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Jun 2023
9:52pm, 1 Jun 2023
10,494 posts
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Raemond
Thatth a nithe bockth, Thummer.
(A Pratchett joke, feel free to ignore it if you don't get it)
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Jun 2023
8:49am, 2 Jun 2023
2,030 posts
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CK2
Proper boxing Rrunner!
I’m ashamed to say I missed that joke Rae so am now hanging my head in Pritchett shame!
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Jun 2023
11:37am, 2 Jun 2023
10,497 posts
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Raemond
(the box says Igor. Thatth how Igorth thpeak)
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Jun 2023
12:54pm, 2 Jun 2023
16,526 posts
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ITG 🇮🇸
We have a spider problem in the auxiliary room - which is big and full of stuff and admittedly not very tidy. Which is the point of auxiliary rooms, n'est pas? Cats are not doing their job. My pet theory (haha, see what I did there?] is that Peggý has decimated the bird supply so now the spiders are taking over.
Anyway, I want to try to get rid of them and saw that vinegar sends them packing. Of course, risk of spraying vinegar all over the auxiliary room is that they decamp into the house.
But I am also concerned about the cats. I know vinegar is not toxic but apparently they don't like it. Their box and food is in the auxiliary room and I am reluctant to move them elsewhere, at least not in the longterm.
Any tips?
It's the horrible little black ones that run really fast. I saw FIVE in the three minutes I was in the room this morning feeding the cats - one in the sink, three by the bin and one in Peggy's bed! The latter, I very bravely evicted. There was only the mildest of squealing and no proper screams.
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Jun 2023
1:19pm, 2 Jun 2023
17,708 posts
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JK *chameleon*
I can't offer any sensible advice, but have you tried giving the cats a stern talking to? Surely part of their job is keeping the arachnid population controlled?
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Jun 2023
1:21pm, 2 Jun 2023
43,574 posts
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EvilPixie
Dio is an expert spider hunter
OK so he doesn't actually do much with them once he has located them but I am sure he stares them to death
or purrs them to death
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Jun 2023
1:34pm, 2 Jun 2023
104,196 posts
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Hanneke
Leave them be? They catch other unwanted insects...
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Jun 2023
1:51pm, 2 Jun 2023
3,026 posts
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Steve NordRunner
Yes - spiders will attack for instance earwigs and silverfish!
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Jun 2023
4:29pm, 2 Jun 2023
16,527 posts
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ITG 🇮🇸
I don't have earwigs and silverfish but I do have arachnophobia.
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Jun 2023
6:52pm, 2 Jun 2023
47,012 posts
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Bintmcskint
Bonnie is settling in at our new home.
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Kitten or cat pic where the cat loving people
Nov 2020