worst nightmare

[loubylou475]

Oh my, I am in such a state today. Before we came to Perth in June last year, my husband insisted on sending me for 'Spider Therapy' as, due to growing up with a petrified mother, I had a bit of a phobia. Some use. 4am, woke with the 'fan blowing my hair against my face and right arm'..... grabbed a drink from side of bed then realised my hair was blowing under my armpit and all the way down my body.... crap.... light on, jumped up (again, this has happened before, always false alarm much to husb's disgusted sighs)... exclaimed I was being 'crawled on'..... nothing on the cream bottom sheet. Lifted my pillow.... BANG!! Huge great ugly hairy 8-legged freak running along.... don't ask where I found my confidence but I grabbed my 'thong' (flip-flop to fellow poms) and battered the hell out of it before collapsing in a heap of tears and hyperventilation. I am so obsessive with cleanliness, keeping fly screens shut etc... am devastated. The only huge great hairy freak I ever wish to share my bed with is my husband.... who as an afterthought made his own attempt to batter the already-dead spider. And he says 'that could happen anywhere in the world'..... 35 years in Sheffield and happens now?? I think not....

[janine the party queen]

Shouldn't laugh I know !! Afraid no matter how careful you are,the buggas always find a way in.I still spray the bedrooms at night and check the beds.The worst thing we have crawling around are the geckos,

[PommieChick]

I am sorry to laugh but that posts a belter! You must have pretty lousy luck i have been here 14 years and I have never shared my bed (or not that I know of) with a Huntsman.

Laughing aside I would have been hyperventilating, filling my shorts and screaming like a loony had it of been a snake, of which I could not have killed with a thong.

So for that you deserve some sort of bravery award!

[BrightonBoys]

So the moral of the story here..... make sure you have your thongs at hand at all times.....

[guest37336]

Hi Lou.

The ones you really have to worry about are the ones when you find them, stop, look at you with all eight eyes, and introduce themselves as 'Derek', and then ask if you have seen their family,, now they're the really BIG ones.

Seriously though, not a nice experience, but you do get used to it, well at least you learn how to curb your fright, generally by hyperventilating into a brown paper bag and 'Staring It Down,

Cheers Tony.

[VickyMel]

Hi Lou

Sorry also had to have a giggle at your expense.

I'm in an area with mossies so I have learnt to be grateful to the spiders and gecko's - although would still not appreciate being crawled on by them.

If it becomes a real problem for you after this event maybe consider a mossie net?
Great for mossies and other creepy crawlies - plus also good for keeping the gecko poo off the sheets (although not out of the glass of water at the bedside)!

Vicky

[calNgary]

Aww Bless you, i think if i found one in bed my reaction would be similar!!lol

We buy a liquid from Mitre 10 and its the pest spray companys use. A small bottle is $45 ish but diluated last about 6 months if you give the interior walls and window sills a good spray every few weeks.(we also spray all around the exterior but not as often) We get very little inside since doing this. Might be worth a try although i think the odd thing will always find a way in.

Cal x

[pablo]

Awwwwwww nooooo! thats my worry,asleep and their all over yer
Deffo getting a mozzie net to tuck under the mattress,not arsed about them if im awake,keep thinking one of those white tips could bite yer arl fellah and putrify the flesh

[sh7t man no way]

there has been no reported deaths in australia by spider bites since 1981-when they brought in the anti venom precautions--spiders are just friendly little critters who will leave you alone if you leave them alone--i dont like spidersits more the thought of them that scares me,rather than the sight of them--remember your in charge of them,not the other way around

[Sherbetdip23]

After laughing out loud at your story I realised the hairs on the back of my neck were standing out a mile!!!! You have my every sympathy - they frighten the life outta me too! When we were out there last year I picked up my handbag off of our bed and realised there was something moving in there! I screamed and hubby came running and took my bag outside and when he tipped it upside down a huge great hairy thing came crawling out!!!! Still sends shivers down my back thinking about it! I didn't sleep for many nights after that wondering if there were any more of them lurking!!