cacatas and dogs

malko

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I dont like bugs.
I didnt like bugs in France, so the dr was an eye opener.
Now I know where the inspiration for Men-in-Black came from. I am sure some research would show the producer has vacationed in the dr some time ;).

Thankfully confronted with all sorts and sizes of creepy crawlies, I am better, much better with bugs now.
I still dont like them, mind you.
But I can ignore them, and even stay in proximity without getting cold sweats and clammy hands. In this categry falls, bees, aberon de coco, grillo, esperanza......
Or I muster up all my inner courage, and kill them proper...... but I still get the shivers :). This would be, spiders, cienpieds......

That said, last night one of my dogs was barking like..... a mad dog....kind of figures.;)
On a side note, one gets used to the diffrent types and tones of ones dogs bark.
This was a playfull siding on anger bark....so no imminent threat of house invasion.
So, I promptly ignore the barking.
40 mn later he is still barking.
So out I go to see whats up. In flipflops and boxer shorts.
Whats that thingy cornered in the angle of the steps ?? A crab ? A rat ?
No a effing plate size cacata !! I kid you not.
A sibling of said beast was lying overturned, on its back, minus 2 hairy " legs " . Dead, I thought.
Anyway, the live cacata was cornered and entrenched and the dog couldnt get to it. Wolf ( the dog in question ), was snapping at it , the cacata was swipping at Wolf.

First thought, i hope it cant kill a dog !!
Second thought, how am I going to kill it ?
I have some experience with cacatas, usally in the dead form, in the patio in the morning. Thank you doggys for keeping me safe.
Mainly they are fist-size spiders, and I can cope with that. ( just about ;) ).
This one was a hairy beast of a spider.
I was going to squash it with a stick, but opted not to, just in case it pulled the stick out of my hands. :)
I then decided on baygoning it but it involved getting up close and into cacata-jumping range. So no. Aliens was also a dr inspired movie. No way i want it jumping on to my face and laying eggs in my eyes.....thats a big no-no.
Lastly, I thought of using the shotgun on it, but I might of whacked Wolf, or gotten a ricochet in my genitals. So bad idea.
So I just pretend I didnt see the Beast, and went back to bed :) :) :) :)

This morning, its gone. The question is where. Hopefully to the conuco. I am just about to sacrifice a rooster with my teeth and smear its blood on my chest, while reading verses from the bible, in spanish, and backwards. Just to put all the chances on my side.....
Also the pseudo-dead sibling is also gone. But left its 2 severed legs behind.
I wish the dogs have disposed of the cadaver, but that would be a first time ever thing. They actually leave all the things they kill out on the patio for me to see, in hope of praises, I guess. Over the years there has been countless, mice, rats, chickens, cienpieds, cacactas, other dogs, cats, the occasional infant, shoes ( some with feet still attached )...... good dogs ! Nice dogs !
 

malko

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Went over to in-laws for coffee.
I got chastised for not killing it..... :( :(

Cacatas climb into your bed at night and try and smother you. ( well, tough sh.it guys, I have protector screens :) ).
They have stories of cacatas killing cows (!!!!!!!!!!!!).
So what shall I do if a cacata bites/stings me ?
You have to eat fecal matters .
What ? Its 0700, can you repeat please.
Yes, yes, i heard right, you have to eat poo...... and not your own, someone elses.......

It conforts me in the idea that water supplys are tampered with here.
LSD for all !!!!:smoke::smoke::smoke::alien::alien::dead:
 

dv8

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i like cacats and i never kill them. once we had one of them fellows inside the house. i trapped it by potting a bucket over it, then sliding a newspaper underneath to cover the bucket. miesposo would not even get close apart from opening the door for me so i could release it outside.
 

the gorgon

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i like cacats and i never kill them. once we had one of them fellows inside the house. i trapped it by potting a bucket over it, then sliding a newspaper underneath to cover the bucket. miesposo would not even get close apart from opening the door for me so i could release it outside.

they are basicall harmless to humans. now .centipedes are a completely different concept.
 

dv8

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centipede was in about two weeks ago. miesposo narrated that he got up at 7 and went to the kitchen to turn on the coffee maker when he saw something on the floor. he thought it was a really big poo (we have a pom pom doggie). but then he turned around and i saw the poo moved. that fully woke him up, he turned on the light and was a centipede. he promptly smacked it with a shoe.

i don't think a centipede sting is that deadly. maybe if stung in the face or when allergic (in which case even a common bee can be deadly enough).
 

popeye

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my son had cacatas as pets. the do not bite unless you squish them or maybe if you stick your fingers up under. They cannot lower to bite. they eat by dissolving the prey and sucking up the juices with tonque. they are also very fragile. I had a smaller one in my hand and it walked off my hand and hit the floor. it died. my son says they cannot stand a fall like that
 

the gorgon

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centipede was in about two weeks ago. miesposo narrated that he got up at 7 and went to the kitchen to turn on the coffee maker when he saw something on the floor. he thought it was a really big poo (we have a pom pom doggie). but then he turned around and i saw the poo moved. that fully woke him up, he turned on the light and was a centipede. he promptly smacked it with a shoe.

i don't think a centipede sting is that deadly. maybe if stung in the face or when allergic (in which case even a common bee can be deadly enough).

they won?t kill you, but they are vicious. i once saw a dog bitten by one, and his hind quarters swelled up to the size of a basketball. he was in doggie hospital for 3 days.
 

Derfish

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The other night milady started screaming. We have screens on the windows and sliding glass in each one. But she likes to keep them open and complain that the cold comes in. But this particular time a large spider had strolled in. SHe was 4 inches long and almost as wide, not a cacata though. "You gotta kill it" she exhorted me. "How do Dominicans kill such things?" I asked. We were fresh out of spray. "Can I scare it back out the window?"
She assured me they don't scare and slipped off her flip flop saying I should kill it with that. I took off my shoe feeling it fit my hand better and waving it in the air closed in on the window. The spider must have seen me because she scuttled back out the window, and I closed it!
Der Fish
 

Meemselle

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My poor little dog (15-lb. Maltese/mutt) was bitten by a centipede recently, and he was a very sick little canine for almost a week. Had to haul him over to Dr. Bob for antib's and anti-inflams. It was a good two weeks before he was back to being his normal self.
 

Casino127

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I was beaten by a cacata in Sri-Lanka and i had to take ampiccilina for over a year. Lucky not to have lost a leg. In the campo in Duarte province i lost a cow, beaten by a cacata. I gave antibiotic for 5 days but she couln t make it. Luckely no black
widow around !! only snakes
 

Derfish

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centipede was in about two weeks ago. miesposo narrated that he got up at 7 and went to the kitchen to turn on the coffee maker when he saw something on the floor. he thought it was a really big poo (we have a pom pom doggie). but then he turned around and i saw the poo moved. that fully woke him up, he turned on the light and was a centipede. he promptly smacked it with a shoe.

i don't think a centipede sting is that deadly. maybe if stung in the face or when allergic (in which case even a common bee can be deadly enough).

My neighbor a 33 year old Dominicana got bit by a cienpie, and her arm swelled up extremely, but she refused to go to a medic. Can't stand doctors! She took several generic antibiotics and several weeks later she is fine.
 

popeye

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my friend got bit by a spider and did not know it was a spider at first. turns out it had flesh eating virus. He almost died. they stripped every inch of his outer skin off from his belly button down. he was in hospital for months. he did not go to doctor at first.