Im sorry - gross maggot question

susank

Jeyes fluid will kill them and its good in the bin and lids too but not very OS but very effective and keeps the smells down too as maggots have a smell where ever they go. They are not nice little things but they clean up carcasses etc and so do have a job on this earth.

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There was another thread or three on this subject recently. I can definitely vouch for the Jeyes Fluid. But this alone will not be enough. You have to avoid the maggots in the first place and you can only do this by avoid flies landing on food and laying eggs.

As you have a cat - the problem is most probably coming from leaving your cat's food bowl out and uncovered.

As I never leave any food uncovered, even for a few minutes, at this time of year, I deduced that was the root of my problem - and bought a wire cover in one of the pound shops, to go over the cat bowl as soon as she has finished eating which keeps the flies away.

I even wait whilst she eats - which is only a few minutes but it's so worth the effort and you then KNOW nothing has landed on it.

Since doing this - I have had no further maggots in my bin or my rubbish.

Plus I double bag all rubbish AND now use a wheelie bin liner as well. After the bin has been emptied - it then gets a swirl round with the Jeyes Fluid.

loopyloulou_3

thanks all
im going to attack them with boling water 2nite and triple bag the rubbish.

and my cats are on the dry food for the forseeable (they wont thank me for it!) but i never want to see another maggot as long as i live!!! i hate the thought of killing things, but they make my skin crawl!!

susanhep1

I had this problem last week and killed them with loads of bleach and boiling water.Some were on the patio once I had taken the bag out of the bin, so I bleached and boiled them too ( Kept kids and cats in the house) once they were dead I used the pressure hose and hosed the whole area down so it was safe for the K and Cs. Good luck

loopyloulou_3

thanks!im dreading what i might face at home 2nite!!

not sure i can get away with hosing anything with the hosepipe ban and my neighbours both work for the local council!!

tanith

We are allowed to use the hose to hose the patio in our area

Nile

culpepper wrote:

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

Culpepper is right.

When I go fishing, there's a cute pair (Mr & Mrs?:D ) of chaffinches which beg for maggots from my container. I don't mind handling maggots but I draw the line at putting them in my mouth like some anglers do!:eek:

I can understand that you are disgusted by them though. Like AussieLass said, think of maggots as baby flies................a bit like caterpillars are baby butterflies.;)

Don't have nightmares, any maggot escapees will be picked up by the birds.

Regards

Nile

loopyloulou_3

thanks!! i wonder if i can hose my patio down in kent? mmmm might look into it!
i really would rather be as far away from the baby flies as possible!

im petrified of butterflies too!!! (what a wimp!) i am the only person i know scared of butterflies!!

TONKAJOYCE

Why don't you get a few little tubs with lids and fill them up and sell them to fishermen or a fishing tackle shop, could be the start of a nice little earner!

Joking aside I had them about two / three weeks ago when it was so hot, I quickly put a bag of rubbish on top of the other bags of rubbish and as I shut the lid noticed what seemed like a million maggots - it was minging, I quickly ran in and boiled a kettle and scalded the !!!!!!s to death. Lukily it was bin day, when it had been emptied I gave the bin a good old disinfect with jeys and boiling water. There is a company that does it for £1 or £2 a fortnight, but I watched them and they hose the bin down then disinfect it for you, but you could save yourself a bit of money and diy.

Good luck.

PS I feel that with 2 toddlers I have no fear considering I am very squeamish!

southernscouser

They are only maggots! :rotfl:

Collect them up and sell them to an angler!

Maggots cannot climb walls by the way. It must have been a caterpillar or something. :think:

Also in this weather they will turn into casters in no time so I wouldn't worry too much! Oh and they can't breed either so you won't get infested by them! :rolleyes: