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Hell in a house full of arachnophobics
Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2011 12:35 pm
by MarkCDodd
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/spider-surge-in-melbourne-burbs/story-e6frf7kx-1226008654709They 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.
Re: Hell in a house full of arachnophobics
Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2011 12:56 pm
by Northern Lass
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.........
Re: Hell in a house full of arachnophobics
Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2011 12:57 pm
by snoopysue
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?
Re: Hell in a house full of arachnophobics
Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2011 12:59 pm
by Northern Lass
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?
Yeah!
and I would have planted a few spiders out there for him!
Re: Hell in a house full of arachnophobics
Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2011 1:05 pm
by snoopysue
Northern Lass wrote:Yeah!
and I would have planted a few spiders out there for him!
He isn't afraid of them is he?
Re: Hell in a house full of arachnophobics
Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2011 2:20 pm
by MarkCDodd
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!!
Re: Hell in a house full of arachnophobics
Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2011 3:37 pm
by snoopysue
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!
Re: Hell in a house full of arachnophobics
Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2011 5:16 pm
by peterd
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
Re: Hell in a house full of arachnophobics
Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2011 10:22 pm
by MarkCDodd
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.
Re: Hell in a house full of arachnophobics
Posted: Sun Feb 20, 2011 12:48 am
by expat66
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!
Expat
Re: Hell in a house full of arachnophobics
Posted: Sun Feb 20, 2011 12:17 pm
by snoopysue
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!
Expat
My sisters cat brought live mice into the house, her ex moved just as fast as you by the sound of it!!
Re: Hell in a house full of arachnophobics
Posted: Sun Feb 20, 2011 1:00 pm
by Antie Em
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!
Expat
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.