Im sorry - gross maggot question

loopyloulou_3

Im so sorry this is disgusting!

My OH is in charge of dealing with the bins in our house (but he is away for a week!)

I have a bin bag or two in a big black plastic dustbin, and to my horror this morning the lid has got all maggots on it (must have been where it has been hot all weekend – and there has been cat food chucked in the bin bags) – where it rained this morning the maggots are now all over the place (on my patio) and I don’t know what to do with them! I was going to chuck some bleach down, but am worried about my cats walking in it and getting poisoned – so I have had to leave it and come to work.

I literally was gagging at the thought of going anywhere near them, but my OH isn’t back til thurs and am going to have to do something.

Any suggestions or cat friendly ways to get rid of wriggly maggots – without having to touch them!! EWWWWWWWWWWWW

Sorry its so rank, I feel grubby and disgusting.

TIA

moggins

I had some in our bin the other week when DH forgot to put the bins out. I just poured a kettle of boiling water all over them.

wizzkid_3

Boiling water?

wizzkid_3

Sorry that was not questioning you Moggins, it was a suggestion, we must have posted at the same time...... Great minds........

loopyloulou_3

THANKS!
I cant believe i didnt think of that! doh!

although i wasnt thinking very clearly when i spied them at 6 this morning when i was in my PJs!!

might have to tackle that one when i get home - what a treat!!

culpepper

The birds will probably have had a feast by the time you get home.

tanith

Don't worry the ones on the floor will be long gone by the time you get home ,you might need to do something with the other bags though... get some rubber gloves and brace your self , it you have a hose just hose the bins out the maggots will wriggle away and disappear into the garden... later to turn into flies..... next time NEVER EVER put food in the bins without first wrapping it in newspaper or a plastic bag , luckily our council recently supplied us with food recycle bins that are fly proof so our binbags have no food stuffs in for the flies to enjoy.... when your bins are clean try spraying in them with fly killer every morning it used to work for me before I was more careful....

mcfisco

If they were all over your patio this morning - they won't be there now
Any that the birds didn't get will have burried themselves somewhere.

loopyloulou_3

I FEEL SICK! im going to have nightmares about them 2nite!

what if they crawl into my house?
through my cat flap?

AHHHHHHH

**purpleprincess**

loopyloulou wrote:

I FEEL SICK! im going to have nightmares about them 2nite!

what if they crawl into my house?
through my cat flap?

AHHHHHHH

:rotfl: I'm sure you'll be fine hun!!

loopyloulou_3

im not at all overreacting am i?! i just saw a couple climbing a wall! i didnt even know they could do that!!! im sure if they worked together they could get the cat flap open! ha ha