Scorpions In The House!

[simon43]

So there I am, studiously reading through Thaivisa posts on my laptop, and a 2 inch scorpion walks across my keyboard!

We are getting more and more of these creatures inside the house. I assume it is because of the wet weather. They prefer to cuddle up with us in our dry environment.

How dangerous are scorpions if they sting you? Should I ask my wife to suck hard??

Simon

[elkangorito]

They are not dangerous but they will deliver a painful sting.

[NADTATIDA1]

C;mon you are joking ..."walks across my keyboard"

[bendejo]

Once I was out and about in Bangkok and the first real rain of the season started coming down. I was huddled under an awning with a bunch of people (locals). About 2 meters in front of us was sewer cap. As the water began flooding the sewer bugs started streaming out, like an advancing infantry. Three types.

When they got within a step from me I squashed whatever it was. The Thais got a laugh out of this, as they were only pushing them back with one of their feet. Then when the bugs closed in and started going up their legs they started freaking out and squishing them too.

Not poisonous?

[twofortheroad]

1 To get rid of a scorpion you need a snake.

2 To get rid of the snake you need a cat.

3 To get rid of the cat you need a dog.

4 To get rid of the dog you need a sling-shot.

If you already have a sling-shot and you are good with it, you don't need 1 to 3.

As regards to your wife sucking hard, it would be better if she blows hard, depending on the size of it. That's my experience, anyhow.

[Thongkorn]

By rule of thumb , the bigger the pincers the less the sting , the smaller the pincers the bigger the sting.

[twofortheroad]

By rule of thumb , the bigger the pincers the less the sting , the smaller the pincers the bigger the sting.

The last thing you want to be doing with a scorpion is holding your thumb beside it.

Shocking advice.

[Naam]

We are getting more and more of these creatures inside the house. I assume it is because of the wet weather.

i assume because you leave doors and windows open

[Thanyaburi Mac]

Check the drain holes in your bathroom and kitchen sinks.

Had really small white scorpions a few weeks ago crawling out (probably babies?), now make it a practice of pouring boiling water down each drain once a week.

Mac

[canuckamuck]

By rule of thumb , the bigger the pincers the less the sting , the smaller the pincers the bigger the sting.

I have always heard that it is the thickness of the tail which is the best guide to amount of venom. Some species have a proportionally thick tail and are among the most dangerous. I have never seen these types in Thailand though. The kind I see around my place are either the small cream colored ones or the really huge black ones. I think neither of them are much of a threat except to little kids and those who are allergic.

[llso]

We were at our house in Buriam , not in the city,some years ago and the wife decided to build a block fence along 2 sides. There was a lot of clearing of brush to build the fence. For whatever reason we were sleeping onthe floor on a matress downstairs, closer to the bathroom I gues. During the night I felt something scratching my leg. I at first thougt it was my wifes toenails scratching me while she slept. Then it was on my chest , I awo ke and thought how can her toenails scratch my chest. I looked up and in the dim light saw a shadowy figure on the bed. I immediately jimped up and turned on the light and there was a big black scorpion in the middle of the bed with both Pinchers in attack mode and the tail curled. My wife woke up and saw it grabbed our daughters baby bottle (she was sleeping in the bed with us) and smashed and tossed the scorpion and then asked me? Can I go back to bed now.

I spent the rest of the night with one eye open scanning the walls and floors with my mini mag flashlight.

After that I thought to myself the chances of another scorpion crawling on me was pretty low. A few nights later I awoke to something crawling onmy pilow woke up and swatted another scorpion . This one managed to get a little bite on my neck. It stung a bit but wasn't really that bad. After some research I discoverde as anothe poster mentioned the larger the pinchers and smaller the tail ,the less potent the sting. I also learned that a scorpion has two venoms , one is a salt that is sort of like a warning bite , and the other is the real venom. Sort of nature's way of saving the best for last.

As I havr said before in my 7 year stay in Thailand I encountered nearlt everything that could possibly happen to you,except dying.

LL

[simon43]

i assume because you leave doors and windows open

Ah - so says the man who lives in a quality property with well-fitting windows and doors. Alas, I am but one of the lowly masses, living in a wooden house on stilts, with gaps between the floorboards and windows/doors that fit like ... er .... badly-fitting doors and windows.

You can close all doors and windows and a large cat could still squeeze through

Simon

[Mario2008]

Scorpions in Thailand are not deadly, (lethal ones do exist, like in Marraco) but out of experience I know they can be very painfull. Some variety is more painful than others. Locals just put some balm on to relieve the pain.

[Lopburi99]

My gf was stung on the toe by a little black one (about 1 1/2" long). A youngster I presume. Anyway it delivered such a wallop she had to take strong meds for the pain, couldn't walk or sleep for two nights.

[AndyCapps]

Wow never seen one except at the marker coveredin sauce.

[twofortheroad]

Scorpions in Thailand are not deadly, (lethal ones do exist, like in Marraco) but out of experience I know they can be very painfull. Some variety is more painful than others. Locals just put some balm on to relieve the pain.

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/Brit-Dies-Sc...ng-t130395.html

[Daffy D]

By rule of thumb , the bigger the pincers the less the sting , the smaller the pincers the bigger the sting.

The last thing you want to be doing with a scorpion is holding your thumb beside it.

Shocking advice.

That's funny

i assume because you leave doors and windows open

Ah - so says the man who lives in a quality property with well-fitting windows and doors. Alas, I am but one of the lowly masses, living in a wooden house on stilts, with gaps between the floorboards and windows/doors that fit like ... er .... badly-fitting doors and windows.

Simon

If you get rags soaked in old engine oil and wrap them round the stilts it will stop creepies crawling up into the house.

[twofortheroad]

If you get rags soaked in old engine oil and wrap them round the stilts it will stop creepies crawling up into the house.

Creepie-crawlies creeping, surely.

Paraffin is even better.

(Glad to see someone got the rule of thumb joke. I thought you were all asleep. Does anybody need me to explain it? I did post it last night!!)

[Daffy D]

Paraffin would evaporate to quickly while old engine oil lasts a long time.

Some Creepie-crawlies would be creeping and some would be crawling and don't forget the odd slitherer

[elkangorito]

If you get rags soaked in old engine oil and wrap them round the stilts it will stop creepies crawling up into the house.

Of course, this is in preparation for any major 'infestation' you may experience. In the case of a major infestation, simply throw a few burning pieces of paper under the house. The engine oil will burn for quite a while, ensuring that all nasty bugs are destroyed...along with your house.

[KunMatt]

Coming from a country who's most venomous insect is a daddy longlegs I have no idea what can fell me with a quick bite in a tropical country but I have seen things here in Thailand that I had only seen in the British Museum before.

Last year I had a 20 minute standoff with a red and black spider in a bathroom in Phuket, each time I hit it with a flipflop it bounced and gained ground on me until my gf casually walked in smashed it and told me it was very dangerous and I shouldn't play with it like that!

There's also been two scorpions in our room the last couple of weeks which I heroically left for her to kill too.

[elkangorito]

You must be an incredibly bad shot with a 'flip flop' (aka 'thong').

[KunMatt]

You must be an incredibly bad shot with a 'flip flop' (aka 'thong').

After working the last few years in Oz I have got used to calling them thongs, but the statement "standing in a bathroom swinging at a spider with my thong" conjurs up a different image in my homeland!

[KunMatt]

You must be an incredibly bad shot with a 'flip flop'

And no, I put it down to an incredibly tough Phuket spider, but I am confident that given some more time I could have bested him by myself!!

[elkangorito]

You must be an incredibly bad shot with a 'flip flop' (aka 'thong').

After working the last few years in Oz I have got used to calling them thongs, but the statement "standing in a bathroom swinging at a spider with my thong" conjurs up a different image in my homeland!

If you had said, "standing in a bathroom swinging at a spider with a thong", all would be understood, since there are not many westernised people who actually wear "thongs" as an item of clothing...particularly in the colder countries.