stopping the fly's ???

[thehunter69 1]

can am body tell me how to stop the flys getting through the mesh on my cage, i clean them out regular and take out uneaten liver etc, pig sick of them....should i put some fly mesh over the metal mesh ????

[Guest Magwitch]

Feed them late evening and take out the leftovers first thing in the morning............

[thehunter69 1]

Feed them late evening and take out the leftovers first thing in the morning............

 

 

cheers pal never thought of that i thought they would not touch the liver etc in the late evening as i thought they would be sleeping..etc

[jazz_11 5]

flies wil be naturaly attracted to them because they smell lol...

i had a bad problem but go on flebay and type in milk bottle fly trap. there is one which somes up which really works well and catches only blue bottles(well it did for me) you get 2 in a set. also i got some fine mesh and put it over the cage and that stops them..

all the best mate

[ianp08 2]

I tryed netting over the mesh of my hutch and the buggers still managed to find a way in.

[jazz_11 5]

i stapled it around the mesh and just made a small hole for the water bottle.

[scothunter 12,609]

Feed them when the flies are asleep

[mattydski 560]

As above..

but i also leave a small ultraviolet insect killer on all night in the fert shed..

I paid £6 in aldi for it, caught a good few flies with it..Not sure how long it will last though.

Matt

[fireman 10,869]

Like everyone has said feed them after the heat of the day has gone,i keep mine in a court outside and just feed them like everyone has said and get no probs.You will never get rid of all the flies but simply taking away the left over meat in the morning will help loads.

[maty j 6]

Jam jar fly trap. bait with a bit of meat, wait till jar Is full of flies, repeat process

 

 

[stubby 175]

as stated, feed once its dark, and remove leftovers the next morning, ferrets dont tend to sleep all night, and the soon learn when feeding time is,

the jam jar idea is good, but of course you'll end up with a jar of maggots, easier idea is an empty coke/pepsi bottle, drill a small hole in lid, stick a couple of spoonfuls of honey in, diluted with around 1/4ltr of hot water, swiss it around and hang up on outside of cages/courts etc, you'll find it catches both flies and wasps

[maty j 6]

the jam jar idea is good, but of course you'll end up with a jar of maggots

I've got a trout stream practically on my doorstep stubby and they love them

[sikastag_1 689]

what everyone has said are the ways mate, feed later take out int he morning etc, i recently built a new hutch and went for mesh i seen this small square mech i dont know what size it wis be maybe 5mm sq and once i built it i notices most bluebottles cant get in iv seen a few squeezing through but its took them a bit to get through and iv hardly seen a fly inside of the hutch, use the other methods but this could be a deterant it doesnt stop them completely but it aint as easy as bigger mesh.

[cometa300s 20]

nice topic mate i needed some info about this aswell nice one

[The one 8,469]

Feed at night take the remain's out in the morning and a Sterling Fly Bag from killgerm at each side of my hutches and i wash down the slabs where the ferrets are with bleach every week stops the smell