Arachnophobia

[Ted_Harrell]

I can understand phobias, and the one poster who said they could live outside just not in the house, I guess that would be my opinion as well.

 

[BarredRockMotherHen]

I'm gonna be honest with you now. I HATE spiders. The hate is beyond anything. I see a spider and I pray to any god as long as it kills it.

Tonight my SO fell asleep on the couch and I went out for a smoke. There right above my head was a spider. And I'm not talking a baby itty bitty spider. I'm talking a freakin halloween decoration. I was already outside and it was blocking my exit inside. I waited for that THING to come down so I could walk past and go in to get the raid. I couldn't find raid so I home defensed it's butt. Finally it was hard as a rock and then I beat it to death with a fly swatter.

I'm not a bad person. I love all animals. But I hate spiders. I'm sure some people feel this way about mice or cockroaches. But to me spiders are unholy evil for some reason

Moths, spiders, mice and roaches on the odd occasion that I see them get the same treatment... the death penalty!!! I wholly agree with you and I wish my chickens would pay better attention I HATE certain creepy crawlys.

 

[Ninjasquirrel]

Oh my.

So when I lived in England, there was this ONE type of spider I couldn't stand.
They had big bodies, and they were everywhere. On the ivy, mainly.

I hadn't got a clue what they were called, but that's them. Orb weavers! Flipping creepy things.
We used to get a few types of snake in England too, and slow worms. Slow worms were really sweet, no harm in them whatsoever.

We don't have any snakes in Ireland either.

Didnt st. Patrick drive the snakes out of Ireland? Also, what are slow worms? I'm guessing some type of snake.

 

[Ninjasquirrel]

Moths, spiders, mice and roaches on the odd occasion that I see them get the same treatment... the death penalty!!! I wholly agree with you and I wish my chickens would pay better attention I HATE certain creepy crawlys.

I let moths live unless they are in my house because they can be a detriment to linens. Same with mice because they chew electrical wires. My home is my castle and it must be protected.

 

[The Happster]

Slow worms are lizards. They have these cute little snake tongues. They're really sweet. The cats used to attack them, and I once saved a baby slow worm from my chickens.
Google them. Very snakey but absolutely harmless.

 

[Ninjasquirrel]

Slow worms are lizards. They have these cute little snake tongues. They're really sweet. The cats used to attack them, and I once saved a baby slow worm from my chickens.
Google them. Very snakey but absolutely harmless.

Wow. The definately look like snakes. Apparently it is illegal to kill them. I've never seen them before. Guess we dont have them in the USA. I'm interested to learn more about them. Like, how can they be considered a lizard but have no legs

 

[The Happster]

Lol idk.
They were very snake-like, but they'd let you hold them no problem. They didn't have teeth, if I remember correctly. Just cute mouths with this adorable red tongue.
I've never seen them attack anything.

 

[bikerchix]

according to my reptile book, we have a legless lizard in this part of the country. although to me, a lizard with no legs IS a snake. as a kid we used to catch horny toads and a kind of lizard we called a mountain boomer for pets.

 

[Ninjasquirrel]

according to my reptile book, we have a legless lizard in this part of the country. although to me, a lizard with no legs IS a snake. as a kid we used to catch horny toads and a kind of lizard we called a mountain boomer for pets.

My father used to catch garter snakes in his garden and I wouldn't let him kill them so we set up a terrarium for them in the garage. Every once in a while "they must have escaped". My mother was terrified of snakes and wouldnt allow them on the house. My sister was scared of them too. Especially when I wrapped them around my neck to show her how harmless they were

 

[bullfighting]

Supongo que las serpientes no me molestan porque son tan identificables. Una culebra es completamente inofensiva y fácil de detectar. Mientras que una araña ... podrías estar ocupándote de tus propios asuntos y la araña idiota repugnante y repugnante de BAM en tu cara. Realmente odio las arañas tejedoras de orbes (arañas de jardín). Son cosas enormes y horribles. Creo que me lo han dicho. Si derribo una red, simplemente construyen una más cerca de mí.

Solía vivir en un apartamento en el segundo piso. Un día bajé las escaleras y un tejedor de orbes había hecho una telaraña GIGANTE durante la noche, pero hacía mucho que se había ido. Lo derribé con la escoba y seguí mi camino alegre. Al día siguiente lo mismo solo que ahora estaba a la mitad de las escaleras. Esa noche abrí mi puerta para ver que esa cosa horrible había hecho una telaraña JUSTO AFUERA DE MI PUERTA. Pero esta vez estaba ahí. Lo maté con spray para avispas y lo golpeé hasta matarlo con la escoba por si acaso. Mi SO dijo que estaba tratando de mantener su red construyéndola más alta, pero juro que me estaba persiguiendo. ¡Araña idiota!

¡Yo también las odio! mi forma de matarlas es tirarlas al suelo y en cuanto tocan el suelo las aplasto con lo que haya cerca.
PD: te recomiendo que la próxima vez la intentes matar la primera vez que la veas y evitar sustos, buen trabajo!