We lost our pig tonight. He started to stagger and fall and have heavy breathing and all the signs matching black widow bites and we see a few of them around here. He passed away later on. While looking up the symptoms of a widow bite my husband found a large widow on the back wall of the house, out in the open, just sitting there. I have a feeling she was the culprit. Everything I have read says to keep areas clean to keep them away but she is the second one I have found out in the open with no cover so keeping areas clear are not going to help all that much with these girls. I am going to cover the yard in Diatomaceous earth around the house and sheds but does anyone else have some suggestions? I also have some natural spray I could douse the sheds with to keep away the food for them. We have seen a small reduction in them with the chickens eating their food but not enough.
