pests - bugs, termites, fire ants, rats, mice, lice and more

~terry Sun, Jan 5, 1997 (19:43) seed

What do you do about all kinds of bugs and pets? Termites! Fire ants! Rats and mice. Lice. Yeccccchhhhhh!

~yves Mon, Jan 5, 1998 (02:25) #1

Try keeping them out off the house, pets excepted (I have a dog an she sleep in or bed :o).

~yves Thu, Jan 8, 1998 (03:44) #2

I have a question that may be ridiculus but if I want to know, I have to ask. Is there a lot of reptiles in Texas and if so how do you live with that. I'm terribly scared by these animals.

~terry Thu, Jan 8, 1998 (23:37) #3

There are snakes, but I don't see 'em too often. Maybe a couple a year at most. Insects abound. Fire ants, fireflies, etc. Texas is bugs.

~yves Mon, Jan 12, 1998 (02:51) #4

Snakes are mortal isn`t it? I don't know fire ants. In june whe have lot of black flies.

~terry Mon, Jan 12, 1998 (21:17) #5

Not knowing fire ants is a good thing.

~yves Tue, Jan 13, 1998 (04:36) #6

Why?

~terry Tue, Jan 13, 1998 (08:45) #7

Because if you put stand in a mound of them you'll get stung all over. One of the candidates for Agriculture Commissioner in Texas put his hand in a mound of fire ants during a press conference to show how harmless they were and they ended up taking him to the hospital. Needless to say, they guy lost the election.

~yves Tue, Jan 13, 1998 (14:19) #8

Ooops.

~terry Tue, Jan 13, 1998 (22:24) #9

I think he said more that ooops when I put his hand in that mound!

~yves Wed, Jan 14, 1998 (02:00) #10

Could be unwritable :o)

~stacey Wed, Jan 14, 1998 (02:00) #11

nice thing about Colorado... no mosquitos! We have the occassional hungry bloodsucking mama but, for the most part, they don't survive the chilly nights AND it's so dry, they find it difficult to find a stagnant pool of water to replicate in! and no fireants either!!!

~yves Wed, Jan 14, 1998 (02:00) #12

Even in wild forest? Is it that dry that you don't have any "water head people"?

~stacey Fri, Jan 30, 1998 (18:51) #13

"water head people" (?!?!?!?!??!?!?!?) huh? and, yes, it's pretty dry!

~Wolf Sat, Feb 28, 1998 (19:39) #14

ya'll need to get the orkin man. he comes by my house once a month and zero bugs!! the spray is house safe-no need to remove the wild life.......

~autumn Sun, Mar 1, 1998 (21:55) #15

I don't know how safe that spray is--the guy that used to come around here looked like someone out of "Deliverance."

~Wolf Sun, Mar 1, 1998 (22:32) #16

LOL!! This dude is alright, likes to talk, and i just wanna stay outta his way!

~stacey Mon, Mar 2, 1998 (10:09) #17

I don't like to have the house done because I'm afraid what the chemicals will do to the cats. It attacks the CNS in bugs so it can [D[D[D[A[B[C't be all that safe!

~aschuth Sat, Sep 25, 1999 (14:16) #18

Get this topic into SpringArk?

~MarciaH Wed, Sep 29, 1999 (19:50) #19

as my ex, the entomologist said, if it kills one life-form it cannot be that good for the health of the others. You are wise to be concerned about your cats!