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not sre if i put this in the correct spot? if its not please feel free to move it mods,
Just wanted to get some tips if possible as i cannot keep flys out of my piggy room
I think the hay is attracting them,i clean and spot clean the cages reguarly so that should be a problem,
i think they may be coming out of the heating and cooling vents.I have tried swatting them which i cannot do unless i take Boris out of the room,and i have tried shooing the flys into the house closing the piggy door and leaving the piggy window open and then spraying what flys i can in the main part of thr house,
my stepdad suggested taking all the piggies into runs for a few hours and covering there cages with sheets/plastic or some sort of covers and then using surface spray around the vents,i would have to keep the piggies out of the room for quite a while to do this and Boris isnt really well enough for that.Does anyone have any piggy friendly tips that wont upset Boris as his stress levels are rather high right now,I'm just worried if i have a problem with them now how bad will this get in summerxxxx
 
yeap the sticky fly strips are the best! even better than the electric one we had. only down side of the sticky fly strips is they can sometimes get a little too sticky when your trying to put them up!

might be worth looking on the web for natural fly deterants maybe?
 
I use one of the electronic fly killers, which I bought from Homebase. I've also used insecticide free fly strips, and I think the fly killer stickers you can put on windows are also okay. The good things about the strips is that you can hang them close to cages.
 
The fly strips do work well and I also use citronella essential oil in a burner. Flies hate it by all accounts and it has seemed to work!
 
I'm getting alot of flys in my bedroom because my windows are open all the time and when the piggies cages need cleaned it attracts them even more. Really don't think I would like fly strips in my room though. Pet shop uses them and they look disgusting with the dead flys on them.
 
I couldn't bring myself to cause the suffering to any animals even flies.... =|
 
I couldn't bring myself to cause the suffering to any animals even flies.... =|

i have no feelings for flys,they have made Boris even more uncomfortable,and he hates them all my piggies have been upset by it recently,and as far as i see it they are my babies so the flys have to go xxxxx
 
If you go to your local diy store you can buy a fly killing pen, all you do is draw on your windows with it (its invisible) so you wont notice a difference to your windows but it works brill and gets rid of all the flies!
 
i have no feelings for flys,they have made Boris even more uncomfortable,and he hates them all my piggies have been upset by it recently,and as far as i see it they are my babies so the flys have to go xxxxx

I agree but I wouldn't ever use anything that would distress flies. No matter what.
 
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