PoppysPiggies
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With it being warmer, flies are becoming very attracted to my piggies hutch (which is inside), even though I deep clean it often so I really can't do anything else where that is concerned.
I have had to resort to a fly zapper, which I feel awful about, since the noise is horrible and I feel really cruel, but I'd rather that than any harm comes to my pigs. The problem is that it seems to really scare the pigs, when I came down this morning after leaving it on all night, they were too scared to greet me, whereas they're normally very chatty in the morning.
Are there any alternatives or any way to make it less scary for the pigs? I suppose I could just put it on when the pigs are outside, which is pretty much all day when the weather is good. All of the flies are house flies at the minute, so there is no real risk of fly strike, but I still worry and they could still lay eggs in the hutch, which wouldn't be nice for anyone. I'm still checking the pigs for any form of mess around their bottoms at least twice a day, I'm a bit paranoid about fly stike.
Thanks everyone
I have had to resort to a fly zapper, which I feel awful about, since the noise is horrible and I feel really cruel, but I'd rather that than any harm comes to my pigs. The problem is that it seems to really scare the pigs, when I came down this morning after leaving it on all night, they were too scared to greet me, whereas they're normally very chatty in the morning.
Are there any alternatives or any way to make it less scary for the pigs? I suppose I could just put it on when the pigs are outside, which is pretty much all day when the weather is good. All of the flies are house flies at the minute, so there is no real risk of fly strike, but I still worry and they could still lay eggs in the hutch, which wouldn't be nice for anyone. I'm still checking the pigs for any form of mess around their bottoms at least twice a day, I'm a bit paranoid about fly stike.
Thanks everyone