Spider killer?

[ClaireAccessory]

I know I should be kind to all of mother natures creatures and set a good example for dd but when there is a spider in my home it is going to get squished! How do you deal with them, do you gently put them outside or squash the feckers flat?

[GoodGirlGoneWrong]

Used to love the little things (or big in this house) till I got bitten by a false widow and still 6 months later have a scar and lump! Now I must say I either run the other way or get DH to sort them out or if he is away dc 1 loves them and puts them in the garden for me

[CattyCatCat]

Get cats. They kill and eat spiders. I've only sen one small one this year when I would usually see at least 10 big bastards. The cats love them and get to them before I get terrorised.

[Sierraspider]

Glad to see most people dont kill them, that's plain cruel and karma will get you!! I have two pet tarantulas, my daughter loves them and I've taught her to respect all creatures small and big. One of my spiders is called Sierra and the other Speedy!

[SycamoreMum]

Emzii you sound like me.

[Shaunababy63]

Flamethrower! Makes me feel better about just smushing them now :L

[emzii206]

I am a serial spider murderer....
I see anything with more than four legs, and my instant reaction is to squish it with the nearest squishing implement.
If the creature is particularly massive/hairy/scary-looking, the hairspray can and a lighter homemade flame-thrower comes out to play!
No apologies here. They are creepy. I know people say that spiders are good for your garden because they eat the little beasties that feast on your plants....but they serve no purpose in my house!! So, they are perfectly safe if they stay outside...but once they set foot in my house it's game on.

[PurpleSwift]

I also wasn't aware they would most likely die outside. Hopefully they make it to the neighbours .....

[PurpleSwift]

I have killed spiders in the past but wouldn't dream of doing it in front of LO and I just don't do it at all now. I feel ashamed. I suck it up and tell DS about the lovely spider and we collect it up and put it outside. Then i shudder for the rest of the day and flinch at every tickle or itch.

[TruJay]

delphine I'm a bit like you and my fear is fading as I get older. Its since dc I think as when DS was born I was passing on my fear to him so instead we decided to give spiders a name (DS picked John) so now all spiders are John and I can even catch and release small ones, giant beasts are left to DH though still.

I even have a resident spider who lives in the dining room, he's been there for a good 2 years now he's called Barry

[ihategeorgeosborne]

I don't like spiders particularly, but I don't kill them. I just put them outside in a glass or get dh to do it. I don't like killing anything. If I accidentally tread on a snail in the dark I feel guilty. I saw a big bee on the pavement the other day and picked it up with a leaf and put it on a flower. I also rescued a caterpillar from the road and returned it to safety. The dc think I'm awesome

[ClaireAccessory]

Lovepancakes oh god i wouldve been sick! Did you not hear it when you ironed him? Also fitting name since he essentially got pancaked!

[lljkk]

DC & DH catch spiders with their hands & put them out.
I use paper & a pot because I'm a wimp.
Spiders are A M A Z I N G.

[Nibledbyducks]

I don't like them, DD doesn't like them, and DS2 hates them, but family rule is you can't kill things just because you don't like them.

[Lovepancakes]

Bahh I wouldn't have enjoyed that either! It reminded me she was once ironing and a huge wet patch mysteriously appeared on a sheet (I mean huge) which turned out to have been from a spider having crawled it and getting ironed too. I felt almost sick when saw its poor legs as not keen on big ones

[perfectlybroken]

I used to be soooo scared of spiders. But I logically know they are nice. So I got a humane spider catcher and used that for a while. But where we live now we have ALOT of spiders, and I think if I didn't kill them we would be having some kind of house share situation. So I'm afraid it's squishy spiders here, unless DH gets there first and evicts them.

[Bahh]

Also remember the one time we hoovered one up. That was probably about six months ago, and we haven't used the hoover since. And actually have hired a cleaner to do it instead. In case it's still in there. Or has crawled out into the cupboard where we keep the hoover. Never doing that again!

[Bahh]

I have my mother to thank for my extreme spider fear. Vividly remember her stuck at the top of our stairs because there was a spider above her head on the wall, continuously screaming for several minutes. I was only about 7, really upset me. As an adult I know it's completely stupid and they can't do anything to me and they're more scared of me blah blah blah I just CANNOT, I'm sorry. I've had some hideous experiences in this house, only about a month ago I woke up and (nakedly) carried my towel to the bathroom to shower, at which point a giant disgusting thick black spider dropped out of my towel and started running around the room. I'm a screaming crying mess and have no coping mechanism or self control whatsoever. OH squashed it. And it took us both about two weeks to clear up the mess. Gives me shivers just thinking about it. I don't know if I care whether or not it makes me/us bad people.

[Bluepetra]

I have arachnophobia and the fight or flight kicks in so I kill ! I have to as I can't leave them it just makes my fear worse. I've become quite quick at it over the years, if I can't successfully flatten them I'll Hoover it up.

[Shaunababy63]

Im the same Claire, haha feel bad readin through these comments but what can I say, Im a squisher :P

[Baffled2012]

Kill them. Otherwise they multiply! And putting them outside ...well when it gets cold they come straight back in ....after telling their mates how great it is at yours!

[YorkGirl2015]

My phobia is so bad that I think I should hide this thread because the even the sight of the s word gives me a panic attack

[ClaireAccessory]

Think the TheImprobableGirl has the same attitude to uncerimonious squashing as me :P shoe in hand... SPLAT!

[Moomintroll85]

They don't bother me really. I grew up with an extreme arachnophobe mother so was the spider-getter-ridder from a very young age. DP is also terrified of them so my role continues.

I always tell him they're just living their lives and we should leave them be but he doesn't listen. If I don't act quickly enough he'll go at them with a shoe, the adrenaline takes over and we end up with dents and holes in the walls (and shoes he refuses to wear). He's usually very relaxed but spiders make him flip OUT!

[Ludways]

I'm like Delphine, I used to be terrified of them and now I'm just not. I usually just leave them but occasionally liberate them to the garden. Very upset to read that I'm throwing them out to almost certain death.

[DandelionDaydream]

The cats usually get them first so we don't have many but if its left to me then small ones can stay, medium get whack with a flip flop, big ones get a huge dose of spray as i cannot bear the crunching sound if you whack them.
I hate the massive ones that gallop across the floors and cant settle if I know there is one in the room.
DD also hates them with a passion and gets panicky if she knows they are in the house she's even worse with daddy long legs so they have to go.