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Post by Olave H on Aug 8, 2021 10:55:47 GMT 1
In my favourite morning place of refuge & tranquility, aka 'the garden bog', lives one of those 'all legs hardly any body' spiders. Harry, as it's become known , has been living there for ages & I've known Harry since he was born. Sitting in close proximity to each other, as we do every morning, we often bounce ideas off each other prior to the start of another day & although the conversations tend to be a little one sided there's many a plan for the day's jobs been clarified between me & H. Trouble is that as H is now an adolescent he is less inclined to chat, seems to be finding his little feet & is asserting himself as all ados do. He does that 'whizzy' dance thing when things upset him which is quite disconcerting when concentration is the the order of the day & even my missus, who loves all Gods creatures, has remarked that he's getting too big for his little boots. I've very politely asked H vacate the room & move to pastures new (of which there are in abundance) but so far my entreaties have fallen on deaf ears & he seems intent on staying put. It could of course be that he really doesn't understand me & is a genuinly nice chap but the time has come for action. Seems to me that I could forcibly try to evict H but this would almost certainly result in crippling him by breaking one or more of his spindly little legs or worse still send him to that great web in the sky where all ex. spiders go. I don't want to hurt the little chap but conversely it's him or me & he's got to go. What do I do?
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Post by Polarengineer on Aug 8, 2021 15:24:18 GMT 1
The problem lies in that the fly on the wall has heard everything you discussed. I think there has been a concerted effort to spread a web of flies and H does not trust the outcome. Perhaps a small gekko could restore the balance.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 8, 2021 17:43:15 GMT 1
I tend to repatriate rather than kill.
I use a straight "pint" glass. They can't climb up the sides. If he's too big for one, could you try a litre-sized Pyrex jug?
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Post by JohnnyD on Aug 8, 2021 17:50:27 GMT 1
Give him ten warnings, one for each leg, then if you are still unhappy, look at rehoming Harry
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Post by ibis on Aug 8, 2021 18:50:30 GMT 1
Try to tell your missus that once you remove him, then all of the things he has been eating will now be alive and crawling around, possible on him whilst he sleeps..
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Post by Deleted on Aug 8, 2021 21:57:17 GMT 1
Use another toilet?
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Post by gigi on Aug 9, 2021 10:10:09 GMT 1
I employ a Lakeland tube for spider catching and they all scuttle away when I let them go outside. If you’re partial to chatting to Harry while busy in there, you might get lonely if you remove him.🥲
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