REDBACK Warning !! - Page 3

Draco · 23rd December 2007, 9:43 PM

We actually kept her in an upside down 1kg peanut butter container. That allowed her to spread her web across side-to-side and we could take the bottom (lid) off to clean it out and put food in without disturbing her.
For food I caught grasshoppers, flies and such when I could.
When over fed she would bloat right up to an incredible size and when food was scarse her abdomen would shrink to the point it actually wrinkled.

No pics as she died about nine months ago but we managed to keep her for about 18 months. Just kept her in a dark spot next to the microwave. She was such an interesting pet.

I really don't mind spiders; they're pretty content keeping to themselves.

Eggbert69 · 23rd December 2007, 9:48 PM

Nice pictures... Kinda scarey. My old neighbour died from a spider bite, I think it was a funnel web though. He was like the 7th person ever to die from one, so i think as long as you get anti-venom you're good... Still..

Franc · 23rd December 2007, 10:02 PM

You never have just one redback, there is always 100's of them or none. Had an infestation under the house at my old place, scared the willies out of me they did.

adamj123 · 24th December 2007, 1:53 AM

Not to go off topic or anything but my grandfather actually produced the antivenom for the redback spider whilst working for CSL back in 1956 (http://www.ajn.com.au/news/news.asp?pgID=1640)

The Brat Prince · 24th December 2007, 3:27 AM

sic a cat onto the spider

cats are immune!

or is that funnelwebs....

Impression · 24th December 2007, 3:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by adamj123

Not to go off topic or anything but my grandfather actually produced the antivenom for the redback spider whilst working for CSL back in 1956 (http://www.ajn.com.au/news/news.asp?pgID=1640)

Nice

but the stupid greenies and animal lovers/protesters would kick up such a fucc if anyone tries that sort of thing today

lucid · 24th December 2007, 4:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Impression

Nice

but the stupid greenies and animal lovers/protesters would kick up such a fucc if anyone tries that sort of thing today

Actually injecting horses with small amounts of venom over a period of time and extracting the antivenom from their plasma is still done today for both snake and spider anti-venom.

Shinanigans · 24th December 2007, 5:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Draco

We actually kept her in an upside down 1kg peanut butter container. That allowed her to spread her web across side-to-side and we could take the bottom (lid) off to clean it out and put food in without disturbing her.
For food I caught grasshoppers, flies and such when I could.
When over fed she would bloat right up to an incredible size and when food was scarse her abdomen would shrink to the point it actually wrinkled.

No pics as she died about nine months ago but we managed to keep her for about 18 months. Just kept her in a dark spot next to the microwave. She was such an interesting pet.

I really don't mind spiders; they're pretty content keeping to themselves.

Ha, that's really cool

When you gunna get another pet?

Draco · 24th December 2007, 7:46 AM

Can't be bothered with another red back. Their "pen" just stinks when you have to clean it out and I'm in a fairly cold part of NSW in winter so food is pretty hard to find. Not worth the hassle really.

Might try again though just for shits and giggles. Hell it's better for the spider than a can of spray.

VippiN · 24th December 2007, 8:33 AM

For the redback vs daddy longlegs debate, back when I was a pup there was a redback living in the gas meter door thing. I put two huge female daddy long legs in there and got bored and forgot about it.

Long story short a month or so later it's now a daddy long leg nest in there.

zfind · 24th December 2007, 6:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by adamj123

Not to go off topic or anything but my grandfather actually produced the antivenom for the redback spider whilst working for CSL back in 1956 (http://www.ajn.com.au/news/news.asp?pgID=1640)

Legend. Shake his hand for me, a true Aussie. And he went through Kritallnacht

Criminal_Colt · 24th December 2007, 9:44 PM

Yeah we're having an epidemic of them here which sucks because I've got a 3 year old daughter. She's pretty good about not touching them, even though she will often say it/they are her friend/s. I'll have to get our useless real estate agent to do something. Either that or stock up on that Mortein outdoor spray (which really does work as intended).

We also have wasps which sucks.

Oh and the other day my cat brought back what looked like a black bearded dragon without the beard (no idea what it really was). The thing was bloody huge and vicious as well. When I tried to pick it up it went ape and in the end I had to get a pillow case as it had quite a big mouth and was moving incredibly fast.

Pillow case = win.

.DeFuZioN · 24th December 2007, 9:49 PM

We get our house sprayed every year in september to get rid of all the nasty spiders.

Spyder6052 · 26th December 2007, 9:25 AM

bloody pussies

killing all the spiders = more flies and other bugs.....

spiders are cool

Imitation · 26th December 2007, 9:55 AM

Ah no.. I hate spiders.. especially the ones we get here in Darwin. They are so big, yet always seem to come from nowhere. I don't want spiders the size of my hand walking around the house thanks

23rd December 2007, 10:02 PM	#33
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24th December 2007, 1:53 AM	#34
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24th December 2007, 8:33 AM	#40
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24th December 2007, 9:44 PM	#42
Criminal_Colt Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Sydney, NSW Posts: 2,313	Yeah we're having an epidemic of them here which sucks because I've got a 3 year old daughter. She's pretty good about not touching them, even though she will often say it/they are her friend/s. I'll have to get our useless real estate agent to do something. Either that or stock up on that Mortein outdoor spray (which really does work as intended). We also have wasps which sucks. Oh and the other day my cat brought back what looked like a black bearded dragon without the beard (no idea what it really was). The thing was bloody huge and vicious as well. When I tried to pick it up it went ape and in the end I had to get a pillow case as it had quite a big mouth and was moving incredibly fast. Pillow case = win. __________________ Current Specs: Win7, Intel Core 2 Duo E8500, ASUS P5QC, OCZ 2x2GB @ 1066, 260GTX, ASUS Xonar Essence STX Gear: 450D, Sigma 24-70mm f2.8 Sales: dajvid, QuaCk, ohayes, C-BuZz, Bthree, elcarter1, Trojan, Dennis_B, glenn_styles Purchases: Ricardo, Sandeep, datonsta, 1800REVERSE Links: My Flickr, Headphonic, Data Retriever

23rd December 2007, 9:43 PM	#31
Draco Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 417	We actually kept her in an upside down 1kg peanut butter container. That allowed her to spread her web across side-to-side and we could take the bottom (lid) off to clean it out and put food in without disturbing her. For food I caught grasshoppers, flies and such when I could. When over fed she would bloat right up to an incredible size and when food was scarse her abdomen would shrink to the point it actually wrinkled. No pics as she died about nine months ago but we managed to keep her for about 18 months. Just kept her in a dark spot next to the microwave. She was such an interesting pet. I really don't mind spiders; they're pretty content keeping to themselves.

24th December 2007, 7:46 AM	#39
Draco Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 417	Can't be bothered with another red back. Their "pen" just stinks when you have to clean it out and I'm in a fairly cold part of NSW in winter so food is pretty hard to find. Not worth the hassle really. Might try again though just for shits and giggles. Hell it's better for the spider than a can of spray.

24th December 2007, 9:49 PM	#43
.DeFuZioN Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Melbourne Posts: 567	We get our house sprayed every year in september to get rid of all the nasty spiders.

26th December 2007, 9:25 AM	#44
Spyder6052 Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Karama ghetto NT Posts: 554	bloody pussies killing all the spiders = more flies and other bugs..... spiders are cool __________________ bf2 name: {=NSOF=}aussiepope www.nsofgaming.com cmstacker club member47 system specs:i7 950,X58A-UDR3,gtx570OC,12gig ddr3 1600 ram ,74gWD raptor hdd,600g seagate hdd,

26th December 2007, 9:55 AM	#45
Imitation Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Posts: 2,839	Ah no.. I hate spiders.. especially the ones we get here in Darwin. They are so big, yet always seem to come from nowhere. I don't want spiders the size of my hand walking around the house thanks