longtimelurker51
Junior Guinea Pig
hii y’all, if any of you remember me, my boy who’s had a few dentals done this year and refused to eat any hay for three months straight is now doing perfectly fine and munching on hay as we speak!
but i have an entirely different issue now which i have never faced before - flies. the weather is getting warmer, it’s pretty much typical summer temperatures with rain storms every few days. we also live in a rural place, so it’s to be expected.
we’ve been killing the flies, but i am absolutely terrified to use any bug repellents or sprays in the house, not only because of pipi but also because of my parrot (they are on entirely different sides of the house, so it’s not a major worry if i don’t get 100% parrot safe suggestions).
what i have never seen before was these small white things on pipi’s bedding which i initially thought were plant seeds that must have fallen of something he has in his hay. it happened another two times and sure enough, it’s fly eggs.
we use those puppy training pee pads that are washable and made out of some natural material, and needless to say i immediately washed it and switched it. i have also been checking him every few hours as i have been faced with myiasis before.
of course i also place his hide in different areas of his cage, so he isn’t laying on any wet spots, and i’ve been doing this alongside throwing out any old food within hours for quite a while.
i searched up what i could do and someone suggested a fly trap of sorts with vinegar and dish soap - it helped, but not entirely (there can be up to 20 new flies in the room every day, no matter how much we ventilate or kill them). i know some plants naturally repel them, and there are also sprays with those, but i haven’t been able to buy any yet.
what can i do in the meantime until next week when i can get those?
but i have an entirely different issue now which i have never faced before - flies. the weather is getting warmer, it’s pretty much typical summer temperatures with rain storms every few days. we also live in a rural place, so it’s to be expected.
we’ve been killing the flies, but i am absolutely terrified to use any bug repellents or sprays in the house, not only because of pipi but also because of my parrot (they are on entirely different sides of the house, so it’s not a major worry if i don’t get 100% parrot safe suggestions).
what i have never seen before was these small white things on pipi’s bedding which i initially thought were plant seeds that must have fallen of something he has in his hay. it happened another two times and sure enough, it’s fly eggs.
we use those puppy training pee pads that are washable and made out of some natural material, and needless to say i immediately washed it and switched it. i have also been checking him every few hours as i have been faced with myiasis before.
of course i also place his hide in different areas of his cage, so he isn’t laying on any wet spots, and i’ve been doing this alongside throwing out any old food within hours for quite a while.
i searched up what i could do and someone suggested a fly trap of sorts with vinegar and dish soap - it helped, but not entirely (there can be up to 20 new flies in the room every day, no matter how much we ventilate or kill them). i know some plants naturally repel them, and there are also sprays with those, but i haven’t been able to buy any yet.
what can i do in the meantime until next week when i can get those?
