General Chat

I have just finished cleaning my bathroom and thought I haven't seen any for quite a while now............Do you still get them?..........I think there cute...............Suzy :o) x

CUTE!!lol what you on??' I

Do you mean the little insect/creature??? Yes they still exist - don't like them myself - always a sign of damp creeping in somewhere lolol

lol...Roxanne, I love things like that......I remember apologising to one once cause I killed it with the mop.......I also apologised to a frog because I hit it with a brush while sweeping the leafs up in the garden...............lol

lol Anne, I should have more then, Alex gets more water on the floor then in the bath..................:o) x

Well Suzy, I can honestly say, hand on heart, that I have never apologised to a silver fish, frogs maybe yes, but only when I squash em! lol BC

I liked them too Suzy lol. Haven't seen any for years but when I was a kid they used to live under the corners of the carpet by the fireplace in my gran's:)

Suzy... i have them in my cellar. They are the only insecty type thing i am not scared of.... i agree... they are cute. Sue x

Suzy, I can understand you not wanting to kill them, they do look rather inoffensive, bless!!just bad press like lots of other things in life. I wont kill anything either, I normally catch them and then put them outside:-)))

suzy and roxanne you been on the pop early lol i hadnt thought of silver fish for years, since we had old house and they came with damp,

Suzy, I quite like silverfish too and thought you might be interested in a quote from Moyra Bremner's Enquire Within which says that silverfish are 'to be pitied and loved' because they are as old as the dinosaurs but failed to evolve very far! It also says you can keep them as pets in a jam jar and feed them on flour (they like the starch) but I don't think I'd go that far. Carolyn

Oh Poor things!! now I want one as a pet!!

Roxanne... pm me your addy.... i will pop a couple in a matchbox with some flour.... Lol Sue xxx

And what about flour mites??? Anybody have them?? How do you get rid of them? Gloria

Sue, Would you!!lol

Sue.........I want some too, do you a swap for some newts.........lol

Suzy, I love newts aswell! When I was young I had some pet newts and I remember taking them into school and my art teacher made a film of them. The idea was to make them look like prehistoric monsters and I the result was really funny (he added dramatic music soundtrack). I'd love to see that film again - where are you Mr Smalley??? Carolyn

Hi Carolyn..........Do you want some? we had loads of babies last summer. What a nice teacher, cant you get in contact with your old School to see if they still have a copy. Suzy :o) x

Had some silverfish in my old house, just in the bathroom. My current house has carpet mites - any suggestions folks?

Your thread brought back a memory. When I was young -a long time ago!- I used to stay at my nans, sit in a corner in her sitting room by the fireplace and read some of my dads old books (The horse with the green nose!) It was always quiet with her clock ticking away on the mantlepiece and chiming every quarter of an hour and silver fish scuttling about on the hearth. Some years ago we had a few by our old boiler and I was so pleased to see them beacuse of the old memories. We don't seem to have them anymore. (If we did I wouldn't swap them for a newt!) Chris