iPom

My hub lives most of his life in Aus and never gets bitten by anything. I am here 6 weeks and I get bitten by a spider on the shoulder.

Freaky experience but it wasn't a red back or a funnel web, so I squashed the bastard and flushed it down the sink.

sean trethewey

What kind of spider was it :scared:

iPom

I dunno Sean. It was just a small-ish garden spider who got mixed up in my clothing. This is probably my fault as my laundry pile is on the floor in my bedroom - or it may have dropped into my hair when I was outside getting the laundry in. There's always a spider in my laundry. I ironed one the other day. It made a right mess on my t-shirt.

I had a good look at it before I squashed it.... non specific... stripey legs, small, no real markings, non aggresive.... Pretty benign. Anyway, that was a good few mins ago and I just ate bacon and eggs, so I think I'm ok.

sean trethewey

God if i get bitten by a spider i think i will freak i suppose when you get there you become more rational

iPom

No Sean - I freaked.

Now I am ok. It's very sore, and itchy at the same time, but it wasn't poisonous. I caught the thing under a glass to have a good look at it.

sean trethewey

So have you seen any real nasties since you have been there

iPom

Nope - it's too cold... everything's asleep.....so far. I'm in good snake territory here in the mountains. I leave them alone and they leave me alone... usually. Apart from this morning.



The bite's bloody sore and now I've got a headache from it. No nausea so it'll prob be ok.

Vash the Stampede

Sorry to hear about the bite!

Probably a good idea to get it checked by a GP anyway, just to be on the safe side.

iPom

If I feel sick I will Vash, but I actually feel fine now - no swelling,no nausea, no headache now... . The bite's a bit red but that's reduced down now too. He's a common spider we get on our washing all the time.

iPom

OK, now I'm going to the doctor.

Teliko21

Hope you feel better soon! I have had 2 bites from spiders now (apparently the non deadly variety) and both times on my hands with the bites looking somewhat like mosquito bites but they throb and itch like crazy and drove me insane both times. Nothing worse than that tho!

Fiona&malc

hope everythings ok, let us know how you get on at the doctors

iPom

Ahhh, thanks for that. I am back and the doc says there's nothing for it but to wait and it will go away. He agrees it wasn't poisonous after I described what it was. It still gave me a damned hard nip though.
I've been getting shooting pains (like a migraine) in my head most of the day and then nausea this evening. Then I threw up.

I worked out how it must have got on me. I was cold so I got hubby's jumper off the floor and gave it a really good shaking in case there was anything on it. There was, and the shaking ended up with me flicking the spider onto my shoulder where it must have got trapped under my top.
Shake your clothes but do it gently!

iPom

My sis in law had a white tail bite her recently and she got little blisters from it.

pioneer

OMG, you have made me feel really sick, I can't bear the thought of spiders in my clothes.Here If there are spider webs on the washing line here I will just hang the clothes indoors or tumble dry. How am I gonna cope.......
I have been so brave the last month or so even sharing the bathroom with a spider until it ran and then I had to get the hoover!!
Hope your alright.
Sharon