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I will be relocating from Miami FL to San Antonio Texas. One of my plans is to create an outdoor habitat for my Sav. I will be in "Hill Country" and I've already found a few scorpions. My concern is that my Sav will also find these and attempt to eat them.

I know in the wild, Savs have been known to eat Emperor and some Buthid scorps, but to quote another... "North American Scorpions have very different venom than African Scorpions".

Has anyone here fed their Sav a Centruroides vittatus scorpion or has had a Sav tagged by this species of scorp? what was the outcome?

I have fed my sav these striped bark scorps but i always cut the stinger off. I suppose the sav is still ingesting the venom and I have had no problems. He is great.

I don't think they are injesting the venom with out the telson, unless you are only removing the aculeus.

My concern is that the outside enclosure will become a refuge for vittatus (striped bark scorps)and there won't be a chance to remove the stinger when Mampam (my Sav) finds and tries to eat them.