Fly's in outside enclosure.

[dmarcus]

Fly's have come out and they are driving me crazy because some of them bite and they seem to be more eager than Vegas when I feed him. I know you can't completely get rid of them but I would like to control the numbers. I went to get something that Vegas would not have access to and I found the fly traps that you hang. It said it would take about 3 hours to start working and to my surprise after 30 minutes the flies were going inside.

I try and clean up all leftover food and any poop to keep them out but they seem to know that they will get something if they hang around...

Does anyone have anything they use to cut down on the flies? These traps will get expensive if I have to keep buying them.

Vegas kept following me as I set the trap up so I snapped his pic....

 

[jaizei]

You can make something similar to the trap you bought.
http://thekebun.wordpress.com/2008/10/02/simple-fly-trap/

 

[coreyc]

I bought some of those traps last year they work awesome what ever they use to attract flies it works great I think I had all the flies in my neighborhood filled two of them in a week hundreds of flies I would hang it away from his enclosure so it will draw the flies away from it

 

[dmarcus]

You can make something similar to the trap you bought.
http://thekebun.wordpress.com/2008/10/02/simple-fly-trap/

I have a empty bottle and I will try that...Thanks

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I bought some of those traps last year they work awesome what ever they use to attract flies it works great I think I had all the flies in my neighborhood filled two of them in a week hundreds of flies I would hang it away from his enclosure so it will draw the flies away from it

Its working great so far, I will move it away from the enclosure and see how that works.

 

[ALDABRAMAN]

For some reason we never have any fly issues. They would drive me nuts!

 

[dmarcus]

They bite us out here so I just want them gone as much as possible...We didn't have this issue last year so I am unsure what is going on..

 

[Yvonne G]

I really, REALLY hate flies. I'm SO glad that I don't have a fly problem. I pick up the poop daily. I have a horse too, and I pick up her poop daily also. I have a manure pile where I dump the manure and spread it out so it dries. There aren't many flies on the pile either.

I like the 2 liter bottle idea. Thanks for that.

 

[dmarcus]

I really, REALLY hate flies. I'm SO glad that I don't have a fly problem. I pick up the poop daily. I have a horse too, and I pick up her poop daily also. I have a manure pile where I dump the manure and spread it out so it dries. There aren't many flies on the pile either.

I like the 2 liter bottle idea. Thanks for that.

I have always hated them and I do my best to clean up leftover food and any poop but they still hang around like crazy and they bite which makes it worse. The trap has working great waiting to see what results I get from the bottle..

 

[Mao Senpai]

I hate flies too... one came into my house the other day and I've been trying to get rid of it. I was sitting here typing away and it flew into the side of my head and scared the bejebus out of me.

 

[Tom]

I use those traps too. They work well and you can keep topping off the water level as it evaporates until it is full of flies. They do stink to high heaven though. P.U.!!! I bought a bunch of mantis egg cases and hatched them out last year. Didn't seem to make a dent.

 

[dmarcus]

I hate flies too... one came into my house the other day and I've been trying to get rid of it. I was sitting here typing away and it flew into the side of my head and scared the bejebus out of me.

They are annoying always bothering you when you are trying to relax, I haven't seen fly swatters for sale yet

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I use those traps too. They work well and you can keep topping off the water level as it evaporates until it is full of flies. They do stink to high heaven though. P.U.!!! I bought a bunch of mantis egg cases and hatched them out last year. Didn't seem to make a dent.

I am very suprised how well it works, I was only expecting a few flies to go inside but this morning there had to be atleast 30 dead flies that I could see. This product is a hit with me..

 

[dmarcus]

I use those traps too. They work well and you can keep topping off the water level as it evaporates until it is full of flies. They do stink to high heaven though. P.U.!!! I bought a bunch of mantis egg cases and hatched them out last year. Didn't seem to make a dent.

I just threw out the first trap and man it smelled like something had died, there were so many dead flies and a couple wasps in there...you were right P.U. big time..

 

[Fernando]

Fly's that bite?!?

 

[dmarcus]

Fly's that bite?!?

Yes fly's that bite and they hurt too. My wife said the same thing when I told her the fly's were biting me but after she kept getting bite by them a few times she has no more doubts...

 

[Yvonne G]

I hate flies too... one came into my house the other day and I've been trying to get rid of it. I was sitting here typing away and it flew into the side of my head and scared the bejebus out of me.

LOL!

I always fan the air in front of me before I open the door to come in from outside. I have screens on the windows. Occasionally an errant fly will find he way indoors, but my indoor cat, Molly, catches them and eats them! UGH! but YIPPEE!!

 

[dmarcus]

I hate flies too... one came into my house the other day and I've been trying to get rid of it. I was sitting here typing away and it flew into the side of my head and scared the bejebus out of me.

LOL!

I always fan the air in front of me before I open the door to come in from outside. I have screens on the windows. Occasionally an errant fly will find he way indoors, but my indoor cat, Molly, catches them and eats them! UGH! but YIPPEE!!

Our cats do that also, we will see them staring into the air then just jump...nice to know they will catch and kill any insect that they see..