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Normally I only see house spiders in the autumn when it's breeding season
but atm they are appearing somewhere in the house most days. So I have big fluffy towel nearby to scoop them up if they are crawling up the walls and flap it outside but I swear they are homing spiders. Boyfie keeps his eye on the floor, and sorts out the ground attack with a paw pat and a crunch as he eats them. He will watch for ages if he sees one go under a piece of furniture, it's sort of like mousing. Wait long enough without moving a muscle and they think you are gone - but you are not - voila! I think that with my putting outside strategy and Boyfie's ground attack there are none left today. Or at least I can't see any... Tweed |
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On 6/13/2013 7:32 PM, Christina Websell wrote:
Normally I only see house spiders in the autumn when it's breeding season but atm they are appearing somewhere in the house most days. So I have big fluffy towel nearby to scoop them up if they are crawling up the walls and flap it outside but I swear they are homing spiders. Boyfie keeps his eye on the floor, and sorts out the ground attack with a paw pat and a crunch as he eats them. He will watch for ages if he sees one go under a piece of furniture, it's sort of like mousing. Wait long enough without moving a muscle and they think you are gone - but you are not - voila! I think that with my putting outside strategy and Boyfie's ground attack there are none left today. Or at least I can't see any... Tweed Hopefully your invasion has stopped. I've got some spiders spinning webs again on either side of the front door. The infusion of peppermint oil didn't discourage them. Spraying the area with a hose doesn't stop them. They keep building webs there. There are already egg sacks out there. (sigh) Jill |
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"jmcquown" wrote in message ... On 6/13/2013 7:32 PM, Christina Websell wrote: Normally I only see house spiders in the autumn when it's breeding season but atm they are appearing somewhere in the house most days. So I have big fluffy towel nearby to scoop them up if they are crawling up the walls and flap it outside but I swear they are homing spiders. Boyfie keeps his eye on the floor, and sorts out the ground attack with a paw pat and a crunch as he eats them. He will watch for ages if he sees one go under a piece of furniture, it's sort of like mousing. Wait long enough without moving a muscle and they think you are gone - but you are not - voila! I think that with my putting outside strategy and Boyfie's ground attack there are none left today. Or at least I can't see any... Tweed Hopefully your invasion has stopped. I've got some spiders spinning webs again on either side of the front door. The infusion of peppermint oil didn't discourage them. Spraying the area with a hose doesn't stop them. They keep building webs there. There are already egg sacks out there. (sigh) Jill Chestnut oil is supposed to be their least favourite but I'm not about to pay loadsa money for it from the "don't like spiders? buy chestnut oil from us" people. It's supposed to be a good thing if spiders like your house, apparently means it is free of pollution. Once upon a time, I was very afraid of them but now I've braved up enough to get them into a big fluffy towel. It has to be a big towel otherwise I can't do it. I do not want to harm them just because I have a loathing which I haven't entirely been able to control. It does not matter how much I tell myself when faced with a big spider "it cannot harm you" they freak me out. Tweed |
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On 6/13/2013 9:05 PM, Christina Websell wrote:
"jmcquown" wrote in message ... On 6/13/2013 7:32 PM, Christina Websell wrote: Normally I only see house spiders in the autumn when it's breeding season but atm they are appearing somewhere in the house most days. So I have big fluffy towel nearby to scoop them up if they are crawling up the walls and flap it outside but I swear they are homing spiders. Boyfie keeps his eye on the floor, and sorts out the ground attack with a paw pat and a crunch as he eats them. He will watch for ages if he sees one go under a piece of furniture, it's sort of like mousing. Wait long enough without moving a muscle and they think you are gone - but you are not - voila! I think that with my putting outside strategy and Boyfie's ground attack there are none left today. Or at least I can't see any... Tweed Hopefully your invasion has stopped. I've got some spiders spinning webs again on either side of the front door. The infusion of peppermint oil didn't discourage them. Spraying the area with a hose doesn't stop them. They keep building webs there. There are already egg sacks out there. (sigh) Jill Chestnut oil is supposed to be their least favourite but I'm not about to pay loadsa money for it from the "don't like spiders? buy chestnut oil from us" people. It's supposed to be a good thing if spiders like your house, apparently means it is free of pollution. Once upon a time, I was very afraid of them but now I've braved up enough to get them into a big fluffy towel. It has to be a big towel otherwise I can't do it. I do not want to harm them just because I have a loathing which I haven't entirely been able to control. It does not matter how much I tell myself when faced with a big spider "it cannot harm you" they freak me out. Tweed They freak me out too. That's why I bought peppermint oil. But it didn't work. So no, I won't buy chestnut oil from those people who tout all those natural deterrants. They don't work. It's like snake oil salesmen. (A USIAN term for people who sold patent medicines in the 1800's that didn't do what they said they would do.) I don't know what they heck else to do to keep them from coming in. Jill |
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Christina Websell wrote:
"jmcquown" wrote in message ... On 6/13/2013 7:32 PM, Christina Websell wrote: Normally I only see house spiders in the autumn when it's breeding season but atm they are appearing somewhere in the house most days. So I have big fluffy towel nearby to scoop them up if they are crawling up the walls and flap it outside but I swear they are homing spiders. Boyfie keeps his eye on the floor, and sorts out the ground attack with a paw pat and a crunch as he eats them. He will watch for ages if he sees one go under a piece of furniture, it's sort of like mousing. Wait long enough without moving a muscle and they think you are gone - but you are not - voila! I think that with my putting outside strategy and Boyfie's ground attack there are none left today. Or at least I can't see any... Tweed Hopefully your invasion has stopped. I've got some spiders spinning webs again on either side of the front door. The infusion of peppermint oil didn't discourage them. Spraying the area with a hose doesn't stop them. They keep building webs there. There are already egg sacks out there. (sigh) Jill Chestnut oil is supposed to be their least favourite but I'm not about to pay loadsa money for it from the "don't like spiders? buy chestnut oil from us" people. It's supposed to be a good thing if spiders like your house, apparently means it is free of pollution. Once upon a time, I was very afraid of them but now I've braved up enough to get them into a big fluffy towel. It has to be a big towel otherwise I can't do it. I do not want to harm them just because I have a loathing which I haven't entirely been able to control. It does not matter how much I tell myself when faced with a big spider "it cannot harm you" they freak me out. I'm pretty sure there's a biological component to the fear of snakes - many people seem to have it and so do many other animals. I'm not so sure how that works for spiders, though. I have a feeling that's a much more cultural thing. Seems like in some places, people are a lot more easygoing about bugs, unless they know one to be dangerous, and then they seem to know what to do to avoid them. I don't think any other species of animal has a spider phobia, either (that I know of). So that one is probably taught. But whether you were taught or you inherited it genetically, you have it now, and it's not so easy to get rid of. You're doing a pretty good job, IMO! -- Joyce Hi, this is the Sylvia stress reduction hotline. At the sound of the beep, repeat after me: "This week, let someone else strive for excellence." -- Nicole Hollander |
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On 14.06.13 3:23, jmcquown wrote:
cut They freak me out too. That's why I bought peppermint oil. But it didn't work. So no, I won't buy chestnut oil from those people who tout all those natural deterrants. They don't work. It's like snake oil salesmen. (A USIAN term for people who sold patent medicines in the 1800's that didn't do what they said they would do.) I don't know what they heck else to do to keep them from coming in. Jill Well.... They like healthy air and environment , so, congratulations!!! You have a clean, healthy home......... |
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On 6/13/2013 11:29 PM, Sjouke Burry wrote:
On 14.06.13 3:23, jmcquown wrote: cut They freak me out too. That's why I bought peppermint oil. But it didn't work. So no, I won't buy chestnut oil from those people who tout all those natural deterrants. They don't work. It's like snake oil salesmen. (A USIAN term for people who sold patent medicines in the 1800's that didn't do what they said they would do.) I don't know what they heck else to do to keep them from coming in. Jill Well.... They like healthy air and environment , so, congratulations!!! You have a clean, healthy home......... Ha! House cleaning is on the very bottom rung of the ladder in my world. Jill |
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On 6/13/2013 10:42 PM, Bastette wrote:
I'm pretty sure there's a biological component to the fear of snakes - many people seem to have it and so do many other animals. I'm not so sure how that works for spiders, though. I have a feeling that's a much more cultural thing. Seems like in some places, people are a lot more easygoing about bugs, unless they know one to be dangerous, and then they seem to know what to do to avoid them. I don't think any other species of animal has a spider phobia, either (that I know of). So that one is probably taught. I think Tweed is doing a great job conquering this fear by grabbing them up in a towel and tossing them out. I don't see really *big* spiders around here. I'm not really afraid of spiders but I sure don't like them in my house. As for snakes, just the other day I was sitting here in the corner of the living room, typing away. I glanced out the glass door and saw a large black snake was slithering across the patio. I'm not exaggerating, that sucker was over 3 feet (about a meter) long. I'm glad it was too hot for me to be sitting outside. I probably would have screamed like a girl... wait, I AM a girl! These black snakes aren't poisonous but I sure don't want one slithering over my feet. The thing I have an absolute horror of is Palmetto bugs. They look like really large cockroaches, but they can fly! shudder Jill |
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On 6/14/2013 8:17 AM, jmcquown wrote:
On 6/13/2013 10:42 PM, Bastette wrote: I'm pretty sure there's a biological component to the fear of snakes - many people seem to have it and so do many other animals. I'm not so sure how that works for spiders, though. I have a feeling that's a much more cultural thing. Seems like in some places, people are a lot more easygoing about bugs, unless they know one to be dangerous, and then they seem to know what to do to avoid them. I don't think any other species of animal has a spider phobia, either (that I know of). So that one is probably taught. I think Tweed is doing a great job conquering this fear by grabbing them up in a towel and tossing them out. I don't see really *big* spiders around here. I'm not really afraid of spiders but I sure don't like them in my house. As for snakes, just the other day I was sitting here in the corner of the living room, typing away. I glanced out the glass door and saw a large black snake was slithering across the patio. I'm not exaggerating, that sucker was over 3 feet (about a meter) long. I'm glad it was too hot for me to be sitting outside. I probably would have screamed like a girl... wait, I AM a girl! These black snakes aren't poisonous but I sure don't want one slithering over my feet. Probably a King Snake or a Black Racer, both are good to have in the garden, harmless to humans and pets, but will eat the young of poisonous snakes like Copper Heads. -- Nik simpson |
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"jmcquown" wrote in message
... On 6/13/2013 10:42 PM, Bastette wrote: I'm pretty sure there's a biological component to the fear of snakes - many people seem to have it and so do many other animals. I'm not so sure how that works for spiders, though. I have a feeling that's a much more cultural thing. Seems like in some places, people are a lot more easygoing about bugs, unless they know one to be dangerous, and then they seem to know what to do to avoid them. I don't think any other species of animal has a spider phobia, either (that I know of). So that one is probably taught. I think Tweed is doing a great job conquering this fear by grabbing them up in a towel and tossing them out. I don't see really *big* spiders around here. I'm not really afraid of spiders but I sure don't like them in my house. As for snakes, just the other day I was sitting here in the corner of the living room, typing away. I glanced out the glass door and saw a large black snake was slithering across the patio. I'm not exaggerating, that sucker was over 3 feet (about a meter) long. I'm glad it was too hot for me to be sitting outside. I probably would have screamed like a girl... wait, I AM a girl! These black snakes aren't poisonous but I sure don't want one slithering over my feet. The thing I have an absolute horror of is Palmetto bugs. They look like really large cockroaches, but they can fly! shudder Jill I'm sorry, and don't want to belittle anyone's fear of snakes, but the idea of a snake that small being considered large strikes my funnybone. The rattlesnakes that grow in the hills around here easily reach twice that size. I avoid poisonous snakes, and any snake if I don't know whether or not it's poisonous. However, I like the nonpoisonous ones, and have held them several times. Once I was one of several people holding a snake that was about 20 feet (6 or 7 metres) long. Another time I held a little one, about one and a half times the size of yours, for about 20 minutes. It was draped across my shoulders, and wound its tail around the temple of my glasses. When the owner went to take it back, I had to take off my glasses so we could unwind it. I quite enjoyed that. Joy |
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