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tonithepig

tonithepig

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Hi today I found tiny maggots in my guinea pigs cage. I don’t know what to do. I’ve had many fruit flies the past couple weeks just hanging near their cage or in but i’ve managed to kill many. I searched up why I had so many and it’s because their attracted to their poop and food. When I seen that they could lay eggs and leave maggots which would harm the guinea pigs, I throughly cleaned the cage. I left for vacation for a week and my parents took care of my pigs. When I came back yesterday I noticed there was no flys anymore. Today I went to clean their cage and found maggots. Please help I don’t know what to do.
 
It looks like your piggies are indoor ones so that is one good thing as there are far more flies outside! If they are fruit flies it is presumably because they are attracted to fruit or vegetables that have been left in the cage? So one thing is to only give small amounts which are eaten straight away. 80% of the diet should be hay, hay, hay which doesn't attract any flies or maggots so if you want to give the piggies a treat you could first try a handful of fresh hay ☺️

Next thing would be to spot-clean every day to prevent attracting other types of flies! I spot clean poops and wet patches but do a full clean out once per week.

You could try hanging up sticky fly tapes away from the piggies reach to reduce the numbers of flies which reach them.

We've had fruit flies recently but they've not been near the piggie's cages. They've been emerging from some over-ripe bananas and a rather soft pineapple. So how old is the fruit in your bowl! 😅

I hope some of this is useful x
 
:agr:

Flystrike is caused by bottle type flies, not fruit flies so don’t worry but do, as above, give the cage a good clean and ensure the only food piggies have constant access to is hay (this is also for the piggies health - they don’t need pellets or veg constantly)
 
fruit flies lay there eggs on decomposing fruit, vegetables and plant material. Regularly poop pick (at least twice a day) and remove all veggies/fruit that hasn’t been eaten within an hour to a secure bin. You need to break the cycle of egg laying and give the flies nowhere to lay their eggs 👍
 
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