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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / July 2006More on Fiddlebacks
So far I have caught three Brown Recluses. More interesting: I have caught NOTHING ELSE. Nasty little buggars. I have pictures. Slow death on a sticky board serves them right. Cheers H. 3 in the same house or the same area of the house in the same area it is time for professional to come bomb the house those spiders are real territorial so in the same area must be a nest which is strange > So far I have caught three Brown Recluses. > More interesting: I have caught NOTHING ELSE. > Nasty little buggars. I have pictures. > Slow death on a sticky board serves them right. > Cheers > H. > 3 in the same house or the same area of the house > in the same area it is time for professional to come bomb the > house those spiders are real territorial so in the same area must be > a nest which is strange Not to mention, have you ever seen a spider cocoon hatch? There are literally *hundreds* of baby spiders. I agree, time to get someone to bomb the house, whether the OP likes the use of chemical treatments or not. Jill >> So far I have caught three Brown Recluses. >> More interesting: I have caught NOTHING ELSE. >> Nasty little buggars. I have pictures. >> Slow death on a sticky board serves them right. >> Cheers >> H. >> 3 in the same house or the same area of the house >> in the same area it is time for professional to come bomb the [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] >>> Cheers >>> H. Two more this morning. Time for the nuclear option. Nice thing about the traps: You know what you're dealing with. > Two more this morning. <<<shudder>>> To think you've been living and sleeping in a house with all those fiddlebacks. I'm glad you're going to get the place fumigated. Since your traps have caught so many of them, it seems you have quite an infestation. Poor Max and Lily... :( But I'm glad you've figured out what the problem is and can fix it now. Joyce > > Two more this morning. > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Poor Max and Lily... :( But I'm glad you've figured out what the > problem is and can fix it now. This whole thread makes me so happy that I live in the UK and that me and my cats are not at risk from poisonous spiders. There are spiders here that bite, but they cannot kill us or our cats. We have only one poisonous snake and I have only seen one once many years ago. We have no mountain lions, bears, wolves, nothing that is likely to kill *us* at all. Phew. I think I'll stay here <grin> Foxes are a bit of a nuisance though. <duck and run> Tweed >> > Two more this morning. >> [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > Tweed I had a fox who lived within a few yards of the house. He and Max ignored one another. He sure was beautiful, never held still long enough for a picture though. Cheers H. >>> > Two more this morning. >>> [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > Cheers > H. Their ability to disappear right before your eyes is amazing isn't it? I've seen foxes half a dozen times and have a picture of a blur at Mt McKinley, but each time they are gone by the time I even realize what I'm looking at. Jo > This whole thread makes me so happy that I live in the UK and that > me and my cats are not at risk from poisonous spiders. There are [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Foxes are a bit of a nuisance though. ><duck and run> But don't you have that nasty cold rain a fair amount of the time? I'll take my chances! *grin*  Signaturemonique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca >> This whole thread makes me so happy that I live in the UK and that >> me and my cats are not at risk from poisonous spiders. There are [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > But don't you have that nasty cold rain a fair amount of the time? Well, ahem, yes. It doesn't kill us though! > I'll take my chances! *grin* Rather you than me with the cougars and stuff! Tweed >> But don't you have that nasty cold rain a fair amount of the time? > > Well, ahem, yes. It doesn't kill us though! I really think it's far more likely that I'll be hit by a car (or be in a fatal accident) than that I might be eaten by a mountain lion. Sure, it's possible it could happen, but I'm not going to worry about it too much. It *is* incentive to speed up if I'm behind everyone on a trail =) >> I'll take my chances! *grin* > > Rather you than me with the cougars and stuff! Sure, I'll take the risk. Around my house, though, there's a bunny rabbit who's lived in the neighborhood for a couple of years now. I have to think it's fairly safe if the bunny's survived so long. At work we have a whole bunch of bunnies who live under the bushes outside. Yesterday I saw a tiny little bun, like smaller than Kristi's kittens, hopping its way slowly to the bushes. Signaturemonique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca >> This whole thread makes me so happy that I live in the UK and that >> me and my cats are not at risk from poisonous spiders. There are [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > I'll take my chances! *grin* No, we don't, _most_ of the time our climate is very pleasent. :-) SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy and Bagheera) Cats leave pawprints on your heart. http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk >> But don't you have that nasty cold rain a fair amount of the time? >> >> I'll take my chances! *grin* > > No, we don't, _most_ of the time our climate is very pleasent. :-) It's all in what you're used to. I'm happy with the climate here in the foothills of Colorado =) It gets nice and warm, but you can always go up into the mountains if it's overwhelming. Signaturemonique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca > > > Two more this morning. > > [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > Tweed You all don't have poisonous spiders/snakes, no joke? I didn't know that. It's pretty regional here. There has never been an incidence of a poisonous land snake here, in this county. But only 40 miles away (where Steve Touchstone lives), there are rattlesnakes and copperheads. Where I go to church, the tarantulas are constantly running across the road in front of the car. But here, about 5 miles away, I have never, ever seen one. (they're not poisonous anyway, they'll startle you though). There are no critters here that would threaten a human, I don't think. Wildlife is so interesting though. I'd rather take the risk than not have those things at all. I don't like rattlesnakes, but I *DO NOT* like snakehunts and don't want to see them extinct. If I could visit out of this country, it would definitely be Australia. They have the *coolest* assorted critter population of anywhere. Sherry > You all don't have poisonous spiders/snakes, no joke? I didn't know > that. It's pretty regional here. There has never been an incidence of a > poisonous land snake here, in this county. But only 40 miles away > (where Steve Touchstone lives), there are rattlesnakes and copperheads. Steve Touchstone lives near you? Why did I think he was in Colorado? <vague mumbling...> > Where I go to church, the tarantulas are constantly running across the > road in front of the car. Wow, that's a bit creepy, if not dangerous. I'm sort of fascinated by them, actually - they're almost too big to be classified as "bug" in my mind. Plus, years of watching Steve Irwin handle them and coo "Isn't she a beauty?" has had some effect on my previously negative response to them. :) But I still don't think I'd want to see a bunch of them in one place. Joyce > > You all don't have poisonous spiders/snakes, no joke? I didn't know > > that. It's pretty regional here. There has never been an incidence of a [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > Joyce Woops, I might have left the wrong impression. I mean every Sunday morning I see at least one run across the road. Not a whole herd of them :-) They are *very* creepy. I don't think they're poisonous though. But geez-o-pete, some of them are as big in diameter as a saucer. Steve lives about 40 mi. as the crow flies from here. I wonder where he's been lately? I know he has a landscape service & summer is a busy time for him. Hope he checks in with the group soon. Sherry >>>> Two more this morning. >>> [quoted text clipped - 36 lines] > > Sherry The only poisonous snake we have is the Adder. I've only ever seen one, they avoid people. Their bite while painful is rarely fatel, I've heard that it's a lot like a bee sting. If you want avoid snakes completely, move to Ireland, there are no native snakes there at all. SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy and Bagheera) Cats leave pawprints on your heart. http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk > >>>> Two more this morning. > >>> [quoted text clipped - 43 lines] > -- > Adrian (Owned by Snoopy and Bagheera) Gosh, Adrian, that's amazing. I guess we learn something new all the time. Thanks for sharing that. IMO you are lucky you don't have many snakes. While I have learned not to be terrified of them, and to respect most all life forms, I still don't have much use for them. Sherry >> >>>> Two more this morning. >> >>> [quoted text clipped - 52 lines] > > Sherry Snakes, like spiders, are mostly beneficial. But there are a few nasty exceptions here and there. Cheers H. PS Not only are there no snakes in Ireland, there is some exquisite whiskey. >>>>>>> Two more this morning. >>>>>> [quoted text clipped - 62 lines] > Not only are there no snakes in Ireland, there is some exquisite > whiskey. The Guiness is very nice as well. :-) SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy and Bagheera) Cats leave pawprints on your heart. http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk > >> >>>> Two more this morning. > >> >>> [quoted text clipped - 58 lines] > Cheers > H. Yes. I know. But it is still very hard for me to co-habit with snakes. It's almost like a phobia. I have this childhood fear that they are going to chase me. I don't kill them still. But dang, they startle me something awful everytime I run across one. I even handled a huge bullsnake at a nature seminar thinking it would help get me over it. It didn't. Spiders don't bother me one bit. There are only 2 real nasties that are found here and they're both real easy to recognize. Sherry <sriddles@aol.com> wrote in message >> >> Snakes, like spiders, are mostly beneficial. >> But there are a few nasty exceptions here and there. [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Sherry I know personally that a rock solid snake and spider phobia can co-exist with a real interest in them. I've handled snakes plenty of times. They are so neat, cool and silky to touch. And I've handled someone's pet tarantula, on a plane trip no less. But those things were my choice at my own pace. If I'm surprised with either one I completely and totally freak out. Jo SNIP > Yes. I know. But it is still very hard for me to co-habit with snakes. > It's almost like a phobia. I have this childhood fear that they are [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Sherry Poor Max and Lilly... Requiescat in pacem. I'm quite willing to live with spiders, especially ones that live out doors, but if I find 'em in my bathroom/bedroom, they've crossed battle lines! I do my best to catch them and release them if I find them indoors for I know they're very benevolent creatures with only a few notable exceptions. But reading the Shelob chapters in Lord of the Rings spooked me out pretty completely. =o) It's something about those eight legs that get to me! Snakes don't bother me so much, but then, I rarely encounter them. And I certainly don't go looking for them. They have their place in the ecosystem, but darned if I'd ever keep one as a pet. Melissa |
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