Re: [Adastra] Adastra Digest, Vol 78, Issue 15

2012-11-11 Thread Steven Falk
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Re: [Adastra] Adastra Digest, Vol 78, Issue 15

2012-11-11 Thread Evan Jones
o bend and painful to the touch, almost causing > tears. > I suggested a spider bite. > Is there any anecdotal info of the effect of steatoda bites? > > ray H > -- next part -- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://lists.sxbrc.org.uk/pipermail

Re: [Adastra] Spider bite?

2012-11-11 Thread S J Patton
Well, I m truly surprised. I've regularly handled Steatodas and never been bitten. I've also not heard of such an extreme reaction in a healthy person. Are you sure you didn't have something more exotic in the house!!? From: Candi Gould To: Adastra discussion

Re: [Adastra] Spider bite?

2012-11-11 Thread Candi Gould
No found out the hard way, got bitten From: S J Patton To: Adastra discussion group Sent: Sunday, November 11, 2012 8:20 PM Subject: Re: [Adastra] Spider bite? Did, by chance, the person who eradicated your spiders for you tell you these 'facts' about th

Re: [Adastra] Spider bite?

2012-11-11 Thread S J Patton
Did, by chance, the person who eradicated your spiders for you tell you these 'facts' about them? From: Candi Gould To: Adastra discussion group Sent: Sunday, 11 November 2012, 16:08 Subject: Re: [Adastra] Spider bite? There are in Brighton and surrounding

Re: [Adastra] Spider bite?

2012-11-11 Thread Ray Hamblett
Thanks Sarah and Candi, I am aware of the False Widow, they are routinely found in my home, in odd corners, of a kitchen or bathroom for example, we leave them in peace with no malicious feeling toward them. The event of the 'bite' was so unusual and no obvious reason, so infection or injury is ve

Re: [Adastra] Spider bite?

2012-11-11 Thread Candi Gould
There are in Brighton and surrounding areas a species of spider known as the False Widow which does bite even the tiny little babies bite, a large one can make you ill for about a week, but its not fatal.  I had a load in my house at one time, which is how I got to know about them.  Thankfully n

Re: [Adastra] Spider bite?

2012-11-11 Thread S J Patton
Why on earth might it be a bite as opposed to any other injury, irritation, infection, splinter? Has she been handling Steatodas or any other spider?  From: Ray Hamblett To: sxbrc Sent: Sunday, 11 November 2012, 15:50 Subject: [Adastra] Spider bite? My 1

[Adastra] Spider bite?

2012-11-11 Thread Ray Hamblett
My 18 yr old daughter awoke with a sore,, slightly swollen thumb with no obvious cause. It was hard to bend and painful to the touch, almost causing tears. I suggested a spider bite. Is there any anecdotal info of the effect of steatoda bites? ray H