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i have around a 6 -7 inch(body) around 6 inch tail, with a 2 inch stinger barb.

i heard from the guy i got it from. that even if they are dieing they are still if not more likely to sting u if u fool around with them. acording to him, the while moving a sick one, it's tail reached over its body and got him. and it is a painful pain that doesn't go away for awhile.

what so i do it i get stung, is it like a jelly fish with viniger.

Here in NC, we use ammonia straight out of the bottle, to counteract fire ant stings. I don't know if that would work for something like a stingray, however. It sounds more like something to call 911 for to me.

Just dont get stung.

If you are stung take yourself for a visit to your local hospital.

While I never have owned stingrays myself and have never been stung, I have seen the results of a sting, and you will need some serious painkillers.

Here is a first hand account of a sting:

I was moving my motoro yesterday. I used a garbage bag because the fish was too big. Anyway, it freaked out and ripped the bag with its tail. As it fell on the floor it managed to poke my foot. Let me tell you, it is the worst pain ever. I managed to scoop up the ray and put it the new tank. But i started bleeding pretty bad. I ran my foot under hot water but it did not help. I had to call my friend to take me to ER. Obviously they have never seen anyone with this type of injury here in ohio. I got a morphine and tetuns shot. They also had me soak my foot in really hot water for 90 minutes. That really seemed to take care of the pain. I guess if you get stung you really have to sit for hour and a halft in hot water not just 5 minutes. I went home with script for antibiotics and some percocet. It really does not hurt anymore, but I am more afraid of swelling and brusing right now. The bottom line here is , be carefull

The above was taken from www.waterwolves.com

yea i heard it is really painful, but on a good note it can't kill you.

anyway, so i will probably just go to the hospital. always good to know. thanks

"...but on a good note it can't kill you."

If you are allergic to the venom, you could certainly die. If stung on multiple occasions, you will be at a higher risk of becoming allergic. So to echo Dangerous Dave, don't let yourself get stung.

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very true.

its only been a few days, we will see what the first water change will be like.

Think wasp. A really, really, really big wasp. Most people don't die from the stings (unless allergic as sirbrooks said), but who likes getting stung by a wasp?


When it gets bigger, instead of using your hands or a bag and being careful to move it, I suggest using a landing net. When I lived in Texas and now that I'm here on the California coast, I'd catch these while out fishing pretty regularly (sometimes on purpose but usually not, they're baitthieves), and when they're in the landing net, they can't flop out too well like other fish and thier tail doesn't have the range of motion to get you. You can go to any sporting goods store and get an inexpensive landing net that will make handling the ray a lot easier.

I think if you are stung the best thing to do is do very little to prevent the poison from spreading, and get someone to give you a lift to the hospital asap. There they will probably give you an injectable antihistamine to prevent the worst effects of the poison, and stop your body from reacting to it. Sometimes ray barbs do break off, and can be hell to remove from flesh,being that some are segmented like porcupine quills and will just break in half if you try to pull them out.Having a doc on hand would be useful, since infection from the wound is likely.

The sting would likely be too deep for any contact remedies to work.