Rivervixen
Forum Donator 2023/24
Hiya, just wondering if crane flies bother or are harmful to piggies? Got one that just won’t leave at the moment!
Do crane flies bother guinea pigs?
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No they won’t be harmful to them
Crane files are not harmful to guinea pigs.
However my top tip would be to avoid the crane fly being spotted by an over protective teenage slave, who will want to get rid of it anyway, and may be tempted to throw a shoe at the roof where the crane fly has landed.
This could then result in the aforementioned shoe missing the crane fly completely, and bouncing off the wall and falling into the guinea pig cage below.
I only mention it incase this scenario is a possibility in your home.
NB: No guinea pigs or crane flies were harmed in the above mention scenario.
However my top tip would be to avoid the crane fly being spotted by an over protective teenage slave, who will want to get rid of it anyway, and may be tempted to throw a shoe at the roof where the crane fly has landed.
This could then result in the aforementioned shoe missing the crane fly completely, and bouncing off the wall and falling into the guinea pig cage below.
I only mention it incase this scenario is a possibility in your home.
NB: No guinea pigs or crane flies were harmed in the above mention scenario.
Two_Wheeks
Forum Donator 2023/24
Had no idea what a crane fly was... A daddy-long-legs!
I learn something new almost every time I come on this forum!
I learn something new almost every time I come on this forum!
PigglePuggle
Senior Guinea Pig
Crane flies are completely harmless to all mammals and usually hang out near the ceiling/light/windows so shouldnt bother the piggies at all 
However as @Swissgreys says they can invoke unusual irrational reactions in hoomans! My trainee 10 year old piggy slave finds them terrifying and wont go to the toilet if there's one in the bathroom, while piggy daddy becomes fixated on trying to "save" them.
One of my earliest memories of my relationship with piggy daddy is a romantic evening 15 years ago ruined by piggy daddy dancing around without too many clothes on trying to "save" a summer evening crane fly visitor in case it flew into a candle. It didnt of course, but piggy daddy is a soppy animal rescue orientated fool
They always go on the ceiling and bob about stupidly evading all attempts at capture and refusing to be helped outside. For hours. Literally hours. One of evolution's "how do you survive, daft dangly legged little animal?" mysteries, but completely harmless
However as @Swissgreys says they can invoke unusual irrational reactions in hoomans! My trainee 10 year old piggy slave finds them terrifying and wont go to the toilet if there's one in the bathroom, while piggy daddy becomes fixated on trying to "save" them.
One of my earliest memories of my relationship with piggy daddy is a romantic evening 15 years ago ruined by piggy daddy dancing around without too many clothes on trying to "save" a summer evening crane fly visitor in case it flew into a candle. It didnt of course, but piggy daddy is a soppy animal rescue orientated fool
They always go on the ceiling and bob about stupidly evading all attempts at capture and refusing to be helped outside. For hours. Literally hours. One of evolution's "how do you survive, daft dangly legged little animal?" mysteries, but completely harmless
Ugh. My earliest memory of these is of walking to school and one of the lovely boys in my class grabbing one from a hedge and putting it down the back of my school dress. It has led to a lifelong “fear” of these leggy flying things and significant deep breathing required to overcome the rising sense of panic at being in the house with one of these things buzzing around.
I shall send over a teenager with a shoe to protect you
