MadBlackLab
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my dog loves catching spiders but then he likes to bring them to me as a present
Spiders!
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claireandnadia
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I'm petrified of spiders but I don't even give it a second thought that one might me on the rug hanging up. By the size of the webs in nadia stable and tack room there are some big ones I am sure.
highlandponygirl
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my dog loves catching spiders but then he likes to bring them to me as a present
My little bengal cat does that, except she eats them. I always know when there is something running about the floor cause she stalks them.
timefort
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I used to work at a kennels with a lady who was hard as nails and could cope admirably with large and often dangerous dogs hurling themselves about without batting an eyelid. Show her a spider and regardless of size she'd be on the other side of the yard. She did however teach me a valuable rhyme:
If you want to live and thrive,
Let a spider run alive,
If you want to live at all,
Splat the b*gger on the wall...
If you want to live and thrive,
Let a spider run alive,
If you want to live at all,
Splat the b*gger on the wall...
highlandponygirl
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I used to work at a kennels with a lady who was hard as nails and could cope admirably with large and often dangerous dogs hurling themselves about without batting an eyelid. Show her a spider and regardless of size she'd be on the other side of the yard. She did however teach me a valuable rhyme:
If you want to live and thrive,
Let a spider run alive,
If you want to live at all,
Splat the b*gger on the wall...
Love it, im gonna steal that one.
Mare Stare
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I like spiders.
Apparently they hate the smell of conkers so you could always put loads of them on and around your rugs whilst storing them.
Apparently they hate the smell of conkers so you could always put loads of them on and around your rugs whilst storing them.
timefort
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I remember seeing the conker suggestion somewhere... maybe here or elsewhere. The jist of the conversation was someone having problems with spiders in their rooms, particularly in the corners. The suggestion was to put a conker in each of the corners of the room, as spiders dislike them. However, this rather fell apart when having distributed the conkers the op came home to find the largest spider yet reclining upon one of the said conkers!
ps I think rug bags are the way to go for long term storage & regular hoovering/sweeping/splatting in the stable to keep down the numbers in the overnight rugs.
ps I think rug bags are the way to go for long term storage & regular hoovering/sweeping/splatting in the stable to keep down the numbers in the overnight rugs.
Madam Min
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Our cat does that, although she doesn't seem to understand that once they're dead they won't move anymore!
Arizahn
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I store everything away in cardboard or plastic boxes and then seal the containers with duct tape. I do this with Xmas decorations too, especially after the cobwebby tinsel incident...
cremedemonthe
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You have had one of those too then?
One of my female friends came screaming downstairs one day to her bemused OH, she was ranting about how big the spider was she had trapped under a large bowl upstairs.He went up to find a large piece of darkly coloured tinsel nestling under a bowl on the floor in the middle of the bedroom, think he suggested she went to Specsavers after that.
Arizahn
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Nope; we were getting out the Xmas decorations and suddenly realised that we didn't own tinsel that was covered in "fake snow"
Uggh, still get the shudders remembering that...huge spider at the bottom of it all too! Hiding in amongst the baubles...arrghh!
Uggh, still get the shudders remembering that...huge spider at the bottom of it all too! Hiding in amongst the baubles...arrghh!
cremedemonthe
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lol
superted1989
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I'm terrified of spiders and another livery is terrified of mice. We have a system where rugs that are hung up get taken down by me as mice drop really quickly. She then does the full on spider sweep. Saved both of us a few heart attacks!
Hexx
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Just picking myself off the floor - arachnophobe here too!!! Making my skin crawl just reading this thread.
Since I have been on my own, I haven't been too bad about the spiders - although this year, there don't seem to be as many, and I do tend to get the "racehorse" type in my house. Mind you when ex-b*st*rd was here, he would have chased me with any spider I found, so tended not to make too much of a fuss and hope it went away!
But now, the best weapon against spiders? A DYSON!!! Has a long nozzel so that you don't have to stand too close, it's enclosed in a plastic bin and can't get out, and you don't even have to get too close when you need to empty the bin.
Since I have been on my own, I haven't been too bad about the spiders - although this year, there don't seem to be as many, and I do tend to get the "racehorse" type in my house. Mind you when ex-b*st*rd was here, he would have chased me with any spider I found, so tended not to make too much of a fuss and hope it went away!
But now, the best weapon against spiders? A DYSON!!! Has a long nozzel so that you don't have to stand too close, it's enclosed in a plastic bin and can't get out, and you don't even have to get too close when you need to empty the bin.
cremedemonthe
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Quote:
Originally Posted by cremedemonthe View Post
Another time I was laying in bed drifting off and I felt something run along my arm, I exploded out of my bed in vertical take off and landed in a heap by my door.
No, it wasn't a pretty sight as I was completley naked, on the second visit by the spider I had missed the first time, I had to flick it in a bucket as a pint glass was too small to fit it in.I had built a stockage of video tapes around it to stop it getting away again as it was sitting under my table in my room looking at me (it was probably laughing actually at the site of me with no clothes on armed with a bucket).I then went downstairs (still naked) with the bucket, opened the front door went out onto the porch and drop kicked it across the garden, SO glad it was 2 am and the door didn't blow shut behind me.How would I explain being naked in the front garden with a empty bucket!
Originally Posted by cremedemonthe View Post
Another time I was laying in bed drifting off and I felt something run along my arm, I exploded out of my bed in vertical take off and landed in a heap by my door.
best mental picture ever! haha i would do the same i think...that's one huge beastie of a spider!
same.
personally, i always shake rugs, jump back and shake them again just so i am satisfied. if i see one i go EEEE and run and jump a bit. once that is out of my system i can quite happily go about my business so long as i know where it is at ALL TIMES.
No, it wasn't a pretty sight as I was completley naked, on the second visit by the spider I had missed the first time, I had to flick it in a bucket as a pint glass was too small to fit it in.I had built a stockage of video tapes around it to stop it getting away again as it was sitting under my table in my room looking at me (it was probably laughing actually at the site of me with no clothes on armed with a bucket).I then went downstairs (still naked) with the bucket, opened the front door went out onto the porch and drop kicked it across the garden, SO glad it was 2 am and the door didn't blow shut behind me.How would I explain being naked in the front garden with a empty bucket!
Arizahn
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"The spider made me do it!!!"
tallyho!
Following a strict mediterranean diet...
This thread is quite funny in a skin crawling kind of way...
I don't hate spiders, I quite like them but if one touched me I would probably do a vertical take off and cling to the ceiling too!!!!!!!!
I have found, that giving them names really helps me with my phobia. Currently, we have Sid, Simon, Sienna and Sam. These are the biggest in the house. I've managed to encourage Sid out of the window, and Sam out of the door.
It sounds mad but I hate squishing anything, I think boiling water trick is meaner than squishing. basically, I should be a bhuddist!
As for rugs... why don't you put them in bags?? I put all mine in bags as a fast crawly thing would make me scream!
I don't hate spiders, I quite like them but if one touched me I would probably do a vertical take off and cling to the ceiling too!!!!!!!!
I have found, that giving them names really helps me with my phobia. Currently, we have Sid, Simon, Sienna and Sam. These are the biggest in the house. I've managed to encourage Sid out of the window, and Sam out of the door.
It sounds mad but I hate squishing anything, I think boiling water trick is meaner than squishing. basically, I should be a bhuddist!
As for rugs... why don't you put them in bags?? I put all mine in bags as a fast crawly thing would make me scream!
cremedemonthe
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I am sure they would have taken me down to the local hospital, sectioned!
cremedemonthe
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Worst thing is wandering to the loo in the dark in the middle of the night and standing on a large one with bare feet, they pop!
Then you have to scrape the damn thing off your skin!
Oz
Then you have to scrape the damn thing off your skin!
Oz
leah_x
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Apparently putting a conker near by gets rid of them, they don't like the smell or something, so perhaps hang conkers around everwhere?! Haha, you can also buy a spray that you spray in any gap or doorway and a spider will never cross it because of the smell it gives out ( we can't smell it though )
Luckily I have a very brave boyfriend who deals with the spiders, who de-spiders my stable at least once a week lol. Although he couldn't understand why I was crying so much when I touched a huge one in the dark complaining that I had 'spider touch' and refused to touch anything after that!
Luckily I have a very brave boyfriend who deals with the spiders, who de-spiders my stable at least once a week lol. Although he couldn't understand why I was crying so much when I touched a huge one in the dark complaining that I had 'spider touch' and refused to touch anything after that!
abitodd
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I blast 'em with chemicals!
Because we have cats and dogs I routinely spray the house with flea killer from the vet. It seems to keep spiders away........if not I go for a direct hit with the aerosol. Perhaps you could spray the rugs the day before you have to move them.
I had to get some old rugs from the loft in the tack room when I worked at a dressage yard. I did not like being in the loft because I am not good with heights(there was no rail/edge) So I got a broomstick,reached up above my head and pulled the rugs down over the edge together with the nest of RATS concealed therein! One landed on my head.
Back to spiders.BF also hates them. Oneday,just out of the bath,drying himself with the towel that had been hanging on the door,he felt something running down his tummy. Looked down to see large hairy spider heading downwards. Reflex action to hit it as hard as possible. He was accurate,but the spider had reached the place where blokes really don't want to punch themselves. I found him curled in a ball,groaning on the bathroom floor......
I had to cautiously check spider was dead before I could offer any sympathy.
Because we have cats and dogs I routinely spray the house with flea killer from the vet. It seems to keep spiders away........if not I go for a direct hit with the aerosol. Perhaps you could spray the rugs the day before you have to move them.
I had to get some old rugs from the loft in the tack room when I worked at a dressage yard. I did not like being in the loft because I am not good with heights(there was no rail/edge) So I got a broomstick,reached up above my head and pulled the rugs down over the edge together with the nest of RATS concealed therein! One landed on my head.
Back to spiders.BF also hates them. Oneday,just out of the bath,drying himself with the towel that had been hanging on the door,he felt something running down his tummy. Looked down to see large hairy spider heading downwards. Reflex action to hit it as hard as possible. He was accurate,but the spider had reached the place where blokes really don't want to punch themselves. I found him curled in a ball,groaning on the bathroom floor......
I had to cautiously check spider was dead before I could offer any sympathy.
Tnavas
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I store most of my rugs in the zipped bags that you can buy from the supermarket for bringing home your frozen shopping.
If you fold up the clean dry rug really neatly they will fit, may have to sit on them to squash them flat.
You can also write the name of the horse or the size of th erug on the bag. Makes sorting rugs at the beginning of the season really easy.
Any that are hung up I spray with flyspray or if you can shut up the room where they are stored use one of those bug bombs and fumigate the whole room - then at least any spiders you do cme across will already be dead.
If you fold up the clean dry rug really neatly they will fit, may have to sit on them to squash them flat.
You can also write the name of the horse or the size of th erug on the bag. Makes sorting rugs at the beginning of the season really easy.
Any that are hung up I spray with flyspray or if you can shut up the room where they are stored use one of those bug bombs and fumigate the whole room - then at least any spiders you do cme across will already be dead.
Mince Pie
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Abitodd, that has to be one of the best 'arachnophobia tales' ever, your poor OH!
I quite like them actually, living on a farm I get a lot of flies so I leave some of (many) spiders alone - saves a fortune on bug spray!
I quite like them actually, living on a farm I get a lot of flies so I leave some of (many) spiders alone - saves a fortune on bug spray!
BonneMaman
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LOL - that is so true - I would have to check first too!
cremedemonthe
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Have a laugh at these
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRV4d9LCawU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJVSoDFy3Y8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRV4d9LCawU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJVSoDFy3Y8
maree t
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Those vids are great. My kids have just come to see why mum is screaming and laughing and crying at the same time. My skin is now crawling and every hair on my body is now on the alert. Cant stand the blooming things and my daughter is the same. My son is better but cant pick them up. I tried to hoover one up with a dyson but it was too big and wrapped its legs round the end of the hoover. I was hysterically screaming and shouting rude words and ended up beating it to death while it was round the end of the hoover. We watched it for hours to make sure it was dead and then hoovered it up. I couldnt even empty the hoover afterwards.
I used to have a siamese cross cat that was my saviour when I lived on my own, he would have them everytime , even jumping up the walls to get them.
I used to have a siamese cross cat that was my saviour when I lived on my own, he would have them everytime , even jumping up the walls to get them.
cremedemonthe
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Yes, if you can get over the skin crawling sensation, those videos are very funny, especially in the first one when he runs past with the bucket he was trying to catch it in stuck on his foot!
Oz
Oz
midi
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ugh at any bugs!!
quite recently whilst tacking up there was a HUGE spider sitting on the pommel of the saddle, those big chunky black hairy ones.
So my auntie brushed it off as I'm off doing the ew ew ew dance, anyways tacked up - all dandy throw on my hat and guess who is crawling around on the hat flap looking at me! yes mr spidey DD: I think I died a little inside.
quite recently whilst tacking up there was a HUGE spider sitting on the pommel of the saddle, those big chunky black hairy ones.
So my auntie brushed it off as I'm off doing the ew ew ew dance, anyways tacked up - all dandy throw on my hat and guess who is crawling around on the hat flap looking at me! yes mr spidey DD: I think I died a little inside.
pardalis
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Overnight one of the cats has knocked our tarantula's tank on the floor and there is a massive adult tarantula AWOL in the house somewhere. I can't find her. :-(
However I did come down this mornIng to a load of cat puke so it's possible she has been eaten :-( :-(
So my house isn't one for an arachnophobe at the moment!
Oh btw - spiders can't smell. So the conker thing will be a myth!
However I did come down this mornIng to a load of cat puke so it's possible she has been eaten :-( :-(
So my house isn't one for an arachnophobe at the moment!
Oh btw - spiders can't smell. So the conker thing will be a myth!