Help! FLIES in apartment!

[phesina]

I have a gadget that zaps them. It's in the shape of a tennis racket and works great. Like a hand held bug zapper.

I also have my little bug killer, Shortie. She may have short legs but she sure can catch a fly in mid air. She eats them. Eeewww.

Donna, what is this gadget called, and where did you get it?

My cats aren't much on fly-hunting, unfortunately. Bob will wave a paw at one as it flies past, but that's about it.

Thanks,
Pat

[Karen]

Spray bottle with cleaner, and a paper towel to wipe up ... my only solution.

[phesina]

Spray bottle with cleaner, and a paper towel to wipe up ... my only solution.

Spray bottle with what kind of cleaner, Karen?

Thanks,
Pat

[Karen]

Any soap will do, it weighs them down so you can swat them, and leaves a clean spot afterwards!

[Vette]

We have a zapper thingy. havent used it in eons though. forgot even what it looked now. but my brothers dog hated it. hed growl when ever he heard something getting sizzled on it LOL

here be one:
http://www.amazon.com/Flowtron-BK-15...7381503&sr=1-1

but theres hundreds of diff bug zapper things out there. try Yahooing/Googling bug zapper an see what you get ^^

[phesina]

I looked at the one on the Amazon link. That's not something to have in the apartment, though!

It says: "Recommended not to be used within 25-feet of area intended for human activity, should not be attached to house or deck or other structures"

I just did some Google exploring. Looks like Sears (at the mall a couple miles from me!) has a good tennis-racket one that just might do the trick! I must check that out tomorrow.

Thanks for the suggestion, Vette!

[phesina]

Any soap will do, it weighs them down so you can swat them, and leaves a clean spot afterwards!

Any soap, like dish detergent?.. Meyer's Clean Day Liquid Hand Soap?.. Thanks.

[Karen]

Yeah, any soap will do, Windex, 409, anything in a spray bottle!

[mrspunkysmom]

Donna, what is this gadget called, and where did you get it?

My cats aren't much on fly-hunting, unfortunately. Bob will wave a paw at one as it flies past, but that's about it.

Thanks,
Pat

Same here for mine. Maybe they are too well fed?

I got flies, too. Except mine came in from the horse pasture most likely. Don't like spraying either. I like the soap and fly swatter. Vinegar bothers the flies, too, but your house gets smelly.

[RICHARD]

I bought this.....


http://bugasalt.com/

And I love it.

Warning,

It's a little hard to cock, but it's fun and if you don't mind cleaning up a little salt?

I made a sling for mine and keep it ready to rock.

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I take off my shirt and put on a black headband.........



And then I go kill them little buggers.

[phesina]

My goodness, Richard, thank you! What an interesting idea. I never heard of anything like that!

I'll keep it in mind. I got a bug-zapper racquet and a regular fly swatter. I've dispatched a few with those, and the fly population seems to have decreased greatly.

I did call the apartment management. Their next step is to get the exterminators in to bomb the apartment. I told them let's see how the zapper works, and if it doesn't, then we could do that. Maybe I should try the Bug-A-Salt too!

Pat

[mrspunkysmom]

I bought this.....


http://bugasalt.com/

And I love it.

Warning,

It's a little hard to cock, but it's fun and if you don't mind cleaning up a little salt?

I made a sling for mine and keep it ready to rock.

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That is an interesting idea! Is it the salt that is actually killing them or the impact? Just curious. My fly problem is much better, and I don't like what you have to do just to bomb the place, nor the bombing chemicals. I'd rather work on eliminating the sources of the creep flying things.

[pomtzu]

I just use the good old fly swatter.

[RICHARD]

That is an interesting idea! Is it the salt that is actually killing them or the impact? Just curious. My fly problem is much better, and I don't like what you have to do just to bomb the place, nor the bombing chemicals. I'd rather work on eliminating the sources of the creep flying things.

It's the impact of the salt. It's like a shot-gun effect and even if they aren't killed at first, it stuns them enough so that you can kill them - I carry a tissue to snatch them up with.

It does work fairly well in places where you cant get a real swing or impact with a swatter.

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It's more geared toward a guy's desire to shoot and kill flies and laugh about it later on.....

[mrspunkysmom]

It's the impact of the salt. It's like a shot-gun effect and even if they aren't killed at first, it stuns them enough so that you can kill them - I carry a tissue to snatch them up with.

It does work fairly well in places where you cant get a real swing or impact with a swatter.

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It's more geared toward a guy's desire to shoot and kill flies and laugh about it later on.....

Thanks. I'll look into it. In the meantime, I'll use the swatter. The electric swatters didn't seem that expensive.