Snakes Are Getting On My Nerves....

[dEHmom]

before I get within a mile of a brown recluse spider....or any other spider for that matter. Those are what keep me inside and I don't think we have any venomous spiders where ilive either.

you know.......pretty sure it's a fact that you are never any more than 2 ft from a spider at all times ::::::::::::::::

i think this is the summer we are going to get the garden orb spiders. they build gigantic (but beautiful) webs in the corners of everything (in the fence where the boards meet the cross bars) and any where else OUTSIDE. they build big enough webs to catch about 5 dragonflies. i always free the dragon flies, but they get most of the bugs and that's fine with me.

i hate spiders, but if they are outside, and killing the flies that usually come in my house it's fine by me! these spiders come every 2 to 3 years only. and they have a body the size of a golf ball (not including the legs!) and bigger! they are very shy of humans though. if you go near, they will hide and curl into a ball.

[Blackcat31]

you know.......pretty sure it's a fact that you are never any more than 2 ft from a spider at all times ::::::::::::::::.

Thanks for ruining my day!!!! ...Now I can't stop shuddering and am totaly creeped out. I will feel like I have creepy crawly's all over me now...

[dEHmom]

Thanks for ruining my day!!!! ...Now I can't stop shuddering and am totaly creeped out. I will feel like I have creepy crawly's all over me now...

there's one by your foot!

[Blackcat31]

there's one by your foot!

[dEHmom]

hahaha sorry, had to do it.
spiders are good. they catch all the stuff you wouldnt want to find running around.

right now i'm battling ants! in my bedroom!!!!!! ugh! i had a glass of sprite on the night stand when i had the flu months ago. and my little guy spilled it in the morning, and so i cleaned it all up. but i guess i didn't realize it ran down the back of the night stand. ugh! 2 nights ago i looked over while laying in bed, and there were about 100 ants crawling around. i slept on the couch that night.

[gkids09]

I am SO glad you posted this Catherder!! We have had an unreal amount of snakes this year too!! I think ours is because of all the flood water we've dealt with (same reason we have a MILLION frogs around too...).

My poor puppy dog (a yellow lab, about 3 years old), got bitten either yesterday morning or night before last by a copperhead snake...TWICE. Poor puppy is spending her second night at the vet tonight. She is BAD swollen and the vet says "We are just taking it one day at a time..."

I HATE snakes..Got home the other day without dh, and there was one over 4 feet long in the middle of my driveway. Even in the car, I froze and almost burst into tears. ha!

Then the mockingbirds started going CRAZY after it, and it left. We killed a snake that was making its home in our flower bed a few weeks ago. AND we have an outdoor (pregnant) cat that adopted us, so I don't think her smell is bothering the snakes much, darn it. ::

I WILL be purchasing moth balls and putting it out around my house AND my daycare ASAP.

Oh, and as for the mothballs killing pets...the vet told us that when they put them in their mouth, they cause a sort of chemical burn on their tongue, so they spit them right back out, no harm done...

[dEHmom]

i know MOST cats don't like moth balls. it usually works pretty well to keep them out of the gardens. but some cats either don't care, or don't smell them.

sorry to hear about your puppy hope he is home soon.

i dont' know how you all do it, with all the snakes around. eeek!

we used to at night grab our garbage and throw it out the back door. then in the morning when dh would leave, he'd chuck the bag into the bin. for a few nights in a row, the bags were torn up. which is weird, because we have a completely fenced in yard, and live FAR away from all the wildlife.

3am dh is leaving for work, sees our cat eating the garbage! opens the door, and gets ready to hoof him. he was thinking that our cat looked awfully fat all of a sudden. a foot away from making contact, he realized it was a skunk. luckily the skunk didn't even notice him! must've been some good garbage. i would've killed dh if the skunk sprayed because it's rear end was pointed right into my back door.

[Cat Herder]

The citrus oil I have is in a spray can and I got it at home depot. It's actually a natural air and surface freshener but its all natural so just pure citrus oil. It won't harm them but it does irritate them like and it will release any biter. They HATE the smell.

I would love to see them and my oldest would never leave your yard!

Very cool.. maybe I could soak some of the ground aquarium clay (incubation material) with the oil and just sprinkle it around. Hmm... I have a few extra bags of compressed coconut bedding to absorb it up, too...bet that would work... Thanks!!!

I am SO glad you posted this Catherder!! We have had an unreal amount of snakes this year too!! I think ours is because of all the flood water we've dealt with (same reason we have a MILLION frogs around too...).

My poor puppy dog (a yellow lab, about 3 years old), got bitten either yesterday morning or night before last by a copperhead snake...TWICE. Poor puppy is spending her second night at the vet tonight. She is BAD swollen and the vet says "We are just taking it one day at a time..."

I HATE snakes..Got home the other day without dh, and there was one over 4 feet long in the middle of my driveway. Even in the car, I froze and almost burst into tears. ha!

Then the mockingbirds started going CRAZY after it, and it left. We killed a snake that was making its home in our flower bed a few weeks ago. AND we have an outdoor (pregnant) cat that adopted us, so I don't think her smell is bothering the snakes much, darn it. ::

I WILL be purchasing moth balls and putting it out around my house AND my daycare ASAP.

Oh, and as for the mothballs killing pets...the vet told us that when they put them in their mouth, they cause a sort of chemical burn on their tongue, so they spit them right back out, no harm done...

Thanks for letting me know what your vet said. I am sorry to hear about your dog, copperheads do have one painful bite. Glad to hear your little guy was not allergic to the venom.

:::: At your mockingbirds...my blue jays give them grief as well.

Oh, and Blackcat...I have an annoying screech owl that lives a couple trees over from the treehouse. The snakes do not care..she is only here to torment me.

[Breezy]

I'd take a bucket full of snakes over a recluse spider anyday!

You have a point...

Hubby is deployed so I am the official spider killer of the house. Killed them both with the Swiffer! My cats found the second one before I did but lucky I was right there before they got bit!

[Michael]

Someone toled me to have a outside cat ,snakes dont like the smell of cats and also cut the bushes back they dont like to much light.I had snakes in my yard in Louisiana,I`m from Germany and we dont have snackes (zoo only) ,fricked me out ,I dont know wich snake is poisend .

Actually you're right. Cats are great hunters of everything that moves. Next door neighbor's indoor/outdoor cat is a hunter/killer. Never see anything moving outside anymore. The neighbor always finds something/parts that the cat brought in. I would just have an outdoor cat but spade/neuter it.

[Michael]

you know.......pretty sure it's a fact that you are never any more than 2 ft from a spider at all times ::::::::::::::::

If you live in a tent, and its also said that at one time in your life everyone will swallow a spider while sleeping. Now sleep on that one...

[nannyde]

Actually you're right. Cats are great hunters of everything that moves. Next door neighbor's indoor/outdoor cat is a hunter/killer. Never see anything moving outside anymore. The neighbor always finds something/parts that the cat brought in. I would just have an outdoor cat but spade/neuter it.

I'm not a Cat fan (well I'm a Cathearder fan but not a cat as in kitty cat) but I would definitely rather have one cat than a yard of snakes.

Time to get you a HEARD of cats Cathearder.

[nannyde]

I'd take a bucket full of snakes over a recluse spider anyday!

I got bit by a brown recluse about five years ago. OMG it was SO painful. I thought I was going to DIE.

The Doctor was like "oh it looks like you've been bit by a brown recluse spider... that's too bad... that's got to REALLY hurt".



Ah yeah... I'm here because I'm ready to cut my leg off at the knee and I'm sick!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Blackcat31]

If you live in a tent, and its also said that at one time in your life everyone will swallow a spider while sleeping. Now sleep on that one...

OMG!!!!! Where is the vomit emoticon?!?!!?!?!? I am seriously never going to sleep ever again!!! ...and I will not CIO either!! I will just stand here wide awake looking frantically all around me:confused::confused: I will also only communicate through typing and text from now on...it will seriously reduce the risk of opening my mouth...just in case.

[Michael]

I got bit by a brown recluse about five years ago. OMG it was SO painful. I thought I was going to DIE.

The Doctor was like "oh it looks like you've been bit by a brown recluse spider... that's too bad... that's got to REALLY hurt".



Ah yeah... I'm here because I'm ready to cut my leg off at the knee and I'm sick!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Really? Forget waterboarding, you want information just show me a recluse and I am giving it up: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3iM-Qfdajg