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Other Local Resorts & Areas => Uzumlu Discussion Forum => Topic started by: moonfleet on September 24, 2009, 07:57:51 AM

Title: Watch out Scorpions indoors
Post by: moonfleet on September 24, 2009, 07:57:51 AM: Found a scorpion in the kitchen last night. Pale kind. They think its getting colder too!!!
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Post by: stoop on September 24, 2009, 08:12:14 AM: What - they after some Ready Brek?
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Post by: calvin 1949 on September 24, 2009, 08:22:47 AM: Two in the pool last week ,seems to be more about this year ,me thinks time to start wearing shoes!!
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Post by: pookie on September 24, 2009, 08:36:18 AM: yes Lottie almost trod on one by the pool - 'orrid little beasties.
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Post by: foggiestmeldrum on September 24, 2009, 11:39:15 AM: Apart from seeing them or standing on them,how would you know if you had scorpions in your house.?Do they leave droppings like mice or any other such clues?
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Post by: tinkerman on September 24, 2009, 11:52:19 AM: they leave the cushioned scattered about the floor and the doors open
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Post by: pookie on September 24, 2009, 12:15:08 PM: and the blighters never replace the loo roll ;) :)
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Post by: Old Daffodil on September 24, 2009, 12:51:49 PM: If you have neighbours who have chickens it is a good idea to let them into your garden occasionally as they kill scorpions and eat them. The chickens are not hurt by scorpions. :)
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Post by: foggiestmeldrum on September 24, 2009, 13:32:17 PM: The cushions and loo roll, sounds like my partner when she,s been on the fire water.But what about the scorpions?
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Post by: KKOB on September 24, 2009, 13:46:05 PM: quote:
Originally posted by tinkerman

they leave the cushioned scattered about the floor and the doors open

And they eat all the Chocolate Digestives ! : :) ;): :)
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Post by: puma on September 24, 2009, 17:22:50 PM: whwhen we were over 2 weeks ago i opened my kitchen cupboard were i keep the coke and efes and one ran up the wall.our screams were terrible.
i sprayed it with 1/2 can cockie spray and never seen it again
it was a pale coloured one and must have got in through the gas hole
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Post by: Crabbit on September 24, 2009, 18:12:38 PM: quote:
Originally posted by puma

must have got in through the gas hole

PARDON. :o :o

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Post by: Old Daffodil on September 24, 2009, 18:52:26 PM: Scorpions will enter your house where there are pipes and it is a good idea to make sure that the wall is blocked off around the pipe. They will also drop onto the roof or balcony from overhanging trees.I have only seen two scorpions in twenty years out in Turkey.

If you are bitten by one apply an ice pack and head for the doctor. The sting can cause breathing problems for some people.

Chickens are a good thing to have as a pet to clear the garden if you can.
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Post by: Crabbit on September 24, 2009, 18:59:11 PM: You`ll get stung by worse than a scorpion out there. : :)

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Post by: Old Daffodil on September 24, 2009, 19:50:07 PM: What do you mean? Uzumlu! :)
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Post by: foggiestmeldrum on September 24, 2009, 20:20:08 PM: Thanks for the information regarding Scorpions,my partner and her mother are going over and I usually look out for these sort of things.They wont be taking chocolate digestives with them,rich teas ok?
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Post by: Honey Bee on September 24, 2009, 20:55:31 PM: Hi,

We are out next week to village. My wife will wear her wellies.

What other beasties do you have.

Might put us off!
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Post by: pookie on September 25, 2009, 08:47:26 AM: some great spiders, and a few nasty snakes......but they are all part of the rich tapestry that is Uzumlu ! (I find the donkeys the worst....noisy blighters....)
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Post by: Honey Bee on September 25, 2009, 15:46:16 PM: Hi Pookie,

I see you are from Cambridge.

We are also from Cambs near March!
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Post by: puma on September 25, 2009, 22:05:13 PM: jumping spiders give you a good bite
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Post by: Pattimac on September 26, 2009, 00:11:31 AM: Haha very true Crabbit
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Post by: minxer on September 26, 2009, 03:04:22 AM: quote:
Originally posted by puma

jumping spiders give you a good bite

my folks didnt beieve me about the spidders that high jump until thy met one!! hehe! :o
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Post by: pookie on September 26, 2009, 08:54:53 AM: quote:
Originally posted by Honey Bee

Hi Pookie,

I see you are from Cambridge.

We are also from Cambs near March!
Honey Bee - very close !! We are Godmanchester !

Don't be put off by the 'wee' beasties - Uzumlu is wonderful. (but the spiders DO jump !!)
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Post by: Old Daffodil on September 26, 2009, 11:07:27 AM: Do they have jumping spider competitions? :D
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Post by: Honey Bee on September 26, 2009, 11:08:36 AM: Pookie,

How long you been in Uzumlu?
We are buying a plot and building villa (hopefully if all goes well)
We have been all over Turkey and fell in love (my wife) with village, people seem so friendly.

Have you any advice!!!!
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Post by: Scunner on September 26, 2009, 11:25:05 AM: Buying a plot in Uzumlu...building a villa...any advice..?

Yes

Buy nothing until the land has been checked out by a solicitor appointed by you, and don't think builders are all the same. If you get the land checked out and find a builder rather than someone who thinks they are, you will avoid potentially the most stressful time of your life :)

Oops sorry I'm not Pookie :D Good luck with it.
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Post by: Honey Bee on September 26, 2009, 13:39:04 PM: Hi, Cheers for advice.

Colin PS Great forum, well done
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Post by: pookie on September 26, 2009, 15:02:25 PM: quote:
Originally posted by Scunner

Oops sorry I'm not Pookie :D Good luck with it.
No, I've got far more bumps that you have !

Honey bee - had our house in Uzumlu almost four years now....sadly not out there enough (stuck in Cambridge working most of the time !). As Scunner says, research research research......send me an email if a chat would help. Good luck ! Get it all right, and you will love it.
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Post by: Scunner on September 26, 2009, 15:46:19 PM: I'm not entirely sure you have more bumps than me Pooks :)

I'm also disappointed I missed the obvious joke about builders and scorpions ;)
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Post by: amanda bullock on September 26, 2009, 17:24:33 PM: have you noticed they are starting to appear all over the house?(spiders) hate them!!!!
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Post by: tribalelder on September 26, 2009, 18:53:02 PM: You will have been pleased to read this headline from yesterdays Yahoo News then. "UK braceing itself for huge spider invasion".......
Behind You!:D:D
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Post by: puma on September 26, 2009, 19:33:16 PM: my garden is full of them they have made webs everywhere,mainly using my washing line as a starting point and i am covered in the webs when i go into the garden, to hang the washing out. yuk
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Post by: Karennina on September 27, 2009, 11:11:56 AM: Is it just Uzumlu that is prone to scorpions, do we need to look out for them in Calis as well? Also are they very big the ones you get in Uzumlu?
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Post by: Honey Bee on September 27, 2009, 11:32:28 AM: I am told every thing is big in Uzumlu...............!!!!!
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Post by: Scunner on September 27, 2009, 11:39:19 AM: In 5 years of living in Calis and holidays before and since, I've never seen a scorpion. Snakes yes but no scorpions.
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Post by: Rindaloo on September 27, 2009, 12:14:26 PM: I holidayed 13 times in Hisaronu, Kaya and Karagozler. Now we have lived here for over 2 years in Uzumlu, haven't seen a scorpion at all. I look all the time because I am curious to see one (ONE only please...). I think you're more likely to see them in quieter areas (near the trees and rocks). But, having said that, one walked straight past our table in a busy restaurant garden recently, spotted by someone else, -it had legged it by the time he told me.
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Post by: pookie on September 27, 2009, 12:47:32 PM: quote:
Originally posted by Rindaloo

, haven't seen a scorpion at all. I look all the time because I am curious to see one (ONE only please...).
Rindi, pop over to ours early evening and sit by the pool.....they crawl out of the stone wall around the garden......we see them regularly :( (also Ottoman vipers in the river bed running through the olive grove.... :o
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Post by: calvin 1949 on September 27, 2009, 15:15:44 PM: quote:
Originally posted by Honey Bee

I am told every thing is big in Uzumlu...............!!!!!

Steady Tiger!!!1:P
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Post by: Rindaloo on September 27, 2009, 16:26:43 PM: Thanks Pookie. Can you imagine your neighbours watching me sitting there at dusk. LOL!!!

I would love one of those ultra violet lights that make them glow. It might be quite revealing to aim it at our wall and see what really IS lurking there. But, with so many pets, there's a chance (I suppose) that they have high tailed it to the hills......
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Post by: pookie on September 27, 2009, 18:24:40 PM: no need for ultra violet lights.....we have glow worms too ! they light up the wall like beautiful little fairy lights......oh, wish we were there.....:(
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Post by: june on September 27, 2009, 19:25:47 PM: We have had 3 really big spiders in the house over the past 10 days, the last one was 'Huge', I really am not exaggerating it was massive, but still Stuart chose to pick it up and I had to open the window...bla bla bla...... each one that has run into the lounge has been bigger each time, I am dreading to see the size of the next one.....and our cat is frightened to death of them.:D