Fly traps for stables

[Flowerofthefen]

My horses will be coming in during the day when it gets hot. There are still plenty of flies indoors though. Can anyone recommend a good fly trap for use indoors please ?

 

[Coblet230]

My horses will be coming in during the day when it gets hot. There are still plenty of flies indoors though. Can anyone recommend a good fly trap for use indoors please ?

I tend to use the sticky one’s which you hang from the roof.
You can get them at hardware stores and sometimes in B & M, Home Bargains etc

 

[Flowerofthefen]

I tend to use the sticky one’s which you hang from the roof.
You can get them at hardware stores and sometimes in B & M, Home Bargains etc

We tried those in the house and they didn't work. Will try in stables though, thank you.

 

[Casey76]

I tend to use the sticky one’s which you hang from the roof.
You can get them at hardware stores and sometimes in B & M, Home Bargains etc

Fly paper is really good, but I can’t help think of the carnage if it fell and got tangled in a mane or tail. Fly paper is also (too) good at catching small birds, so if your stables have avian visitors I probably wouldn’t go for sticky traps

A red top might be bearable if you change it frequently

 

[ILuvCowparsely]

My horses will be coming in during the day when it gets hot. There are still plenty of flies indoors though. Can anyone recommend a good fly trap for use indoors please ?

I use hanging down fly paper

 

[Pinkvboots]

Please be careful using fly papers small birds can get stuck on them and it's an awful thing to find, I couldn't ever have them as we have too many swallows flying in and out.

 

[Chuffy99]

I second Pinkyboots, I had a swallow stuck on one it was heartbreaking

 

[Flowerofthefen]

We have 2 nests of swallows so can't use the fly papers yet. Might go with the red top. We have one hanging in the corner of the yard. Last year it was full quickly. This year nothing yet, although there seems more flies!

 

[DSB]

If you find a bird or as we did a large Blue Tongue Lizard,caught in one of those traps,cooking oil will get it off.Of course you have to then wash the oil off.
We had a very cranky magpie!!

 

[I'm Dun]

I hang red tops outside the stables where the flies would go past to get inside. They work. No flies inside and a gross red bag full of flies!

 

[PaulineW]

I also swear by the red top style ones. Just keep adding water if it evaporates. Hang nearby, not in the building.

 

[my bfg]

Cut a plastic bottle in half, turn the top part over to make a funnel, part fill base with a sweet smelling liquid, fruit juice/cider/lager etc works well and string it up somewhere out of reach, amazing how many flies it catches