Spraying for Spiders

ervin412@gmail.com

We had a sticky trap underneath the changing table in the girls' room. We looked at it tonight and there are 3 brown recluse spiders stuck to it! Yikes! I want to call tomorrow to get quotes for getting our house sprayed. I wonder if we'll have to stay out of the house for awhile after they spray? I really don't like the idea of spraying a pesticide in my house, but I don't want the darn spiders either. Has anyone had any experience with this?

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We have a company come every quarter.  We have a new construction house and there's some system built in the walls that they can spray into.  The first time they come they do spray inside (after that they just hook up to the system and spray, so no entry required) and they did recommend that the dog and any children under 1 year be out for a few hours just to be safe.

ervin412@gmail.com

Thanks! Even if they tell me it's safe for them to be around it, I would probably have them stay the night at my parent's house just in case. My aunt got bit by one and got very very sick, so it makes me worried that they're in the girls' room (and probably other rooms in the house). Not to mention I feel all creepy-crawly right now! Yuck! 

McKenna04

OMG, I am usually not freaked out by spiders at all.. they can even crawl on me and I dont care.. BUT I will torture any spider that even thinks about crawling on or near my babies.

But to answer your question.. there should be something you could spray outside first to see if that helps, then as a last resort having the inside done?!

blondek8

Freaky! I can't stand spiders or any bugs for that matter. My H sprays the outside and inside perimeter of the house every spring with spidercide from Home Depot or Canadian Tire. I don't think we have any brown recluse up here though.

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HOLY SHIIT!  Brown recluse IN the nursery??  That freaks me out horribly.

I got a bad spider bite 4 weeks ago... it bit me twice on my arm in my bed -- we caught it thankfully... the pain was HORRIBLE - like a bee sting- i needed benedryl, advil and ice packs.  My arm hurt for about a week, then it itched for another week- and now i have 2 bruise-looking marks there STILL - and this was not a recluse... those are HORRIBLE - i had a friend who's finger was 1/2 amputated b/c of a recluse bite!

do what you have to... talk to the company about the chemicals, etc.  I know we spray for spiders ourselves 2x's a year- DH sprays around all windows and doors - all around the frames... we googled and sites online say to do this... it has helped a lot.... we used to have a lot of spiders before that.

good luck - I'd be a freak if I still lived in an area with recluse spiders - i HATE them.

NikkiBenzo

My aunt was bitten by a brown recluse while in California and she had a HUGE lump with a horrible infection for awhile afterwards - she had to go to the dr. I spray my house at least once a year and outside the perimeter too. most of the sprays are non-toxic to humans and animals, but if you feel uncomfortable then go to your family's house like you said.

Kindle

We live out in the country and have a company that comes out every quarter and sprays an organic spray.  It smells kind of like peppermint.  I have been sensitive to smells and chemicals during the pregnancy and this hasn?t bothered me.  Also, it gives me piece of mind.  Good luck!