Monday, October 17, 2011

On catching spiders and cats

 I love the house we are renting. It is small and cozy and doesn't take long to clean. Doesn't take long to get dirty either, but oh well. We do have lots of spiders, however, in the basement. Really a lot. I got some glue traps and they are filling up. I acutally just looked at the one I took a pic of last night, and it looks like there are 3 new spiders on it. I guess I am glad the glue traps are working, but I wonder how many there are that aren't on the glue traps.

They are also good at catching cats, as evidenced by the cat fur on the trap. Have you ever watched a cat tear through the house trying to remove a glue trap that is attached to their stomach? Highly amusing.

This one is a huge bugger. The pic doesn't do it justice. It's big. *shudder* I have sprayed, but I am thinking I need to do a bug bomb. The only problem is the cat, keeping her in the car for the time of the bomb. I have sprayed around the inside and outside of the house, it doesn't have seemed to help. Or maybe it has, and we would have had a bigger spider problem. Perish the thought.

3 comments:

Nichelle said...

Yuck!!! I hate spiders. You are definitely braver than me:) I hope it gets a little better soon.

Ramsey said...

We have had TONS of spiders this year... Eek! We didn't spray...

Lisa said...

Yucky! I have to admit though, that I was having trouble being too grossed out by the spiders becuase I was trying to hold back the giggling. I couldn't help but think of when we were at your Golden Gate house and Poof had a spider trap stuck on her paw just right so it kept flipping under her belly. It was hilarious to watch her try to get that thing off- poor cat was getting so annoyed with it. I seem to think of that every time I see one of those traps. Thank goodness- it takes my mind off the spiders!