Brown Recluse OUCH!
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Brown Recluse OUCH!
Man,this thread hurts me just thinking about it!
One of the techs I work with was pulling a gas tank to change the fuel pump and reached his hand up on top of the tank to disconnect the lines(while it was still in the truck) and got bit on the back of the hand.At first he did not think anything about it,said he thought it was just a flea or a tick bite.But a couple of days later his hand swelled up and started turning color.He went to the doctor and the doc told him it was a bite from a brown recluse spider! He ended up having a chunk,and I mean a chunk about the size of a quarter,removed from the back of his hand.Well,from now on,and feel free to call me a sissy all you want
,I am wearing gloves when I reach into places I cant see into!How about you,got any stories that will make the hair on the back of my neck stand up? 
One of the techs I work with was pulling a gas tank to change the fuel pump and reached his hand up on top of the tank to disconnect the lines(while it was still in the truck) and got bit on the back of the hand.At first he did not think anything about it,said he thought it was just a flea or a tick bite.But a couple of days later his hand swelled up and started turning color.He went to the doctor and the doc told him it was a bite from a brown recluse spider! He ended up having a chunk,and I mean a chunk about the size of a quarter,removed from the back of his hand.Well,from now on,and feel free to call me a sissy all you want
,I am wearing gloves when I reach into places I cant see into!How about you,got any stories that will make the hair on the back of my neck stand up?
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They surface in certain areas that aren't terribly bright.
We have them around here, and I've killed my fair share of them. I'm lucky I haven't been bitten yet. Those bites are serious business. If you wait too long to see the doc, you can have a huge rotten swell. Eventually, you'll have to cut it off, and you have a big dent in ya.
Ryan
We have them around here, and I've killed my fair share of them. I'm lucky I haven't been bitten yet. Those bites are serious business. If you wait too long to see the doc, you can have a huge rotten swell. Eventually, you'll have to cut it off, and you have a big dent in ya.
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When we moved to Georgia in 69 we bought a trailer to live in.
My wife,s sister and her husband came down for the weekend after we had been there about 3 weeks.
My wife took the bed sheets out of the clouset for the spair bedroom.
Durning the night her sister said she felt something bite her on the butt, and didn't think anything about it.
After they got back to their home she went to the doctor and he told her she had been bitten by a brown recluse.
It made a nasty looking place on her butt, and she still has a scar from it.
Another time in the 70,s I had strep throat and was takeing antibiotics for it.
I went out in the yard and was in some tall johnson grass and felt domething bite me on my upper arm.
I saw it was a brown recluse and killed it. I thought I would feel the effects of it but the doc. wasn't worries about it.
He said the antibiotics I was takeing would take care of the bite.
A few days later there was a red ring around the bite about an inch and a half in diameter and it went away after a few more days.
My wife,s sister and her husband came down for the weekend after we had been there about 3 weeks.
My wife took the bed sheets out of the clouset for the spair bedroom.
Durning the night her sister said she felt something bite her on the butt, and didn't think anything about it.
After they got back to their home she went to the doctor and he told her she had been bitten by a brown recluse.
It made a nasty looking place on her butt, and she still has a scar from it.
Another time in the 70,s I had strep throat and was takeing antibiotics for it.
I went out in the yard and was in some tall johnson grass and felt domething bite me on my upper arm.
I saw it was a brown recluse and killed it. I thought I would feel the effects of it but the doc. wasn't worries about it.
He said the antibiotics I was takeing would take care of the bite.
A few days later there was a red ring around the bite about an inch and a half in diameter and it went away after a few more days.
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Got nailed by one at 10 years old, spent 2 days in the hospital. Still have the scar on my arm, and it happened 48 years ago!
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I've been bitten twice by a brown recluse. The first time it was on my back. I didn't see the spider to know what it was & waited several days to see a doctor. I have a big scar from it. The second time was on my stomach. I saw the spider & went straight to the doc & got antibotics. It looked nasty for about a week but it didn't scar me like he first one. Brown recluse bites are nothing to mess with.
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back about 25 years ago a girl went into the outhouse on the farm and sat down to "do her business"
about 30 seconds later, she came out screaming that a spider just bit her in a very private tender place.
we knew we had black widows on the farm, so we knocked the outhouse down, and to our surprise, there was a nest of brown recluse spiders under there, and we rushed her to the hospital.
we also found a nest in the pig pen building, and in the barn. 15 gallons of insecticide got rid of them.
we had fun with her for months over that little episode.
about 30 seconds later, she came out screaming that a spider just bit her in a very private tender place.
we knew we had black widows on the farm, so we knocked the outhouse down, and to our surprise, there was a nest of brown recluse spiders under there, and we rushed her to the hospital.
we also found a nest in the pig pen building, and in the barn. 15 gallons of insecticide got rid of them.
we had fun with her for months over that little episode.
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Here in Eastern Oregon we do not have the rain that everyone associates with Oregon [we're high desert here]. We do however have Black widows, Brown Recluse, Rattlesnakes, and scorpions. You just have to be careful where you put your hands!
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Those are so grose! But I had to send the pictures to my cousin. LOL
But as far as the spider, I think I might have killed one once. It looked, if not one, very close to it.
I will defently look for first signs of a bite!!
No way do I want to wait for it to start lookin really nasty.
But as far as the spider, I think I might have killed one once. It looked, if not one, very close to it.
I will defently look for first signs of a bite!!
No way do I want to wait for it to start lookin really nasty.
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What exactly do the brown recluses look like? I just got back from a camping trip and me and my buddys all had to kill a bunch of brown spiders while we took down our tents. Also, i bought a car recently and when i was working on the brakes, i found a lot of spiders. None of them got me, luckily. I hate those little buggers when they sneek up on me they make me jump.
P.s. to the people that have been bitten. How did you know to go to the hospital after you were bit? Apparently it hurt pretty bad?
P.s. to the people that have been bitten. How did you know to go to the hospital after you were bit? Apparently it hurt pretty bad?