How to get rid of scorpions, when there's pets and kids?

I lived in Arizona, (of course) and almost everybody in our family has gotten stung by these little nuinces, including me. My lil brother has gotten stung about 4 times, my mother twice, my step dad once and me once. We also have dogs and cats, lazy cats I might add and a 3yr old litle girl.

I need to find the best way to get rid of scorpions w/ out affecting our pets and the baby.

Any suggestions please!

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My wife sprays with Diazion(sp?) or Demon WP. She says she thinks you can't get Diazion (sp?) anymore due to the EPA, but she sprays that outside, and the Demon WP inside and out. The only kids we have here are her grandkids, ages 2 and 4, on occasion. We do have 4 big dogs in the back yard, and we've never suffered any ill effects from the wise spraying of either. God Bless you. Oh, and we live in Texas, the northeast corner, near Arkansas, and we use those sprays for scorpions which we get too frequently over here.

How to get rid of scorpions, when there's pets and kids?

-(Myspace.com)My wife says the only place she knows to get it here in this small East Texas town is in a private store called Horaney's. It's not a chain or anything. Just one store. Sorry. God Bless you. Report It

How to get rid of scorpions, when there's pets and kids?

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Poisons ought to be used as a last resort, and not used on a continual basis. You may not be suffering any ill effects now, but it does effect you to a degree and can cause health problems. Also, when you use poisons, you're also harming the environment. Learn to live with nature, not fight it. Report It


Contact an exterminator. They will give you your best options.
There are a few key things that scorpions like that draws them into your house. It all revolves around their instinctual behavior.

1. scorpions like tight spaces, such as your doorway. If they can squeeze between your doorway and the door, they feel safe because they're surrounded. Then they may decide to come indoors when it turns dark (really this is just happenstance, there's a 50/50 chance that they'll crawl back outside as well). If you put weather stripping around your door to tighten up the possibility of them using your doorway as a hiding place that will help. This will also cut down on the number of other bugs that make it into your house, and these other bugs are what scorpions feed on, so that'll help prevent scorpions from following their prospective prey indoors.

2. Scorpions love climbing. I don't know if you've ever noticed, but you may have a fair number of scorpions in your attic. If you have recessed lighting this provides a convenient entrance for the scorpions to crawl through. I've even had one drop on my head (totally freaky let me tell you). To stop this from happening we created 16" x 16" boxes out of dry wall that encase the recessed lighting fixtures in the attic and sealed them up tight with the tape that's used with dry wall.

3. Another favorite hangout for scorpions is mulch. If your house is surrounded by hedges and gardens (as many houses are) that have mulch or leaves piled on the ground, scorpions love hiding in this stuff which means that immediately surrounding your house is a great scorpion habitat. The more scorpions that like living right next to your house means more scorpions inside. Try using gravel instead of mulch in these areas and you'll cut down on the number that hang out at your place.