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Originally Posted by Miss Vicky

I'm with you on this one, for the most part anyway. If I see a spider, fly, or other such creature in my house I have an old glass salt shaker that I use to capture them with and release them outside. The only time I ever kill an animal is when it is threatening the health of one of my pets. I don't hesitate to use flea prevention on my cats, for example. I also will not hesitate to kill ants if they colonize one of my pet cages. I have on more than one occasion had colonies of ants move into my hermit crab tank, my firebelly toad's tank (who unfortunately must be fed live crickets), and my rat cages. It isn't a matter of poor cage maintenance either, those little buggers can move in literally overnight. I don't feel particularly bad about the ants, though. They are, after all, Argentinian ants and are not native to this country. They're extremely destructive and have all but wiped out native ant species.

Bugs freak me out terribly. I usually try to call it to my cat's attention, so that he will catch and eat it, thus the circle of life is complete but, otherwise, it's freak out then smash. Are you telling me you guys that don't kill bugs don't even kill Roaches if you see one? Wowee.