Fruit fly problem!

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Lotteluvspigs

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Right now my house has a lot of fruit flies on the kitchen to the point where you can basically spot a fly in every part of the house and I need some tips on how to keep my pigs safe, I have 2 traps in the kitchen and 2 traps in my room with the pigs but the fly problem just seems to be getting worse and worse. I do get something called CSA were I get fruits and veggies every week so those are sitting out on my counter I'm trying to work on a solution cause they won't fit in my fridge. I just really want to keep my pigs safe.
 
A bowl of white wine vinegar with cling film over the top and some holes punched through makes an excellent trap.

I don’t know where you are but would a larder cupboard outside work? (Nothing fancy, just a cupboard with a wire front)
 
Remove all uneaten veggies or fruit from their cage after 30 minutes. Spot clean cage and remove poo and any damp bits At least twice a day, more if you live in a hot country. When you buy fruit, keep it in the fridge. You need to break the fruit fly breeding cycle. Don’t leave any fresh produce living around basically. Check any house plants too, they often lay their eggs in the compost

Fruit flies are very unlikely to cause any harm to your piggies, they eat fruit and veg, unlike horsefly/bluebottle maggots which can kill all pets
 
Fruit flies will not harm your piggies so don’t worry about that.

Storing veggies in hessian bags may be an option. I guess it depends what veg you are leaving out on your counter
 
Oh, the fruit flies! Everyone I know is infested with them right now. Hopefully the weather will soon cool down enough to get rid of them, they're driving me nuts!
 
Piggies&buns said:
Fruit flies will not harm your piggies so don’t worry about that.

Storing veggies in hessian bags may be an option. I guess it depends what veg you are leaving out on your counter
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Thank you so much! I read an article somewhere they were harmful and I guess I just assumed it was correct.
 
I hate fruit flies! They always seem to come in when I get bananas from the store no matter the time of year. I have found that a little bit of apple cider vinegar or balsamic vinegar in a glass with a drop of dawn dishwashing liquid in it will drown them. I like using the apple cider or balsamic vinegar as it seems to attract the fruit flies better; I have done some experiments in my house. The dawn is for breaking the surface tension so that they sink rather than float in the vinegar.
 
RedLoredAmazon said:
I hate fruit flies! They always seem to come in when I get bananas from the store no matter the time of year. I have found that a little bit of apple cider vinegar or balsamic vinegar in a glass with a drop of dawn dishwashing liquid in it will drown them. I like using the apple cider or balsamic vinegar as it seems to attract the fruit flies better; I have done some experiments in my house. The dawn is for breaking the surface tension so that they sink rather than float in the vinegar.
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If you wipe down your bananas with a damp cloth whenever you bring them home, you'll reduce your fruit flies later. You wouldn't want to do this with most fruits (especially fruits like strawberries), since washing ahead of time can remove the fruit's natural barrier and cause faster spoilage. Bananas, though, don't have that issue, so wiping down will remove fruit fly eggs.
 
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