Vacuum spider catcher?

Re: Vacuum spider catcher?

Dippy — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 21:43:35 GMT

It involves a spider, a hairy cow, a bald man and Spiderman. Bizarre.

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Claire Cameron — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 21:35:50 GMT

What is the video? I daresn't click on it

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Dippy — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 21:10:51 GMT

Ummmmm...... thanks for that Ian?

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Ian_M — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 07:29:32 GMT

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJQlh0S6TWg

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Polly P — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 00:56:01 GMT

My cats love spiders... But they don't kill anything for at least an hour after catching it, so they will get the spider, slobber on it a bit, and then put it down... Course the spider doesn;t hang about to find out whats going to happen next!

Not good.

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Vicky RVN — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 00:12:36 GMT

I am so going to have to collect some conkers!!! I don't like spiders, but get parents to get rid of them. But MOTHS!!!! URGHHHH!! One just almost flew into me and i jumped out of my skin, hate the buggers! My bedroom and study will be conker covered!!!!

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Sal the 1st — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 23:53:46 GMT

you would be no good living at mine then - its like something out of indiana jones here!!!

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Claire Cameron — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 16:06:04 GMT

[quote user="Sal (the 1st) Holesworth VN CMH Chyp (M)PNLP"]

this is a country anti spider remedy that works

you need some conkers dotted around the house - apparently they give off some chemical that spiders and moths hate. i have tried it and it works! hide them in drwers and cupboards etc - out of the way of kids and animals as they are toxic

[/quote]

that's a fantastic idea. I'm going to try that, as like Dippy I'm hysterically scared of 8 legged creatures

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Kerry Spain — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 23:52:36 GMT

I'm not a fan of the buggers either, I bought a spider catcher from Betterware and it works. Also try cloves around the house (my mum swears by them) and I have a little plug in deterrent toowhich seems to keep them away. Failing that I just throw the cat at them and she sees them off for me!

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Sal the 1st — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 23:40:54 GMT

have you got a park or a woods nearby you may be able to find some of last years if they havnt sprouted

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Dippy — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 23:34:43 GMT

Hmmm, better master the knack of the sucker-upper until then then!

Anyone know if you can buy conkers anywhere like a garden centre? Don't recall ever seeing any but worth asking...?

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Sal the 1st — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 22:59:31 GMT

late sept october

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Dippy — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 22:49:36 GMT

Cooool, thanks for that. Have ordered my spider vac as well to be on the safe side but would prefer not to have to use it as am so phobic that even the thought of having to get within a foot of them to use the damn thing and then risk them falling out before I get it outdoors freaks me out!

When is conker season though - isn't it later in the autumn? Spider season has apparently well and truly started as all my pot plants outisde my back door are all webby in the mornigs as well now. So gross.

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Sal the 1st — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 22:43:28 GMT

i have conkers everywhere and two cats

have some hanging in a net in wardrobe

some in the drawers

some in the ornaments on the delft rail

in a net in the potpourri so the mogs cant reat them

if there is anywhere to hide a conker i have found it - esp in the bathroom.

dont think i have any on the floor at all. A vet told me about this had she had a spider prob too

they have been cutting corn for the last week so hopefully the conkers will still work or i am going to be inundated with spiders again!

Re: Vacuum spider catcher?

Nick Shackleton — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 22:39:34 GMT

THIS BATFINK:

www.youtube.com/watch

and yes that is me doozing in the chair lol

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Dippy — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 22:36:55 GMT

PS Batfink looks like her tactic is flattening them from a great height!!!

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Dippy — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 22:36:18 GMT

I've heard about the conker trick but was worried Henri would eat them. Do they still work if they're in drawers etc? I thought they had to be on the floor?

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Nick Shackleton — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 22:17:06 GMT

Here's my spider catcher!!! Batfink is great at dealing with wee beasties! Althou, she does try and deal with bees and wasps which isn't such a good idea!

And then she does tend to leave the spider's legs to show me her hard work!

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Sal the 1st — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 21:51:17 GMT

this is a country anti spider remedy that works

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Dippy — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 21:43:55 GMT

Thanks for the replies. Sadly I don't have my cats anymore which probabkly means I'm going to get a ton of big creepy crawlies in this autumn so I have to find a way to cope with them. I actually don't want to go upstairs and turn the light off after last night in case another one comes and I'm not even feeling conmfortable sitting here right now, keep looking at all the corners, walls etc. How pathetic is that?!

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Kim Buckley — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 21:14:58 GMT

My terrier is a very good spider catcher! Grosses me out when she walks around with their legs poking out of her mouth

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Catherine Raymond — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 21:09:41 GMT

Got an even better one - my mums cat. Eats anything with legs/wings/eyes! Just done an enema as we thought he was blocked after eating a bird, and even found pieces of rope.

He prowls the flat looking for anything that moves or flies! Absolutely nutty cat (just like my mum!) spiders don't live long there!!

Re: Vacuum spider catcher?

Jenny Cook RVN — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 10:30:35 GMT

this might be a better version, as no vacuum needed. Just grab and let go elsewhere.... One of our nurses got one of these as a secret santa present, lol

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Primrose-London-Spider-Catcher/dp/B003U3PSWE/ref=sr_1_6/277-5672083-1218213?ie=UTF8&s=garden&qid=1280741359&sr=8-6

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Busy bee — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 10:20:11 GMT

Hi, I have one, you get them from a shop called Lakeland. And yes you have to shake them out

They are also good for flies and other bugs too

Re: Vacuum spider catcher?

Dippy — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 09:48:39 GMT

PS How does the spider get back out of the tube? Do you just bang it til he falls out or is there a reverse vacuum to blast him out????