4, 2006

The ID is wrong, it's labeled Adult Emperor Scorpion. It really is a Heterometrus juvenile. I told them it was wrong and they said they get them from texas and they'll have to inform the supplier. But is $15 US a good price for a juvee Hetero?

marcelo_987 · Dec 4, 2006

Buy it. Tha's the usually the online price. But at the pet store you don't have to pay shipping and there's no chance for an intransit accident or fatality

Thaedion · Dec 4, 2006

I'm going back tomorrow, and pick her up... Thanks.

LongDucDong · Dec 4, 2006

Seems a bit pricey, but rescue it man. Up here $15 for a emp/asian is expensive, I can get them for $5 as adults from the local swap. At any rate, just rescue the poor thing.

Thaedion · Dec 5, 2006

There are three place in my area that supply Emperors, @ 12.99, 14.99 & 18.99 US. I know there are mail order dealers for around 5-6$ ea but atleast I can hand pick them,

Also I don't like to 'rescue' animals from pet stores if they are mistreated animals and such (no I'm not heartless :evil: ) I just feel that if I 'rescue' an animal from a less than acceptable dealer I'm now part of the problem, they'll just buy more to fill the void I created

... But I am going to buy this little girl, this place is an acceptable one I feel.
I was just wondering if 15.00 for a Hetrometreus was reasonable.

PIter · Dec 5, 2006

I've bought Hetrometreuses for 5 Euro for a 2I 15 for an adult is an okay deal, not great but okay.

Canfire · Dec 5, 2006

Canada adult $40.00

marcelo_987 · Dec 5, 2006

Florida- 30.00 bucks if they know it's not an emp
15.00 bucks if they don't know

Thaedion · Dec 5, 2006

Another question on the same line of thought. Is it better to buy a full grown scorpion or a young one? :?

G. Carnell · Dec 6, 2006

if its one of your first scorpions, get an adult! (no problems with moulting)
otherwise babies live longer, and its nice to see them turn into complete monsters, from little sausages with tails

Thaedion · Dec 6, 2006

G. Carnell; I ended up picking her up today, very fiesty little girl. She'll be my 2nd H spinifer. and the 6/5th scorp. I own. I had 1.3.0 P. imps but the male died last week from mites.

A humerous thing occured at the pet store though. I picked her out of the tank because the employee was to timid to do it himself, took her to the front counter where another employee said to me "wow, do you own any other reptiles?" and I said "scorpion? yeh I have a few" then the other employee rang me up and said "well enjoy your new reptile". I just smiled and left quietly...:wall:

G. Carnell · Dec 6, 2006

hehehe.... people these days

at least reptile H.spinifer are rarer than non-reptile ones

xVOWx · Dec 6, 2006

*sigh* A certain amount of ignorance is certainly excusable but to refer to it as a reptile... bleh. The guys at the petshop where I get my emps and feeder crickets atleast knew the difference between H. sp and P. imperator, he also seemed pretty glad when I showed him how to sex them. They have an Opistophthalmus glabrifrons that I've been wanting to take off their hands but I'm not going to pay $50 for it.

Thaedion · Dec 7, 2006

xVOWx That is a beautiful Scorpion, I like fat clawed Scorps. Is the one offered daker or lighter, I noticed when looking at some pictures the vary.

xVOWx · Dec 7, 2006

I'm pretty sure it's dark but I havn't been there for awile. Judging by the size (almost as big as an emp) I would say it's an adult. I havn't really done any research in color variations but at a guess I would suspect that allot of the lighter colored O. glabrifrons are juvies.

Would this be a good purchase?

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