Plagued by flies

monicas_2

If they are not house flies you need to identify them first. But if they are I have a recipe for fly paper that might help getting rid of flies. I'll have to look it up but it's corn syrup on pieces of paper cut into strips.

blossomhill_2

We had a fly problem once that we were mystified by but later on a mummified pigeon fell down the chimney so we think that was the cause - any chance that you have a chimney that could need sweeping?

paddypaws101

blossomhill wrote: »

We had a fly problem once that we were mystified by but later on a mummified pigeon fell down the chimney so we think that was the cause - any chance that you have a chimney that could need sweeping?

Argh, no! You have reminded me of my worst nightmare which occurred a couple of years ago when I DID need to get the chimneys swept. Hordes of flies coming down my bedroom chimney, though not blue bottles, some different type. DISGUSTING!

I have had some success with a cheap bamboo curtain but a) it is noisy in the wind and b) it gets in the way of the cat flap! I too am looking round for a bargain version of the chain ones, bit reluctant to soend £80-90 on one!

monicas_2

What about fly strips on the end of the door that you don't walk through? This might help for the flies and getting rid of them.

*Scarlett

I also use a thin net curtain on the back door. I just have 2 hooks above the door and a thin pole in the curtain so it's easy to put up and take down as I wish.

juliebunny

Hey Paddypaws, I could send my Chloe round, she is just the best fly catcher ever. Yesterday she was howling, and came into the lounge with a massive fly in her mouth (still alive, just) which she depositied as a gift for me!! She is also prone to eating them. Ugh. If I see a fly, I call her and she comes to wherever I am and gets on the case!! What a star she is!

You can go to bed with anything you like buzzing around in the lounge, guaranteed, it won't be there in the morning....

I hate fly paper, I just think it's really horrible and cruel.

When I was travelling we used to burn coils of incence to keep the mossies away, and indoors I find they aren't too keen on cones or jossticks either, or even when I burn oils (hippy that I am!)

monicas_2

You say you hate fly paper its cruel, what about the diseases they carry? A lot worse if you ask me, but to each his own. Flies, getting rid of them especially if you live in a farming community is very hard.

Fire_Fox

monicas wrote: »

You say you hate fly paper its cruel, what about the diseases they carry? A lot worse if you ask me, but to each his own. Flies, getting rid of them especially if you live in a farming community is very hard.

Honey this is a UK forum, we don't really have much of a problem with insect borne diseases here. Nor that many farming communities.

paddypaws101

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Magnetic-Flying-Insect-Curtain--HWP110276/dp/B007CJDO7S/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1346404674&sr=8-1
This magnetic mesh door screen solved the issue at a very MSE price indeed, a truly wonderful thing!
Juliebunny....thanks for the offer of a feline fly-catcher but I already have a couple of those myself and TBH being used as a launch pad by one or the other of them while they are in hunt mode is not the most pleasant thing!

Katiehound

I've been plagued by flies this year- perhaps it is something to do with the weather? It's a rural market town and fields of cows & muck spreading are not far away...... Have just bought Rentokil Multi surface insect killer- £3.60 from Amazon. Flies eventually are drawn to the window where they will meet their doom-'cos there's a line of this insecticide round each pane.

Sorry, who said flies don't carry disease? I don't like to think where they have been wiping their feet!!

Have just looked on Amazon & they have rocketed in price- I only bought mine Aug 21st! having been unable to purchase in any local shop