Gnats In Room With Guinea Pigs

RE: Gnats In Room With Guinea Pigs Post By emz (Guest Post) (05/05/2008) Can they harm my piggies? Report Spam or Abuse RE: Gnats In Room With Guinea Pigs Post By Beth (Guest Post) (10/05/2007) I'm so glad to read this - my piggies have us infested with some sort of small fly. We've cleaned the cage multiple times and quit giving fresh fruits/vegs temporarily, but they little buggers won't die off! Now I have some new tricks to try in my arsenal...! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Gnats In Room With Guinea Pigs Post By Linda (Guest Post) (07/30/2007) I have never had a problem until the past month or so and no matter what I do I can not get rid of the pests. I cleaned the entire cages, have 3 the area around them, use the sticky strips that was a waste of time and still there are there. I am ready to scream, make them go away, please! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Gnats In Room With Guinea Pigs Post By Katie (Guest Post) (07/28/2007) Use sticky fly strips... we used them in our barn for our horses and they worked perfectly! I also have guinea pigs and I found that I had the same problem as you do. So I just placed about three fly strips on the top outside area of each guinea pigs cage and some on the side as long your guinea pig can't reach them and it worked like a charm! Within a few days the gnat problem was gone. And it didn't harm my guinea pigs either in fact I still do it to this day but we rarely have gnats any more. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Gnats In Room With Guinea Pigs Post By guest (Guest Post) (12/07/2006) thanks so much for the hints about the gnats i want out and bought vanilla room freshners and apple cider vincer i think it is working they like the apple cider we will see if this helps it is not like i dont keep there cage clean because i do. also put these items in by my ferret cage. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Gnats In Room With Guinea Pigs Post By (Guest Post) (08/10/2005) Peppermint, vanilla, bay, clove, sassafras, and cedar have all been used as bug repellents also a bunch of fresh parsley is meant to keep flies away, or you could get a really big spider...!! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Gnats In Room With Guinea Pigs Post By Gnat Sufferer (Guest Post) (02/09/2005) None of that stuff works for me! I keep her cage clean, I don't feed her much fruit within the cage, yet every time I clean it, they come back. They're laying eggs in her poop. ): Report Spam or Abuse RE: Gnats In Room With Guinea Pigs Post by Diamondee (126) | (01/26/2005) Contact The bugs are probably coming from the bedding chips, a friend of mine had to use the flypaper rolls hung over the cage for several days..she got fresh bedding for the guineas so you may want to check the bag of chips your using. bowl of apple cider vinegar works well ..just place bowl near cage..empty in the morning. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Gnats In Room With Guinea Pigs Post By (Guest Post) (01/26/2005) Found this on e bug...... Fruit flies---They breed not only in fruit, but in wet mops, spoiled onions and potatoes, dish washer leaks and any other wet area with organic debris. Eliminate the source and then treat the area with a Pyrethrum Aerosol. Phorid flies--Usually a sign of a sewage leak, inside or outside, but may be any plumbing leak. Fix the plumbing and then spray with a pyrethrin aerosol. Fungus gnats, knats--Usually these come from house plants that are over watered. Reduce the watering, treat the soil with insecticide, and then spray the air with a Pyrethrum Aerosol. Knats, gnats, no-seeums, midges, buffalo gnats, etc.--There are lots of pesky little flies that breed outside but find their way inside. Good screens on the windows, keeping the door shut, spraying the air inside with a pyrethrum aerosol will all help. Hanging Prozap Insect Guards on the porch, garage or work shop will also provide relief. But in the long run eliminating the breeding sites for these pesky gnats will be your best solution. Spraying with permethrin sfr will kill these knats outside. Outside Knats: Spraying with Permethrin SFR or fogging with an Electric Fogger will provide short term relief. Eliminating the gnats breeding sites will provide long term relief. Standing water of any kind or poorly operating septic tank fields are common breeding sites. Mosquito & Gnat Scat--A dry granule that is safe to apply wherever gnats and mosquitoes are a problem. No poisons, safe around pets, children and plants. One 5 pound container treats up to 4000 sq. ft. and lasts 2-3 weeks. Contains Lemon Grass Oil, Mint Oil, Garlic Oil. If you have mosquitoes, see our mosquito article. - Pyrethrin Aerosol, large enough to spray a house several times, $16.50 per can Prozap Insect Guard, one covers over 1100 cubic feet, will last 2-4 months, $8.50 Permethrin SFR, one quart makes many gallons, covers 30,000 square feet, $59 Electric Fogger, very durable B & G brand, $230 Mosquito & Gnat Scat is $14.95 for 5 pounds, covers up to 4000 sq. ft. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Gnats In Room With Guinea Pigs Post By Peter (Guest Post) (01/26/2005) Now that the Gnats are already established in that area you will have to fully clean the cages the piggies occupy. The juice an fluids from the pineapple have permeated the bedding materials at the bottom of the cage. Clean it soon and you may have to limit the food to an amount that the guinea pigs will eat almost completely. I had the same problem years ago with guineas. Gnats will start anywhere that we leave fruit or vegetable material but fruit is the worst. I wish you success the piggies will appreciate your efforts I guarantee it. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Gnats In Room With Guinea Pigs Post By Tam (Guest Post) (01/25/2005) Hi Leila, I was having a problem with fruit flies and my friend's grandmother told me of an old trick they use to do. My husband has Asthma and I couldn't use spray. You take a piece of ripe banana peel and put it in the very back of an empty bread sack. Make sure there is no food out and lay it out flat on the counter or table with the end open for the flies to get in there. Shut the room up and even put a towel up to the door. Wait a few hours and check. When the bag is full of the little buggers, just knot up the sack and toss in the outside trash. You may have to do it several days in a row because if you see one or two of the flies, chances are they have laid eggs. This is probably why it seems worse. You might want to take the piggies and their food and bedding out of the room so the gnats wont have a choice in where they feed and have to go to the sack for some grub. Hope this helps, at least you wont be out any money and your piggies will be safe. Tam Report Spam or Abuse