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Hell in a house full of arachnophobics

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http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/spider-surge-in-melbourne-burbs/story-e6frf7kx-1226008654709

They say only an 16% increase....I think they left off the zero, its more like 160%

For the last couple of weeks my nerves have been on edge as I wait for the next scream from my daughters or wife.

I now have a spider catcher ready on my desk so I can rush and catch the offending arachnid before it dissapears somewhere in the room.

If that happens I have to spend ages looking for it before the spider spotter will re-enter the room or let me leave.

And I swear the distance I have to go before I am allowed to release the beastie is increasing.

Youngest was complaining when I let one go near the back fence which is the furthest spot from the house.

Interesting thing they said about the Red Back bite. I don't know anybody who has been bitten who wasn't in agony.
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You know when you are playing Ball in the garden or outside in a field
and the ball goes into the long grass ..............emm do you go get it
Wolvie and I were discussing that last night......... :?
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Northern Lass wrote:You know when you are playing Ball in the garden or outside in a field
and the ball goes into the long grass ..............emm do you go get it
Wolvie and I were discussing that last night......... :?


You'd send Wolvie, wouldn't you? :wink:
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snoopysue wrote:
Northern Lass wrote:You know when you are playing Ball in the garden or outside in a field
and the ball goes into the long grass ..............emm do you go get it
Wolvie and I were discussing that last night......... :?


You'd send Wolvie, wouldn't you? :wink:


Yeah!
and I would have planted a few spiders out there for him! :lol:
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Northern Lass wrote:Yeah!
and I would have planted a few spiders out there for him! :lol:


He isn't afraid of them is he?
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If it is hot you never reach under bushes to get a ball.

Not because of the eight legged crawley things.

Its the no legged slithery things!!
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MarkCDodd wrote:If it is hot you never reach under bushes to get a ball.

Not because of the eight legged crawley things.

Its the no legged slithery things!!


I'm glad I don't have to worry about those kind of things! Although I imagine if you grow up with them, it's not so bad!
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MarkCDodd wrote:If it is hot you never reach under bushes to get a ball.

Not because of the eight legged crawley things.

Its the no legged slithery things!!



you could always get a mongoose as a pet :grin: :grin:
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I have had cats as good as any mongoose.

I was at my youngest brother's house a couple of years ago sitting on the veranda having a few beers and watching his new kitten run around the garden chasing anything that moved.

All cute until a Wedge Tailed Eagle (my favorite animal of any kind!) swooped down, killled the little guy in half a second and flew away with him.

This kitten was a repalcement for a cat he lost a few weeks before to a Tiger Snake bite.

He hasn't owned a cat since.
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We had a kitten bring a live snake into the house.... never moved so fast in all my life!!
We have some 'nasties' here in British Columbia... but not as bad as Australia.
I just keep a 'wide berth' of anything with too many legs or no legs at all!
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expat66 wrote:We had a kitten bring a live snake into the house.... never moved so fast in all my life!!
We have some 'nasties' here in British Columbia... but not as bad as Australia.
I just keep a 'wide berth' of anything with too many legs or no legs at all!
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My sisters cat brought live mice into the house, her ex moved just as fast as you by the sound of it!!
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snoopysue wrote:
expat66 wrote:We had a kitten bring a live snake into the house.... never moved so fast in all my life!!
We have some 'nasties' here in British Columbia... but not as bad as Australia.
I just keep a 'wide berth' of anything with too many legs or no legs at all!
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My sisters cat brought live mice into the house, her ex moved just as fast as you by the sound of it!!


My cat once brought in a wood pigeon - through the cat flap. Didn't know it was there until I went in the kitchen at about 10.00 at night and there it sat in the middle of the floor - only one leg and still alive. I made it comfortable in a box in the shed until I could take it to the PDSA in the morning - but when we got up it had gone.

I can handle most insects, I am the spider and daddy longlegs catcher - I also don't mind snakes (not the ones Mark gets in Oz though), but I hate fish. Our goldfish once jumped out of his bowl and I had to run and get the bloke from next door to pick it up.
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