Hi
Thanks for the advice, their names are Sasha (the spider catcher in training) and Minnie (the mouse catcher in training), its amazing the difference in characters, one is very affectionate and the othe is very serious but likes a fuss on her terms.
We will start with the bell as it can be heard at distance and we do have a toy on a string but not played with it for a while, so will start again, any other tips grateful.
Our other issues are around walking on the table which I suspect will move to the work surfaces soon, we just say no and shoo them off at the moment and they go but the next time we look they are back (except when eating they seem to respect this period).
Soo glad we got them, fills the house with humour.
Thanks
K