Stung!

[Cirrus]

I got a (hopefully) minor sting while clipping a large barb from an 8 inch BD that ships out in the morning. I got the barb out super fast, did not go deep. I sucked blood fast and for a while from my thumb, then ran under cold water, and repeated. After 5-10 minutes of that I used rubbing alcohol. Now feels kind of like a bee/wasp sting, bit of a burning/stinging feeling. Hopefully not too much swelling tonight.

 

[ktan]

Geez, how did this go? Why are you clipping it?

 

[Cirrus]

I shipped the fish from Vancouver to Calgary. I've had many rays thrash around in bags during transit and end up puncturing the shipping bags. Luckily I've never lost a ray in shipping, but I don't like taking the chance. So, I always either clip the barbs of the rays when shipping or else add a piece of plastic tubing around the barbs. This is the same format used by the farms in Asia when they ship rays.

 

[ktan]

Ah, makes sense. My first question was actually how the swelling turned out.

 

[Matteus]

Wow. That’s insane, did it swell up or do you think sucking the blood/ poison out worked?

 

[Cirrus]

I just had some minor swelling and pain for a week or so. For a REAL stingray-sting story, check out: https://arowanaclub.ca/forums/threads/stung.6036/#post-46925

 

[Matteus]

Holy moly. That’s crazy, one of the worst I read about to date.

don’t wish that on my worst enemy tbh.