My 6 year old bit by a spider!!

[lizzy27]

Hey,
My 6 year old Sam was rolling around on the garage sofa and then he just started screaming. Hubbu & I ran in thinking maybe his little sister clocked him one ( which she often does LOL) anyway, he lifted his shirt still yelping in terrible pain & we saw a huge welt on his lower back. We thought maybe a bull ant. For anybody still in uk, bull ants are a total bigger LOL they are ferocious ants, & I swear they must have teeth. Well, when I stood him up underneath him was a mama redback. So I, with the nicely squashed evidence, darted to the ED. They took him straight through & sated they would observe him to start to see if any venom entered. After about 4 hours, Sam started being sick & twitching & when the doc stood him up to walk, Sam ran into the wall. Doc decided he needed antivenin as venom had most definately entered. They put a canular in & he vomited for hours, which they said he would as the antivenin makes you quite sick. We were there for 2 days. He's fine now.

Everyone at school made a huge fuss. All the teachers chuckled to me & said he is the first person in this school to have got bitten LOL trust the poms who've been here 16 months to get bit LOL


Anyway, the jist is, redbacks won't kill you, but they will make you really crook.

Funnel webs are the bugger. Bought some sleeping bags in off the line & one had fallen off the line, shook em in the house & out flew a funnel web LOL they can't climb so I just put it in a small jar & had a good look then dropped it off at our local reptile park which gets the venom out to make antivenin.

Sorry for the loooooong post :-)

[Squem]

Oh god.... I really hate the idea of spiders.... i can't even look at a little one!!!

I will be checking absolutely everything when i'm there lol

I'm glad to hear that he is ok though!! :)

xx

[calNgary]

OMG , i am glad he is ok ,thank god Mrs Redback hung around for you to see her and get your son medical attention quickly.
Cal x

[Marty]

Lizzy27,,,glad your lad is ok,,,you must be in WA

,,theres not many redbacks in qld cos the bloody great wolf spiders have eaten most of them !?

[Rudi]

Originally Posted by Marty

Lizzy27,,,glad your lad is ok,,,you must be in WA

,,theres not many redbacks in qld cos the bloody great wolf spiders have eaten most of them !?

Or Sydney......there are plenty there and that is the home of the (Sydney) funnel web!!!!


I am glad your son is ok - well done for getting hold of the spider to take to A and E - that is what they say you should do. Big hugs

Love

Rudi
x

[fatpom]

Originally Posted by Marty

,,theres not many redbacks in qld cos the bloody great wolf spiders have eaten most of them !?

I think I've seen plenty of them in SEQ?

[itcouldbeworse]

Originally Posted by Marty

Lizzy27,,,glad your lad is ok,,,you must be in WA

,,theres not many redbacks in qld cos the bloody great wolf spiders have eaten most of them !?

This from my post yesterday;

"Foster daughters 18th tomorrow. Decided to get the plastic chairs that have been stacked since summer round to her place............(you can't rely on teenagers to fetch their own).............14 chairs = 12 redbacks.............good job I turned 'em upside down before putting 'em in the fourby Gave the gurney a good workout............they're splattered on the fence now "

Redbacks like to live under things like outdoor furniture, which is why you rarely see 'em. When spring comes, make sue you turn all your outdoor furniture upside down and check underneath. The "daddy long leg" spiders that you see indoors eat red backs which is why they are rarely encountered indoors, so leave the daddy long legs alone.

kev

kev

[Quoll]

So glad that the lad is fine now - it's a scary thing though isnt it? One of mine got bitten in the pool when he was much younger but fortunately it didnt get its teeth right into him. He definitely felt very queer for a while though. I'm guessing the lad will be very watchful for multilegged beings from now on but it didnt sound like it was his fault at all poor chap.

[wee wen]

Originally Posted by Marty

Lizzy27,,,glad your lad is ok,,,you must be in WA

,,theres not many redbacks in qld cos the bloody great wolf spiders have eaten most of them !?

Hi Marty,
We stay down in Redlandshire ( South East Brisbane ) and have seen lots 'N' lots of Redback Spiders last summer . My friend had a nest under her pool which I discovered when I was babysitting & the kids were all in the pool ( I freaked out, her neighbours must have wondered who the crazy woman shouting s-----, s-----, s------- was !!! I was also inundated with them on my alfresco (under my table & the arms of my chairs ) and also have found a few in my garage , under the handles of the wheelie bin & in my electricity box on the outside of the house. I recognise their nest now & spray around the offending areas , I also wear gloves for sweeping the garage, putting the wheelie bin out etc.

[suzy+1]

I bought my daughters bike trailer indoors from the patio a few weeks ago and today was hoovering around it, noticed some cobwebs on it and am pretty sure i saw a redback being sucked up the hoover! Now im scared to go near the hoover!
Your poor son, glad to hear he is better now.