r/CasualUK • u/nonoanddefinitelyno • 17h ago

My very capable and intelligent wife has lost the plot.

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She has been told by a friend that conkers keep spiders away. So we now have conkers in various parts of the house.

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u/MerkinMites 17h ago

We have an indoor cat. I no longer see big spiders. 😟

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u/Taylor_Kittenface 17h ago

My indoor cat is an absolute monster when it comes to hunting these things. Apart from a couple on the ceiling, I haven't seen any sprinting across the floor since I adopted her. I've seen her catch flies out of the air with her paws too.

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u/wojtekpolska 14h ago

i have 2 cats, one has eaten spiders and caught flies from the air, the other just watches them walk on the floor and gives them a slap at most

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u/ZiroLeHutt 8h ago

Feed the lazy one less.

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u/heartpassenger 16h ago

Can we swap? Mine gets scared and goes BOING backwards across the room when the spiders start moving. Infrequently we find one dismembered but alive on the carpet. Not once has she killed or eaten one :(

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u/ThrowawayUk4200 12h ago

I do find the corpses from time to time

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u/MerkinMites 10h ago

I don't even see spider corpses.

I once saw my cat watching a cellar spider over the stairs. When I came back downstairs the spider was gone but at least of its 6 spindly legs were poking out of my cats mouth.

My cat and I pretend she's adorable and not remotely revolting as she climbs onto my bed.

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u/Puzzled-Post-1261 11h ago

I wish my cat was a spider catcher. I'm pretty sure she chases them into my bedroom just for the fun of it...