AmberLops Rabbitry Journal

[CntryBoy777]

I have a question for people who know their spiders!
When I was feeding my rabbits this morning, I got bitten by a giant grey spider (with black spots) that had HUGE black fangs...this spider was about the size of my hand. I've never seen a spider that looks like that, I know giant house spiders and cane spiders...not these things!
The bite is swollen and the fang marks are about 1/4 inch apart. It made me feel sick with flu-type symptoms and made my vision kind of blurry. I know it's not a brown recluse or black widow so i'm not too worried about it.
Any ideas? I tried researching and the only thing that kind of looks like it is a thing-legged wolf spider but it's missing those big black fangs

Did it look like this?....



ETA: our signal is not very good today, so I tried screen shooting the pic...if it isn't clear enough for ya to see....google....yellow garden spider.....be sure to clean the area and keep an eye on it....if a tiny black dot forms in the middle of the bite or starts oozing....go see your doctor.

 

[B&B Happy goats]

Instant heart failure if a spider that big got NEAR me.....hope you don't have any more symptoms from it, that sounds horrible ....feel better quickly Amber

 

[Baymule]

A visit to the doctor might be in order.

 

[AmberLops]

It's no big deal, just a bite The swelling went down a lot... I covered it in peroxide, alcohol and silver gel.
@CntryBoy777 it wasn't that spider! I wish it was...at least i'd know what it is. Still not sure, I spent a couple hours researching today...looking at every spider in the country and I didn't find it. Oh well...maybe it's an unknown species and it'll give me special powers ha ha

 

[AmberLops]

It's been raining non-stop for the last 3 days...and there's more in the forecast!
It's a nice break from the heat but it sure does a number on old injuries
The rabbits are happy, I have a few young does breeding for the first time. My little Chestnut, Ronnie was bred today and I can't wait to see how she does! The cooler weather is bringing them back to life!
Can anyone tell me how to post a video?
I got a video of Jessie's babies but I can't figure out how to post it

 

[CntryBoy777]

To post a video, ya have to upload it to youtube and then link it to your post....ya have to have a "channel" on youtube to upload it to.....some of the orb spiders has dots and so do jumping spiders....if it was stripes and not dots...it could be a wolf spider.....they look somewhat like a tarantula....there are plenty of all those in the area up there.....

 

[AmberLops]

To post a video, ya have to upload it to youtube and then link it to your post....ya have to have a "channel" on youtube to upload it to.....some of the orb spiders has dots and so do jumping spiders....if it was stripes and not dots...it could be a wolf spider.....they look somewhat like a tarantula....there are plenty of all those in the area up there.....

Thank you! I don't have a youtube channel so I don't think i'll get to post the video.
And the spider looked like a mix between a fishing spider and a wolf spider but neither have those fangs!

 

[CntryBoy777]

This might be of interest to ya....
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hogna_carolinensis

 

[Baymule]

Glad that you feel better. Spider bites can be bad. Rain for 3 days! The Dallas and Fort Worth area is getting storms right now and up north of us too. I sure hope we get rain out of that, although the weather lady just said we'd be lucky to get a half inch. Boo.

 

[Senile_Texas_Aggie]

Thank you! I don't have a youtube channel so I don't think i'll get to post the video.

Creating a YouTube channel is easy -- even I was able to do it! I think you ought to start a YouTube channel about raising rabbits. You'd become famous. Then those snotty ladies at the spinning club would beg you to join!