How to keep out flies?

[ZEROPILOT]

I only spot clean.
But I've never had flies.
If I had flies, I'd do a 100% cleanout.

 

[Jnics10]

Something similar happened to me. It turned out to be a dried-out drain. They were coming in from the drain and were attracted to my tort's food (he's a redfoot so grasses greens and fruits--obv it was mostly the fruit they liked).

I remedied the drain using a restaurant bleach-gel made for that purpose (managed a restaurant so "borrowed" it from there, lol) the gel gives you time to tinker and find out why the drain dried out (usually a broken pump, huge leak, or weird clog, or just not using that drain a lot). Also hung up a buuuuunch of flypaper and that took care of the rest of them.

Worth checking the drains esp if you have a basement. You'll usually be able to tell which it is by the smell or the flies hanging out near it.

Godspeed and good luck!

 

[Sa Ga]

Wow 4-5 times a month you are seroius about the clean part! It could be something as simple as a piece of raw meat that they would lay eggs on. Good Luck

Was it 4-5 x per month or every 4-5 months? Cuz the latter is rather....infrequent.

 

[ZEROPILOT]

Something similar happened to me. It turned out to be a dried-out drain. They were coming in from the drain and were attracted to my tort's food (he's a redfoot so grasses greens and fruits--obv it was mostly the fruit they liked).

I remedied the drain using a restaurant bleach-gel made for that purpose (managed a restaurant so "borrowed" it from there, lol) the gel gives you time to tinker and find out why the drain dried out (usually a broken pump, huge leak, or weird clog, or just not using that drain a lot). Also hung up a buuuuunch of flypaper and that took care of the rest of them.

Worth checking the drains esp if you have a basement. You'll usually be able to tell which it is by the smell or the flies hanging out near it.

Godspeed and good luck!

I was looking for flypaper to take a photo of....
It's not so common anymore.

 

[Sa Ga]

I was looking for flypaper to take a photo of....
It's not so common anymore.

Could u just buy a mouse glue trap sheet (not those tiny trays, but these rectangular, cardstock thickness sheets) and maybe smear a little honey or something on it?

 

[Relic]

Tons of different types of flypaper on Amazon.com...even have a specific "drain fly" product, as well.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08165QGS4/?tag=exoticpetnetw-20