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PostSubject: A "little" problem...   A "little" problem... I_icon_minitimeSun 22 Jul 2012, 9:36 am

I don't really know a GOOD way to put this, so...

See, I live in Garland, Texas...and uh, I've got a bit of an issue. As a child I had many fears, I have a phobia of the dark, I've never been stung or bitten by more than an ant, and I absolutely hate heights...

Well, the problem pertains more so to the first two, forget the last. Right, so, I'm playing my Xbox at 12:00 in the morning, today. Everything is fine, perfectly fine. 1:00, I look beside me at what looks like a piece of dead grass, so I reach out for it...but my instincts hold me back, and instead I move the case that this object is occupying the shadow of...it turns out that it is a Scorpion. Now this is where I panic, and try to slam it into the carpet with the case it was laying next to, which it runs off next to some wood furniture where I slam it in to such with a battery charger, which was met with a frantic spaz of limbs from the arachnid invader. I reply by slamming it several more times before aiming at the tail to hear a final satisfying crunch. But I was petrified because scorpions are one of my fears, and I'd never seen one that close that wasn't dead inside a thick plastic case. I got 3 hours of sleep...

And we're talking small scorpion too, so it's likely to be poisonous. I don't know the neccessary precautions so could anyone tell me? Scorpions are foreign to my neighborhood, and so all I know is they like to hide in shoes, the smaller they are the deadlier, and if I see it; kill it.

Please help me, I need all the sleep I can get...
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PostSubject: Re: A "little" problem...   A "little" problem... I_icon_minitimeSun 22 Jul 2012, 10:52 am

Just try and avoid messing with them too bad.
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PostSubject: Re: A "little" problem...   A "little" problem... I_icon_minitimeSun 22 Jul 2012, 11:11 am

Have you told your parents about this? They might know what to do in case of pests.
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PostSubject: Re: A "little" problem...   A "little" problem... I_icon_minitimeSun 22 Jul 2012, 12:01 pm

Well I've only killed one.

Yes, Mata, my dad was wondering why I was up so I told him.

They don't know what to do, but my dad is gonna use industrial pesticides on the inside and outside of the house and I assume we'll go stay at a local hotel.

Just...if they come back...I can't handle scorpions outside of movies, pictures, or fiction.
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PostSubject: Re: A "little" problem...   A "little" problem... I_icon_minitimeSun 22 Jul 2012, 12:11 pm

Hopefully that will take care of the problem. D:
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PostSubject: Re: A "little" problem...   A "little" problem... I_icon_minitimeSun 22 Jul 2012, 6:45 pm

That sounds horrifying for you. Just a question though, how big were its pincers/claws? The larger the claws the less poisonous it is, to the point that the really big-clawed ones are practically "harmless". So if it had big claws then you don't need to worry as much about having to go to the hospital.
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PostSubject: Re: A "little" problem...   A "little" problem... I_icon_minitimeSun 22 Jul 2012, 9:25 pm

Spray the outside of your house?

Unfortunately, I can't make any recommendations as scorpions are a non-issue in Michigan. I highly doubt Boric/Orthoboric Acid will help you.
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PostSubject: Re: A "little" problem...   A "little" problem... I_icon_minitimeMon 23 Jul 2012, 2:03 am

Sounds like you've got it. Also, I grew up in Garland, coincidentally.
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PostSubject: Re: A "little" problem...   A "little" problem... I_icon_minitimeMon 23 Jul 2012, 9:58 am

Aww, you killed it. D:
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PostSubject: Re: A "little" problem...   A "little" problem... I_icon_minitimeMon 23 Jul 2012, 10:53 am

They're like little Scorpibros who will stop at nothing to kill roaches. Please let them live.
Pwwwwweeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaase?
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PostSubject: Re: A "little" problem...   A "little" problem... I_icon_minitimeMon 23 Jul 2012, 4:52 pm

Check and make sure you weren't wounded, if it's still relatively recent. A poisonous bite has obvious implications, but a regular one could cause infection. Wash it with warm water and soap, and dowse it with whats-it-called as often as you can stand the burn against an open wound.
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PostSubject: Re: A "little" problem...   A "little" problem... I_icon_minitimeMon 23 Jul 2012, 7:18 pm

Hydrogen peroxide.

Funny how people react to it, it doesn't hurt me one bit.
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PostSubject: Re: A "little" problem...   A "little" problem... I_icon_minitimeTue 24 Jul 2012, 10:51 am

When I was visiting my aunt in Texas, they had a major scorpion problem and they used this white powder stuff ((truthfully, I forget the name, all I remember is that it was in a plastic bucket and it was from the feeding store, but hay, it could be a little scavenger hunt XD )) but it takes care of scorpions, tranchulas, and fire ants. Oh, and it's non toxic for other animals.
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PostSubject: Re: A "little" problem...   A "little" problem... I_icon_minitimeTue 24 Jul 2012, 9:43 pm

Only thing I can think of that would be in a white powder would be Se7en and Orthoboric/Boric Acid. But I don't know if either will deal with Scorps, as I said earlier.
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PostSubject: Re: A "little" problem...   A "little" problem... I_icon_minitimeThu 26 Jul 2012, 12:01 am

Well, you can always use Anthrax, if you're really desperate.
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PostSubject: Re: A "little" problem...   A "little" problem... I_icon_minitimeThu 26 Jul 2012, 12:03 am

Oh, shade.
Btdubs, an easy way to detect scorps is a backlight.
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