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Luckily I know the Widow species, and it was not one of those.
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To hell with all this humanity methods. There is only one solution and that is to welly the get with a large boot. Thats what happens to any eight legged freak that gets spotted near me. No messing about
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Either way its Dr Boot
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Yes, my wife was bitten by a false widow earlier in the year. It eventually swelled quite badly & was quite painful. A trip to the hospital got some appropriate pills but it took a while to fade completely. Not a pleasant experience for her.
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I'm with you on this one Rich - a 5lb lump hammer, wielded by the wife in case it goes on the offensive
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I found it hiding in the folds of a cover on my sofa, it has just learnt to fly!
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Good morning Fred,
We always lift up the lid and toilet seat to check for spiders and snakes before sitting down. On my first trip to Namibia, I had to stay in a B&B out in the bush. The owner of the B&B said always check your shoes for spiders or scorpions before putting them on and check the bed sheets before getting into bed. This morning I had a scarab beetle land at my feet whilst I was on the loo. I picked it up very carefully so as not to hurt it and released it out of the window. |
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Driving down a mountain road in South Africa, I felt something crawling in my crutch. I went to scratch it and the beast stabbed my balls. The pain was excruciating, we pulled over onto the hard shoulder and when I dropped my trousers, there it was, a black button spider with a patch of red on its back. In anger, I squashed it and threw it into the bushes.
I couldn’t drive the car as I was in that much pain, so my wife took over for the rest of the drive. When we got back to the farm, it was dark and late, I took a handful of Piriton tablets which knocked me out. The following morning I went to the Doctors and he suggested I come and see him every 2-3 days for a review in case one of the balls dropped out (the poison was necrotic), then it is plastic surgery. From his computer screen and from my description, we were able to identify the spider and the recommended treatment. I was put on 2 different types of antibiotics and strong pain killers, there was no antivenin. When the balls turned blue/black and swelled up to the size of a football, the GP said he would have to lance them and drain off the fluid. It was nearly 3 months before the pain disappeared. All that from a spider bite. When I wrote it up on another forum, I had cheap smart Alec comments: did I apply a tourniquet, did my wife not suck out the poison?.....having a sense of humour is must |
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