Yeah, these things were the bane of my life as a nOOb. A friend of mine tamed one for me shortly after I became a Novice Creature Handler, partly in jest, and partly because scyks were such tough little pests. He actually turned out to be a pretty good low-level pet. I named him something unprintable out of spite, and abused him mercilessly for CH xp. But I must admit, he was fun to watch scampering across the desert to attack. It actually was hard to let go of him when I needed the room in my Datapad for bigger pets.
Still, he would have been even better if his Medium Poison special attack worked on command.