Apple Cider Vinegar

[SuleymanC]

If I have fruit flies in my room is apple cider vinegar odor safe for tarantulas? I have other animals in the same room as Ts and I feed them vegetables and fruits and these flies get attracted to it so they are always in my room, I know this method gets rid of flies but like my question asks will it be bad for the Ts? If it is what method I can use that is 100% safe?

 

[Poonjab]

It’s safe. Just remove the food source and the flies will disappear.

 

[SuleymanC]

It’s safe. Just remove the food source and the flies will disappear.

I feed them regularly and the bad thing is flies will come the moment I am putting the food so without any fly trap there is no way to get rid of them but you said it's safe to do this method even though odor stays in the room right? I just checked on internet but there was literally no answer to the question unfortunately

 

[Poonjab]

I feed them regularly and the bad thing is flies will come the moment I am putting the food so without any fly trap there is no way to get rid of them but you said it's safe to do this method even though odor stays in the room right? I just checked on internet but there was literally no answer to the question unfortunately

I’m 100% positive apple cider vinegar won’t kill your T’s

 

[SuleymanC]

I’m 100% positive apple cider vinegar won’t kill your T’s

That's actually very good news because this method of dealing with fruit flies in your room that you don't want can completely be home made, all you have to do is very simple and there are videos on youtube to teach you how it can be done. Do you have to deal with fruit flies too? I know they are harmless but when they are in larger amounts they can get very annoying..

 

[viper69]

Should be fine

 

[SuleymanC]

Should be fine

Do you deal with fruit flies in your room too?

 

[viper69]

Do you deal with fruit flies in your room too?

I did once, and had similar small flies another time.

 

[Liquifin]

I've used apple cider vinegar fruit fly traps all the time, because for some reason they love to be with my dubia roach colony. It's fine to use apple cider vinegar traps, as I use them all the time especially during this time in the summer when fruit flies are swarming everywhere.

 

[SuleymanC]

I did once, and had similar small flies another time.

What did you do that they don't come anymore? I know this is not really about Ts but still very useful because fruit flies I heard can cause bacteria and possibly harm the Ts and other animals that you might have if you don't find a solution ot them

I've used apple cider vinegar fruit fly traps all the time, because for some reason they love to be with my dubia roach colony. It's fine to use apple cider vinegar traps, as I use them all the time especially during this time in the summer when fruit flies are swarming everywhere.

They probably get attracted to food sources you provide to roaches and the things they recommend such as saying get rid of food items they are attracted to does not exactly always work or possible because regardless fruit flies come or not you have to feed your feeders with food or reptiles that you keep. That's the situation I am in, I know what they are mostly attracted to but there is nothing really I can do I have to feed the animals regardless so the only thing I can actually do is use fly traps.. I started using this method today but even though its been since morning fruit flies are still not attracted to the trap.. do you know what attracts them?

 

[Liquifin]

They probably get attracted to food sources you provide to roaches and the things they recommend such as saying get rid of food items they are attracted to does not exactly always work or possible because regardless fruit flies come or not you have to feed your feeders with food or reptiles that you keep. That's the situation I am in, I know what they are mostly attracted to but there is nothing really I can do I have to feed the animals regardless so the only thing I can actually do is use fly traps.. I started using this method today but even though its been since morning fruit flies are still not attracted to the trap.. do you know what attracts them?

Fruit flies are usually attracted to heat, humidity, smell/scent, and any kind of poop, feces, food leftovers, or anything dead. Their primary attraction to things is scent, as their smell is what draws them for a potential perfect place to rapidly produce. If it's warm and humid as well it will attract them even more. I don't know how clean or messy the area of your place is in so it's hard to call proper steps or procedures to help with your problem.

 

[SuleymanC]

Fruit flies are usually attracted to heat, humidity, smell/scent, and any kind of poop, feces, food leftovers, or anything dead. Their primary attraction to things is scent, as their smell is what draws them for a potential perfect place to rapidly produce. If it's warm and humid as well it will attract them even more. I don't know how clean or messy the area of your place is in so it's hard to call proper steps or procedures to help with your problem.

It's not as big amount as alot of people have problems with but its still something good to use fly traps to keep them away, but do you know how I can make the fruit fly trap more effective? I never see any fruit flies near the trap so I am starting to doubt if its even doing the job I need it to do

 

[Liquifin]

It's not as big amount as alot of people have problems with but its still something good to use fly traps to keep them away, but do you know how I can make the fruit fly trap more effective? I never see any fruit flies near the trap so I am starting to doubt if its even doing the job I need it to do

If there is another source that draws them, I would try and find it. As having a few is a sign that they're probably attracted to somewhere in your area. A weird thing that "somewhat" works is that I use a fan or I just fan the smell of the apple cider vinegar myself to try and spread the scent out as much as possible. It may or may not work, but give it a shot. That's about the most I can suggest, so I apologize if it doesn't help as much, but I hope it helps. And hopefully someone else can or has better advice and suggestions.

 

[SuleymanC]

If there is another source that draws them, I would try and find it. As having a few is a sign that they're probably attracted to somewhere in your area. A weird thing that "somewhat" works is that I use a fan or I just fan the smell of the apple cider vinegar myself to try and spread the scent out as much as possible. It may or may not work, but give it a shot. That's about the most I can suggest, so I apologize if it doesn't help as much, but I hope it helps. And hopefully someone else can or has better advice and suggestions.

It helps thanks, any suggestions are welcomed this is also good thread that I am glad I opened because it gives answers to people that have similar questions to what I have that way they won't have to create new topic for same or at least similar question

 

[viper69]

What did you do that they don't come anymore? I know this is not really about Ts but still very useful because fruit flies I heard can cause bacteria and possibly harm the Ts and other animals that you might have if you don't find a solution ot them

No solution from me, just did a lot of cleaning and threw out things.

The other flies were attracted to dead crickets, and moisture. That was easy- I rehoused my T, and took that container dropped it into another air tight container until everything died Then thoroughly cleaned..

 

[Reezelbeezelbug]

It does sound like you've got fruit flies, but we had an outbreak of flies in our guinea pig cage that I thought were fruit flies too. They didn't care about apple-cider vinegar traps at all and with some more research I think what we had are actually fungus gnats. One website said you can tell the difference because fruit flies have red eyes, and our little flies didn't have red eyes. Yellow sticky paper traps were the most effective for us, and knowing it was fungus gnats we got more vigilant about finding the source. Our cage was made of wood and at one of the seams near the water bottle the wood had soaked up a significant amount of water, providing the perfect breeding ground for the buggers.

There's a third little fly that is commonly confused with fungus gnats and fruit flies and they're called phorid flies and they seek out dead and rotting stuff. Not sure that's what you've got, but they came up regularly in my quest to figure out what I had.

Best of luck with your eradication efforts!

 

[Malum Argenteum]

For your roach colony, anyway (can't speak on guinea pigs) designing the venting with a fine mesh that FFs can't get through is a workable option. I've got plenty of FFs loose in my reptile room (escapees from the dart frog gulag, so wingless ones) but I've not seen them in my roach colonies. I only feed the roaches what they clean up in a handful of hours, though, so that might be part of it.

 

[l4nsky]

I started using a UV trap in my tarantula room as I'm not the biggest fan of the vinegar smell. It certainly does a good job of keeping the fungus gnat population in check.

 

[SuleymanC]

I started using a UV trap in my tarantula room as I'm not the biggest fan of the vinegar smell. It certainly does a good job of keeping the fungus gnat population in check.

Which one do you use? Is there link to them?

 

[l4nsky]

Which one do you use? Is there link to them?

The one I bought is made by Eon Luxe. I'll send you the Amazon link.