in many public aquariums, stingrays have their stingers surgically removed. I remember while interning at the New York Aquarium, they used to have CowNose Stingrays in their touch tank and as a result they removed their stingers.
Removing a stingrays stinger???
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And in many public aquariums they have the expertise and facilities to do it. That doesn't apply in the average home.
Actually, we don't remove them, we trim them back.....repeatedly. They are made of the same stuff your fingernails are, so trimming them encourages them to grow faster. It's a pain in the butt to do. Search a bit, and you'll find pics of me doing it.
Hey,
you guys are so funny... you should first think about why someone cuts the stinger of the rays!
I have to trim the stingers of my P14, because the male is a bit crazy... He ate the thrown stinger of the female! And it was just luck, that he got no bad injuries. To avoid, that this will happen again, i cut the top of the stinger regularly. For the ray it's nothing else than cutting fingernails.
Without any reason, I would not do that.
you guys are so funny... you should first think about why someone cuts the stinger of the rays!
I have to trim the stingers of my P14, because the male is a bit crazy... He ate the thrown stinger of the female! And it was just luck, that he got no bad injuries. To avoid, that this will happen again, i cut the top of the stinger regularly. For the ray it's nothing else than cutting fingernails.
Without any reason, I would not do that.
Zoodiver;4292883; said:
I've been searching around a bit and havent found it. Could you provide a link?
