fly zappers who has them

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Yeah someone stold a bunny and piggie from our road too so we got a lock on it and my window is on a catch so nobody can get in! our bunnys are stubborn though they wouldnt move hehe they probably weigh two stone together so id like to see somone carry that! x
 
any one touch my fur balls and they would be hunted down and exterminated ( is that too harsh do you think?) lol
 
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any one touch my fur balls and they would be hunted down and exterminated ( is that too harsh do you think?) lol
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SNAP! and not just talking about piggies either. also my cats. Cats being stolen all the time. I do the lost and found reigster for the Andover CPL and it make soyu wonder sometimes.
 
my biggest fear is having one of my pets stolen I would never cope I would be out hunting the thieves down and I honestly dont know what I would do to them if i ever found them and i know I could'nt sleep if any of my pets were lost to me, I'm getting goosepimples thinking about it now, >:(
 
my rabbit got out the other day didnt see him for 2 days i thought he had been eaten but nope he was in bunny heaven so to speak up the road in someones veggie patch eatting there veg lol
 
I have had cats go missing and its a nightmare. Cried for days. They were found eventually. Barney Mcgrew was in garage for 10 days and Oscar was in someones house for 3 days and we had to call the police to get him out on New Years eve. The owners didnt come back for 9 days in total. Just glad a neighbour saw my leaflet and called me.

you just dont know where they have gone or if they were stolen.


Talking about rabbits about 4 years ago Barney came home with a dead rabbit and I said to my hubby that it looked like a pet rabbit. Just looked different to the wild ones he brought back. Well 2 weeks ago when I was doing a CPL open day a lady who was a neighbour told me her rabbit went missing and they couldnt find it. think I know what happen. But I wouldnt break their hearts and tell them the truth.
 
Our cat was hit by a car and the driver just left her there she was 10 months old :'( i wonder if he had stopped to tell us (she had our address on her tag) she was just around the corner, maybe she would still be here today our neighbour found her it was so distressing i didnt cry i went into complete shock i was only 11 :'( :'( i wish the person who had been honest! :'(
 
I would rather not tell her after 4 years that my cat (who is now at rainbow bridge) killed their rabbit. Its best they didnt know what happen cos it was not nice. Car drivers annoy me when it comes to cats. Allt hey need to do is put it in the boot of their car and take to a vets. The vets and CPL will find the owners. I speak to quite a few owners who report their cats missing then a few dyas later ring me in tears cos they have either found them dead on the road or someone else has. So sorry about your cat. It happen to my first cat. Beautiful cat. half persian got knocked and left at the side of the road. so sad.
 
thats the main reason i wont have cats that and bringing home dead birds etc, I freak if they did'nt come home every night on time, I was bad enough when my son kept Doves they are so beautiful and come home for bed as it gets dark, the eclipse was so funny becase they were let out at 8.30am flew off then came home again at the eclipse (around 10am) they thought it was bed time,
but i use to go out looking for any that did'nt come home and got caught calling for one called persil once by a neighbour she thought i was mad ( it was called persil becase an old lady who gave us her washed her in a bowl of persil) we also had a daz, come to think of it good piggy names,
and polly pidge was born deformed and could'nt fly so she lived in our garden but came into our kitchen and ate the dog food (hard pellets) and laid in the sun on the floor with the dogs, she died in my hands which upset me so much, she was a real character and never pooped in the kitchen (thankgoodness)
 
I guess I haven't ever had this problem since my piggie is an indoor piggie only. But I guess if he was outdoors all the time I would want something to keep the flys away from him too.
 
Got my fly zapper too from one of the companies recommended on here! Its brilliant.! Having rabbits now too, am always worried about the flies, so its a bit of peace of mind to know that the majority of the flies now get zapped. !

Feel a bit cruel about it but have to put the pigs, and rabbits first. So glad I have it now.

Deb x
 
I got my replacement one last week and now have it hooked up and working. It just peace of mind really.
 
Just catching up on the forum - not been about for a while! Fly zappers? i couldnt use those as i take it they kill the flys? (i might not like insects but couldnt kill them! - personal view of mine)

I'm going to find out if theres an essential oil i can use to deter flies as there have been a few in the garden by the hutches - I'm cleaning the hutches daily and 'deep' cleaning once a week.

Will post if i find anything.................

Alison :)
 
Gorgeous Guineas does an essential oil repellent - its called Buzz Off

I use a product called Dynamite for mine - it is a natural product but it may contain Lanolin if I remember rightly so that might not be suitable for you Alison?
 
Citronella is one of the main ingredients of Buzz off and Dynamite.

I like the dynamite as it protects against fly strike in rabbits and also works against lice and mites. Very handy to have in the summer months.
 
I will have to look out for those products - I do avoid lanolin in any products i use but if it was the best preventitive for avoiding flystrike risk for the gang I would consider it but will look for the other products first :)

Alison
 
I'm sticking to the zappers being as i lost a darling bunny to fly strike you can understand my pure hatred for flys, and despite being an animal lover, feel when the zapper goes thats one less doing damage, plus i always remember at school in science being told all about flys and their disgusting habits ugh no way zappers for me, if a fly lands on me or the kids I have to wipe it with wipes as they land in dog poo and sick things up, my skin is crawling just thinking about it, forget the nice smelling things, I need to be sure they wont go onto harm any other bunnies, lol
 
I too have to agree on this, I have tried the essential oils but nothing works as well as one of the electric zappers.

Flies are dirty, nastly creatures and while yes they do serve a purpose on this planet. I dont want any of my pets to become infested by maggots and I will do what I can to help prevent that. If it means a few flies have to be zapped then so be it.

Deb x
 
Its something i worry about this having outside piggies/bunny I have lost a bunny to fly strike many years ago - impossible to spot til it was too late :(

I hope by daily cleaning and once a week giving the hutches a big clean/scrub - that I'm doing my best but want to look into natural fly deterants, will have a look for buzz off later.

I'm not keen on flies - can see several about now outside so off to sort evening clean/feed now!

Alison
 
I don't like to kill anything but flies are evil and I will stop at nothing to protect my family. On Sunday I chased a big fly all round the house with a newspaper and wacked it on the head. That'll teach him for coming in my house >:(
 
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