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Forum HOUSE RABBIT Q & A Flies

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    • LoriM
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        Hi, so recently my family and I are started noticing a lot of fruit flies in our house, it has gotten out of control. We figured out they were breeding in our rabbit’s litter box, so we tried to clean it every day, make traps, and even bought an eco smart flying insect killer, but they breed so unbelievably fast. Its gotten so bad my family has decided to house our rabbit outdoors during the day time, much to my protest. I was just wondering if it is possible for my rabbit to acclimate to outside life? Any tips or advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.


      • MK
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          Living outdoors during the day can definitely be possible for  your rabbits, just make sure where they always have access to: Shade, water, and (depending here you live) a frozen bottle or a ceramic tile for coolness. Anywhere they live outdoors should also be covered to guard from predators and hawks, again, depending where you live. 


        • Roberta
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            The flies may be congregating there but it is unlikely that’s where they originated… I’d be checking about for any old potatoes or onions in the larder, a piece of fruit forgotten in a school or work bag, maybe even some carrot or vegetable scraps left somewhere hidden by your bunny…. Even residue from juice, tea or soda in a cup left somewhere out of sight… But from the litter tray, very unlikely.


          • Megabunny
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              I second that. I can’t imagine they’d want to be in the litter box. That looks like such a little, tiny baby!!! Don’t you let them blame fruit flies on that little cute face! I have heard of bowls of something you can out out, like, water with soap or something that attracts and drowns them but I can’t remember what it was. Could Google it if I wasn’t so lazy


            • Stickerbunny
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                Regular house flies like litter boxes. FRUIT FLIES do not breed in poop, they breed in liquids or old food. They like sweet things. Old fruit, even a drop of tea / soda / juice left in a glass, pasta sauce, etc that sort of stuff in the garbage can or the garbage disposal or about the house. Fruit flies breed unbelievably fast, so leaving dirty dishes in the sink to do at the end of the day is just giving them a breeding ground. Once they are in the house, you have to be OCD about cleaning until they go away. And do NOT keep ANY fruit outside the fridge – bananas in a fruit basket is their favorite here, so I have to just not buy bananas til they go away. Another big favorite of fruit flies is alcohol, so any beer cans or wine bottles in the trash will attract them and let them breed as well.If you throw ANYTHING that would be a food source into the garbage, wrap it up in a wal-mart or grocery plastic bag first and tie it shut. They will crawl into the cracks of your garbage can lid and breed in there.

                But… to catch the ones that are in the house now, you can buy a fruit fly trap in the store which is basically a small plastic thing with small slits in it that they can crawl down into and not get out of. You can make one yourself from a soda bottle and saran wrap, but I find the store bought ones work better – the home made ones they never went into for me, the store bought ones got rid of them in a few days. If you try the home made ones, you should use something sweet like fruit juice or apple vinegar or bananas, something they’ll go for. Mix a tiny bit of dish detergent into the liquid. The reason for the dish detergent is they can actually stand on liquid and drink it without getting caught in it. The dish detergent makes them fall in.

                http://www.homedepot.com/p/Terro-Fruit-Fly-Trap-2500/203225201?cm_mmc=shopping-_-googleads-_-pla-_-203225201&skwcid&kwd=&ci_sku=203225201&ci_kw=&ci_gpa=pla&ci_src=17588969 <– that is the best fruit fly trap I know of. Key is though to never leave any food source available for more than an hour. Meaning, use a dish and wash it. Drink your soda and rinse the cup. They come into our house during summer and we just have to be on top of removing food sources (they are around cause of the farms nearby and they come in with open doors or windows), they have never, ever been interested in our rabbits litter box. 


              • Sarita
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                  Yeah, fruit flies have nothing to do with the rabbits, Sticker gave good suggestions.

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