Betsy
Anniversary Herd
My hutch is full of earwigs and earwig eggs again this year. 
Last year I managed to get rid of them (eventually) by being VERY thorough with the F10 which kills off the eggs (which I discovered quite by accident last year). The earwigs seem to like the corners most where it's really difficult for the brush to get into. I thought I had got all the little blighters out today but no there were about 20 hiding in each corner of the hutch. I only had a chance to do the top bit today where Dennis and Betsy live cos of the rain and that was bad enough I'm sure the bottom bit where Christian, Velvet and Meg live will be much worse. I had to get out the car hoover to get rid of about a million eggs or so it seemed (they just look like little black dots). I then liberally sprayed everything with F10, wiped it around with a cloth, let it dry out and put Dennis & Betsy back in once the fleece, pee pads and hay was put in. Just as I was about to do the bottom where the other 3 live the heavens opened so they will be done on the next dry day.
Does anyone else have an earwig invasion? or do they just like my hutch and my piggies?
Last year I managed to get rid of them (eventually) by being VERY thorough with the F10 which kills off the eggs (which I discovered quite by accident last year). The earwigs seem to like the corners most where it's really difficult for the brush to get into. I thought I had got all the little blighters out today but no there were about 20 hiding in each corner of the hutch. I only had a chance to do the top bit today where Dennis and Betsy live cos of the rain and that was bad enough I'm sure the bottom bit where Christian, Velvet and Meg live will be much worse. I had to get out the car hoover to get rid of about a million eggs or so it seemed (they just look like little black dots). I then liberally sprayed everything with F10, wiped it around with a cloth, let it dry out and put Dennis & Betsy back in once the fleece, pee pads and hay was put in. Just as I was about to do the bottom where the other 3 live the heavens opened so they will be done on the next dry day. Does anyone else have an earwig invasion? or do they just like my hutch and my piggies?
I used to always find them in the grooves of my outdoor hutches when I still kept piggies outside. I remember my Dad used to stick bamboo canes in the ground with a plastic plant pot filled with hay stuck over the top, they seemed to prefer those to the hutches and most moved over to those...although it could have been because they were getting fed up of me coming along and annoying them, trying to pick them up!