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livingdustmops · 04-11-2006, 11:39 AM

I had a friend get bite by one of these here in Arizona - he ended up with a chunk out of his leg...not pretty but at least they caught it in time.

and Bama - thanks for the visual of Platinum running through the crowd with just the shower curtain...funny.

bchgirl · 04-11-2006, 11:42 AM

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Originally Posted by BamaFan121s

OK, so it says the violin shape is not always there, but you can tell by the pattern of it's eyes!?!?!

OK, like I'm going to get close enough to count it's stupid eyes!

NOTE TO SELF: Just be safe and squash all brown spiders.

Kinda like when they tell you that you can determine whether or not a snake is venomous by it's pupils....ya right....I'll check those after he's dead

y0rkieL0ver · 04-11-2006, 11:53 AM

i was just hospitalized last week for a bad spider bite, and it was not fun- they had on an iv for two days, major pain meds...[not sure if it was a brown recluse, but its def possible] i had at first thought it was a mosquito bite and let it go for almost a week until i was pretty much paralyzed on one side. it was so painful!! i had a fever, was vomitting, it was just a baaaaad experience. dont let your bug bites go unattended!! if you experience any strange symptom run to the ER and get it checked out ASAP. i was lucky my sister dragged me to the ER and made me get it checked out otherwise siri may have been motherless!!!

hle_625 · 04-11-2006, 11:56 AM

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Originally Posted by y0rkieL0ver

i was just hospitalized last week for a bad spider bite, and it was not fun- they had on an iv for two days, major pain meds...[not sure if it was a brown recluse, but its def possible] i had at first thought it was a mosquito bite and let it go for almost a week until i was pretty much paralyzed on one side. it was so painful!! i had a fever, was vomitting, it was just a baaaaad experience. dont let your bug bites go unattended!! if you experience any strange symptom run to the ER and get it checked out ASAP. i was lucky my sister dragged me to the ER and made me get it checked out otherwise siri may have been motherless!!!

Scary, Scary, Scary! Glad that you are ok!

Baby Blessing · 04-11-2006, 12:04 PM

These are very very dangerous, our neighbor got bit on her leg and it was so bad, they eventually had to amputate her leg. Scarey, She was sorting through her sewing fabric and she figured it was in there. I went and put wide tape on the closures of all boxes that I have stored my stuff in, to make sure they are all sealed tight so nothing can get into them.

Connie · 04-11-2006, 12:37 PM

That's one bad spider. Those of you who think they aren't in your area, beware. They are not supposed to be here, but they are. One man ended up having a seven hour surgery on his brain and nearly died...also lost a large part of his leg.

My son got bit by spider/spiders a few years back. He had huge red lines...about an inch wide...going upwards from the huge red bites. I was so afraid it was a brown recluse, but it turned out to be an aggressive house spider. He ended up in the hospital...even had vision problems from the bites and thank goodness...no lasting effects except for the scars from the bites. The doctor said if this was olden times, it would have been a death sentence for him because it was moving so quickly through his lypmph system and without antibiotics to fight it, he'd have been a goner.

I kill ANY spider I see...indoors or out. I don't like em and stomp em good! Only ones I don't mind are daddy long legs.

PlatinumYorkies · 04-11-2006, 12:49 PM

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Originally Posted by BamaFan121s

Oh...if you could only see the mental picture I'm getting in my head of you running like a lunatic with a shower curtain wrapped around you!

I'm glad!!!

Muffie's Mom · 04-11-2006, 01:11 PM

If YOU GET BIT BY A BROWN RECLUSE SPIDER DO NOT GO TO YOUR REGULAR DOCTOR.

HEAD STRAIGHT TO A WOUND CARE CLINIC !

They have specialized medicine there that your normal doctor doesn't have or even know about!

BamaFan121s · 04-11-2006, 01:34 PM

[QUOTE=bchgirl]Kinda like when they tell you that you can determine whether or not a snake is venomous by it's pupils....ya right....I'll check those after he's dead [/QUOTE]

Here here...I second this motion!

SandyTXn · 04-11-2006, 03:28 PM

My husband was bitten 24 times by a brown recluse spider. He almost died! He was bitten on his forehead and the skin rotted down to his skull. He spent a week in the hospital, had to have plastic surgery and was very very sick!! I KILL EVERY SPIDER!!!!!! AND.....you better believe we are very very careful!!!!! He was bitten in Georgia, flew home to Houston where he was treated. Thank the Lord above............Please take this notice to everyone seriously! Also, my girlfriend in Albuquerque, New Mexico was also bitten by a brown recluse and she has a large hole in her calf now.

Francie · 04-11-2006, 06:49 PM

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Originally Posted by jbarile

This is a little graphic but is a must see, so that you will know what is happening should you get bit knowing or unknowingly. This talks about your attic, they can be found in any dark cool place, just be careful where you put your hands, seek medical attention ASAP.

Brown Recluse Spiders - This is a MUST read

Whether it's spring time, summer time, fall time or cleanup is going on.
Be careful where you put your hands. They like dark spaces & woodpiles.
Also cool areas in the attic, etc.

This guy was bitten by a Brown Recluse spider.
The Brown Recluse Spider is the most dangerous spider that we have here in the USA.

I'm getting a Lizard....

Francie

Kim000001 · 04-11-2006, 07:22 PM

Dangitt!!
I had to read this so close to bed time. Now I am going to dream of spiders crawling all over me!!!

heather_lathrop · 04-11-2006, 07:39 PM

I live in an older trailer. Not sure why thry love it here, but they do. I have been bitten twice, and my husband once since we lived here. I was bit on the neck the first time, while sleeping. And the second time I was bitten multiple times when I rolled over on one, while I was sleeping. I was 8 months pregnant at the time and had to go to the hospital. Where I spent many hours. It was terrible. Luckily the time when I had gotten bit the second time, it bit me so many times in a row that it woke me up. It was almost like a sting feeling. Hurt pretty bad. I was lucky that he was not able to inject enough of the poison to cause this type of severe damage. But I do have scars from the bites. And my husband still has a hole in his ankle where he was bitten. These spiders are everywhere. And they are VERY hard to kill. They are immune to so many poisons. We have been buying glue traps for them. We put these where no one else can get to them. Like my kids, or the yorkies, etc. We put them in dark cool areas, and behind furniture. They are scented so that the spiders are attracted to them. PLEASE educate yourselves on these spiders, and other types of spiders in your area. You can't mess around with them at all. They love cardboard boxes, paper, dark, damp cool areas, etc. If you get bit by a spider and you don't see the spider, see a doctor. The damage can happen so fast and can even be deadly. Don't take a chance and put it off. See a doctor, because its better safe than sorry.

SandyTXn · 04-11-2006, 07:49 PM

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Originally Posted by heather_lathrop

I live in an older trailer. Not sure why thry love it here, but they do. I have been bitten twice, and my husband once since we lived here. I was bit on the neck the first time, while sleeping. And the second time I was bitten multiple times when I rolled over on one, while I was sleeping. I was 8 months pregnant at the time and had to go to the hospital. Where I spent many hours. It was terrible. Luckily the time when I had gotten bit the second time, it bit me so many times in a row that it woke me up. It was almost like a sting feeling. Hurt pretty bad. I was lucky that he was not able to inject enough of the poison to cause this type of severe damage. But I do have scars from the bites. And my husband still has a hole in his ankle where he was bitten. These spiders are everywhere. And they are VERY hard to kill. They are immune to so many poisons. We have been buying glue traps for them. We put these where no one else can get to them. Like my kids, or the yorkies, etc. We put them in dark cool areas, and behind furniture. They are scented so that the spiders are attracted to them. PLEASE educate yourselves on these spiders, and other types of spiders in your area. You can't mess around with them at all. They love cardboard boxes, paper, dark, damp cool areas, etc. If you get bit by a spider and you don't see the spider, see a doctor. The damage can happen so fast and can even be deadly. Don't take a chance and put it off. See a doctor, because its better safe than sorry.

The doctors in Houston told us that the only thing that saved my husbands life was that there venom gets weaker every time they bite. Boy, that's a good thing........Thanks for the Arkansas warning! We kill all spiders!

rockrobin · 04-12-2006, 10:10 AM

Killing every spider is not going to save you. We should not wipe out all spiders because of a few. There is a balance in nature. The brown recluse like its name does try to remain seclude.

I have the same argument with my husband over snakes. He thinks that they should all be dead. We would be in trouble if we wiped out everything we thought bugged us.

My first husband had a brown recluse bite him. My son had one a several weeks later. My son had a systemic reaction to the spider bite. I do know what they can do.

04-11-2006, 11:39 AM	#16
livingdustmops Princess Poop A Lot Donating Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Colorado Posts: 6,728	I had a friend get bite by one of these here in Arizona - he ended up with a chunk out of his leg...not pretty but at least they caught it in time. and Bama - thanks for the visual of Platinum running through the crowd with just the shower curtain...funny. __________________ Cindy & The Rescued Gang Puppies Are Not Products!

04-11-2006, 11:53 AM	#18
y0rkieL0ver Donating Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Medford, Ma Posts: 865	how wierd i was just hospitalized for this!! i was just hospitalized last week for a bad spider bite, and it was not fun- they had on an iv for two days, major pain meds...[not sure if it was a brown recluse, but its def possible] i had at first thought it was a mosquito bite and let it go for almost a week until i was pretty much paralyzed on one side. it was so painful!! i had a fever, was vomitting, it was just a baaaaad experience. dont let your bug bites go unattended!! if you experience any strange symptom run to the ER and get it checked out ASAP. i was lucky my sister dragged me to the ER and made me get it checked out otherwise siri may have been motherless!!! __________________ To eRr is HuMan, To FoRgiVe, CaNiNe Jackie & Sirius

04-11-2006, 12:37 PM	#21
Connie Loved by Maddie & Libby Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: North Dakota Posts: 10,732	That's one bad spider. Those of you who think they aren't in your area, beware. They are not supposed to be here, but they are. One man ended up having a seven hour surgery on his brain and nearly died...also lost a large part of his leg. My son got bit by spider/spiders a few years back. He had huge red lines...about an inch wide...going upwards from the huge red bites. I was so afraid it was a brown recluse, but it turned out to be an aggressive house spider. He ended up in the hospital...even had vision problems from the bites and thank goodness...no lasting effects except for the scars from the bites. The doctor said if this was olden times, it would have been a death sentence for him because it was moving so quickly through his lypmph system and without antibiotics to fight it, he'd have been a goner. I kill ANY spider I see...indoors or out. I don't like em and stomp em good! Only ones I don't mind are daddy long legs. __________________ Custom doggie dresses and vests Memory is a country where I can go to see your face - but where do I go when I miss your embrace?

04-11-2006, 01:11 PM	#23
Muffie's Mom And now Missy's Mom, too! Donating Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: FL Posts: 1,496	If YOU GET BIT BY A BROWN RECLUSE SPIDER DO NOT GO TO YOUR REGULAR DOCTOR. HEAD STRAIGHT TO A WOUND CARE CLINIC ! They have specialized medicine there that your normal doctor doesn't have or even know about! __________________ Pat...Mom to Muffie & Missy! Our Photos are HERE Missy on Dogster Muffie on Dogster Last edited by Muffie's Mom; 04-11-2006 at 01:14 PM.

04-11-2006, 03:28 PM	#25
SandyTXn YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Arkansas Posts: 646	24 Bites........... My husband was bitten 24 times by a brown recluse spider. He almost died! He was bitten on his forehead and the skin rotted down to his skull. He spent a week in the hospital, had to have plastic surgery and was very very sick!! I KILL EVERY SPIDER!!!!!! AND.....you better believe we are very very careful!!!!! He was bitten in Georgia, flew home to Houston where he was treated. Thank the Lord above............Please take this notice to everyone seriously! Also, my girlfriend in Albuquerque, New Mexico was also bitten by a brown recluse and she has a large hole in her calf now. __________________ Sandy, Dudley and Dinkey

04-11-2006, 12:04 PM	#20
Baby Blessing Our Blessings R Many Donating Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: In the shelter of God's Loving Care. Posts: 3,095 Blog Entries: 1	These are very very dangerous, our neighbor got bit on her leg and it was so bad, they eventually had to amputate her leg. Scarey, She was sorting through her sewing fabric and she figured it was in there. I went and put wide tape on the closures of all boxes that I have stored my stuff in, to make sure they are all sealed tight so nothing can get into them.

04-11-2006, 01:34 PM	#24
BamaFan121s Donating YT 10K Club Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Alabama Posts: 11,432	[QUOTE=bchgirl]Kinda like when they tell you that you can determine whether or not a snake is venomous by it's pupils....ya right....I'll check those after he's dead [/QUOTE] Here here...I second this motion!

04-11-2006, 07:22 PM	#27
Kim000001 Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Baltimore Maryland Posts: 180	Dangitt!! I had to read this so close to bed time. Now I am going to dream of spiders crawling all over me!!!

04-11-2006, 07:39 PM	#28
heather_lathrop Gizmo and Gidget's Pet Donating Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Arkansas Posts: 1,326	I live in an older trailer. Not sure why thry love it here, but they do. I have been bitten twice, and my husband once since we lived here. I was bit on the neck the first time, while sleeping. And the second time I was bitten multiple times when I rolled over on one, while I was sleeping. I was 8 months pregnant at the time and had to go to the hospital. Where I spent many hours. It was terrible. Luckily the time when I had gotten bit the second time, it bit me so many times in a row that it woke me up. It was almost like a sting feeling. Hurt pretty bad. I was lucky that he was not able to inject enough of the poison to cause this type of severe damage. But I do have scars from the bites. And my husband still has a hole in his ankle where he was bitten. These spiders are everywhere. And they are VERY hard to kill. They are immune to so many poisons. We have been buying glue traps for them. We put these where no one else can get to them. Like my kids, or the yorkies, etc. We put them in dark cool areas, and behind furniture. They are scented so that the spiders are attracted to them. PLEASE educate yourselves on these spiders, and other types of spiders in your area. You can't mess around with them at all. They love cardboard boxes, paper, dark, damp cool areas, etc. If you get bit by a spider and you don't see the spider, see a doctor. The damage can happen so fast and can even be deadly. Don't take a chance and put it off. See a doctor, because its better safe than sorry. __________________ Heather & Max - In honor of my sweet Ayden!

04-12-2006, 10:10 AM	#30
rockrobin Donating Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Springfield, Missouri Posts: 77	Killing every spider is not going to save you. We should not wipe out all spiders because of a few. There is a balance in nature. The brown recluse like its name does try to remain seclude. I have the same argument with my husband over snakes. He thinks that they should all be dead. We would be in trouble if we wiped out everything we thought bugged us. My first husband had a brown recluse bite him. My son had one a several weeks later. My son had a systemic reaction to the spider bite. I do know what they can do. __________________ Ayrwen is a