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Boyfie notices a spider
running across my carpet. He gets into kill mode and chases it but it disappears under my computer desk. Next day it appears on the wall, too far up for him to get it. He watches it disappearing into the folds of my curtains and knows he just has to wait until it comes out. I have a horror of big spiders, and this was a big one. Boyfie puts his foot on them and eats them, given the chance. Tweed |
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Boyfie notices a spider
"Christina Websell" wrote in message ... running across my carpet. He gets into kill mode and chases it but it disappears under my computer desk. Next day it appears on the wall, too far up for him to get it. He watches it disappearing into the folds of my curtains and knows he just has to wait until it comes out. I have a horror of big spiders, and this was a big one. Boyfie puts his foot on them and eats them, given the chance. Tweed |
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Boyfie notices a spider
On 05/08/2012 11:42 AM, Christina Websell wrote:
running across my carpet. He gets into kill mode and chases it but it disappears under my computer desk. Next day it appears on the wall, too far up for him to get it. He watches it disappearing into the folds of my curtains and knows he just has to wait until it comes out. I have a horror of big spiders, and this was a big one. Boyfie puts his foot on them and eats them, given the chance. Tweed If a spider is poisonous, I suppose it could harm an animal too. Keep a spray bottle (of anything) handy , The spray will momentarily disable the critter until you can dispatch it to insect bridge. I hate bugs of any kind. Hairspray will work too. Best wishes. MLB |
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Boyfie notices a spider
"MLB" wrote in message ... On 05/08/2012 11:42 AM, Christina Websell wrote: running across my carpet. He gets into kill mode and chases it but it disappears under my computer desk. Next day it appears on the wall, too far up for him to get it. He watches it disappearing into the folds of my curtains and knows he just has to wait until it comes out. I have a horror of big spiders, and this was a big one. Boyfie puts his foot on them and eats them, given the chance. Tweed If a spider is poisonous, I suppose it could harm an animal too. Keep a spray bottle (of anything) handy , The spray will momentarily disable the critter until you can dispatch it to insect bridge. I hate bugs of any kind. Hairspray will work too. Best wishes. MLB There are no poisonous spiders here, although they can bite. I like almost everything but I struggle with very large spiders, they give me the horrors. I don't want to kill them. I got brave enough to get them in a fluffy towel and flap it out of the window. Not ideal but beats standing on them. Tweed |
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Boyfie notices a spider
[in the UK]
There are no poisonous spiders here, although they can bite. Not as permanent residents, but I met somebody a few months ago with an enormous black scab on her hand that was the result of a spider jumping out of a plant she'd brought home from the Netherlands. She didn't know what kind of spider it was, neither could the hospital guess. She just had to spend a couple of weeks wondering if her whole arm was going to turn black and fall off. I like almost everything but I struggle with very large spiders, they give me the horrors. The really big ones are harmless - I find them rather cute. We had an army of them like eight-legged mice swarming over the back wall of the house I lived in in Sydney. Now the funnelweb spider we found in the loo one day *was* something to worry about, but they don't look very special. A lot of Australia's really lethal wildlife is pretty tiny - irukandji jellyfish, blue-ringed octopus. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- e m a i l : j a c k @ c a m p i n . m e . u k Jack Campin, 11 Third Street, Newtongrange, Midlothian EH22 4PU, Scotland mobile 07800 739 557 http://www.campin.me.uk Twitter: JackCampin |
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Boyfie notices a spider
"Jack Campin" wrote in message ... [in the UK] There are no poisonous spiders here, although they can bite. Not as permanent residents, but I met somebody a few months ago with an enormous black scab on her hand that was the result of a spider jumping out of a plant she'd brought home from the Netherlands. She didn't know what kind of spider it was, neither could the hospital guess. She just had to spend a couple of weeks wondering if her whole arm was going to turn black and fall off. I like almost everything but I struggle with very large spiders, they give me the horrors. The really big ones are harmless - I find them rather cute. We had an army of them like eight-legged mice swarming over the back wall of the house I lived in in Sydney. Now the funnelweb spider we found in the loo one day *was* something to worry about, but they don't look very special. A lot of Australia's really lethal wildlife is pretty tiny - irukandji jellyfish, blue-ringed octopus. Yes. I'm not bothered about Australian wildlife,I have a problem with big spiders. They frighten me. I try and gather them up in a big towel if they are in the bath and put them outside. I do not want to harm them but if they are marching around downstairs I want Boyfie to get them. My mother used to say if you have spiders in your house it was a good thing, it meant you have no pollution. Pfff to that, she didn't like big spiders any more than I did and was hoping it made me feel better. Tweed |
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Boyfie notices a spider
Christina Websell wrote:
"Jack Campin" wrote in message [in the UK] There are no poisonous spiders here, although they can bite. The really big ones are harmless - I find them rather cute. We had an army of them like eight-legged mice swarming over the back wall of the house I lived in in Sydney. Shudder I do not like swarming bugs. One thing that makes spiders tolerable to me is that they generally travel solo. I have heard of people having infestations of thousands of baby spiders, but typically, I get one on the ceiling every so often - which causes no end of yowling from a certain black cat. Very large swarming spiders might make me go catatonic! Now the funnelweb spider we found in the loo one day *was* something to worry about, but they don't look very special. Hmm. I saw a TV show about a guy who got bitten by a funnel web, and I'm not sure exactly what happened to make this possible, but he was the first person to be treated with an antivenom, and he made a full recovery. Since then, I hear, Australia has antivenom available for anyone who is bitten by a funnel web. Can someone confirm this? Yowie? During the "dramatization" of this guy's ordeal, the spider was shown walking around on the floor in his house (the story was true, but the events were recreated using actors, including a spider "actor"). It was *huge*, about the size of a tarantula. I don't know how he missed it. Yes. I'm not bothered about Australian wildlife,I have a problem with big spiders. They frighten me. I try and gather them up in a big towel if they are in the bath and put them outside. I do not want to harm them but if they are marching around downstairs I want Boyfie to get them. One thing to think about. All spiders are venomous, but only some of them have the ability to bite through human skin. So most of them are harmless to us, but I don't know about the skin of a domestic cat, so I'd still be careful. My guys don't eat spiders. Licky loves to hunt them, but he never shows any interest in killing or eating them. My mother used to say if you have spiders in your house it was a good thing, it meant you have no pollution. That's a new one. A friend of mine - a fan of spiders - says they bring good luck, and that you should leave them alone. I do leave them alone, but I'm not crazy about seeing a big one crawling across the ceiling right over my head. -- Joyce Anyone who has accustomed himself to regard the life of any living creature as worthless is in danger of arriving also at the idea of worthless human lives. -- Albert Schweitzer |
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Boyfie notices a spider
"Bastette" wrote in message ... Christina Websell wrote: "Jack Campin" wrote in message [in the UK] There are no poisonous spiders here, although they can bite. The really big ones are harmless - I find them rather cute. We had an army of them like eight-legged mice swarming over the back wall of the house I lived in in Sydney. Shudder I do not like swarming bugs. One thing that makes spiders tolerable to me is that they generally travel solo. I have heard of people having infestations of thousands of baby spiders, but typically, I get one on the ceiling every so often - which causes no end of yowling from a certain black cat. Very large swarming spiders might make me go catatonic! Now the funnelweb spider we found in the loo one day *was* something to worry about, but they don't look very special. Hmm. I saw a TV show about a guy who got bitten by a funnel web, and I'm not sure exactly what happened to make this possible, but he was the first person to be treated with an antivenom, and he made a full recovery. Since then, I hear, Australia has antivenom available for anyone who is bitten by a funnel web. Can someone confirm this? Yowie? During the "dramatization" of this guy's ordeal, the spider was shown walking around on the floor in his house (the story was true, but the events were recreated using actors, including a spider "actor"). It was *huge*, about the size of a tarantula. I don't know how he missed it. Yes. I'm not bothered about Australian wildlife,I have a problem with big spiders. They frighten me. I try and gather them up in a big towel if they are in the bath and put them outside. I do not want to harm them but if they are marching around downstairs I want Boyfie to get them. One thing to think about. All spiders are venomous, but only some of them have the ability to bite through human skin. So most of them are harmless to us, but I don't know about the skin of a domestic cat, so I'd still be careful. My guys don't eat spiders. Licky loves to hunt them, but he never shows any interest in killing or eating them. My mother used to say if you have spiders in your house it was a good thing, it meant you have no pollution. That's a new one. A friend of mine - a fan of spiders - says they bring good luck, and that you should leave them alone. I do leave them alone, but I'm not crazy about seeing a big one crawling across the ceiling right over my head. I was spider-phobic even with small ones, but I addressed this. I simply cannot do the huge ones. It makes no difference to know they cannot harm me, they freak me out. Tweed |
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Boyfie notices a spider
Christina Websell wrote:
running across my carpet. He gets into kill mode and chases it but it disappears under my computer desk. Next day it appears on the wall, too far up for him to get it. He watches it disappearing into the folds of my curtains and knows he just has to wait until it comes out. I have a horror of big spiders, and this was a big one. Boyfie puts his foot on them and eats them, given the chance. Tweed Boyfie is a brave hunter, saving his mommy from the big scary spiders. Kotyo doesn't like to eat the spiders themselves, but he *loves* to eat their webs. If he sees a spider he will watch it, but mostly he'll leave it alone, probably in the hopes that it will spin him a tasty web :-) He's a strange little guy - likes cucumbers and spiderwebs and uncooked pasta... Nadia, Kotyo and Sweety -- Little Monster pictures: http://picasaweb.google.com/nnakova/Kotyo Sweety pictures: http://picasaweb.google.com/nnakova/Sweety Kotyo and Sweety together: http://picasaweb.google.com/nnakova/KotyoAndSweety |
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Boyfie notices a spider
"Christina Websell" wrote in message ... "Bastette" wrote in message ... Christina Websell wrote: "Jack Campin" wrote in message [in the UK] There are no poisonous spiders here, although they can bite. The really big ones are harmless - I find them rather cute. We had an army of them like eight-legged mice swarming over the back wall of the house I lived in in Sydney. Shudder I do not like swarming bugs. One thing that makes spiders tolerable to me is that they generally travel solo. I have heard of people having infestations of thousands of baby spiders, but typically, I get one on the ceiling every so often - which causes no end of yowling from a certain black cat. Very large swarming spiders might make me go catatonic! Now the funnelweb spider we found in the loo one day *was* something to worry about, but they don't look very special. Hmm. I saw a TV show about a guy who got bitten by a funnel web, and I'm not sure exactly what happened to make this possible, but he was the first person to be treated with an antivenom, and he made a full recovery. Since then, I hear, Australia has antivenom available for anyone who is bitten by a funnel web. Can someone confirm this? Yowie? During the "dramatization" of this guy's ordeal, the spider was shown walking around on the floor in his house (the story was true, but the events were recreated using actors, including a spider "actor"). It was *huge*, about the size of a tarantula. I don't know how he missed it. Yes. I'm not bothered about Australian wildlife,I have a problem with big spiders. They frighten me. I try and gather them up in a big towel if they are in the bath and put them outside. I do not want to harm them but if they are marching around downstairs I want Boyfie to get them. One thing to think about. All spiders are venomous, but only some of them have the ability to bite through human skin. So most of them are harmless to us, but I don't know about the skin of a domestic cat, so I'd still be careful. My guys don't eat spiders. Licky loves to hunt them, but he never shows any interest in killing or eating them. My mother used to say if you have spiders in your house it was a good thing, it meant you have no pollution. That's a new one. A friend of mine - a fan of spiders - says they bring good luck, and that you should leave them alone. I do leave them alone, but I'm not crazy about seeing a big one crawling across the ceiling right over my head. I was spider-phobic even with small ones, but I addressed this. I simply cannot do the huge ones. It makes no difference to know they cannot harm me, they freak me out. Tweed |
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