Help! I'm Being Inundated With....

My mother was a KILLER with a newspaper - can you swat them? I'm sure you have screens on your windows - figure out where they are coming from and block it off. Roomie wants me to post my fly story - I guess I'll have to do it soon!

I hate flies too! I think they are disgusting... I hope you get rid of them soon. They should eventually find the fly paper I would hope! Good luck!

Uh - are those flies just flying rings around near the top of your head? just going around in circles like moons orbiting a planet? When did you last sleep? 40 hours ago? Maybe 60? Or (instincts tell me) you don't remember? Uh - the same instincts I just mentioned is nagging me to ask/request some of whatever that stuff you've been smoking is. In all seriousness, I have a fly swatter at my house I use for such an occasion. When my father is here, he just catches them one by one with his hand. As for me, sometimes it works, & other times, I completely miss. At my workplace, I had people laughing when chasing flies around the place, because they said that I acted like a samaurai with his sword.

Can only say get a fly swatter I have several inside and out side the house they come in good for flys and roaches!

I know how annoying it can be to have several flies inside, especially when you do your best to keep things clean, and those annoying little buggers still swarm in your house. Living close to several horse and cow farmers, the summer months would almost be unbearable here for me, cause it seemed no matter what I did, would still have a horrible fly problem. Until I started placing bits of lavender oil soaked sponge around the house. I was told about this method by a friend, who uses this method to keep pests away from her guests during outdoor parties she sometimes throws. I have used this for only a month and have noticed that the fly population is now down considerably from 20 to 30 to maybe 1 here and there. I keep the sponge pieces on a plastic lid in a place that is not noticeable and up so the cats and kids can't get into them. Once a week a go around with my lavender oil and an eye dropper to refresh. Keeps the house smelling nice too.

Hi Pyewacket, I had this problem and someone told me to put a bowl of black pepper into my kitchen which is where they were buzzing around and it really stopped them. Hopefully you have some in the cupboard that you can put out immediately to relieve you. They really annoy me as well. This is also a very natural way and won't harm the cats. I used pepercorns but I am sure black pepper will have the same effect. Ellie :D

It takes just 30 second for my cat to kill ant flies if enter the house. What is Pyewacket doing? Sleeping? This is very helpful link: http://www.getridofthings.com/get-rid-of-flies.htm

I am not sure if this will help or not as I have never tried it but have heard it works , get an apple and place cloves in the apple by inserting the cloves into the apple , anywhere you can fit the cloves in . Supposedly flies don't care for cloves and will try to get away from them so if you can open a window they should try to get outside . They are pesky things that are constantly annoying and seem to take forever to get rid of . Be careful with your sticky fly paper , a friend of mine had one up the other day and it fell and her kitten decided to play with it and ended up stuck with it all thought its fur . She had to cut patches of it's fur off to get the sticky stuff off the fur and the poor kitten bawled the whole time . Hope this helps and it is the only thing I can think that you could try without hurting your pets . Best of luck

Hi pye, How horrible for you! Ten or more, would drive me absolutely bonkers. My daughter and I were out for the day on Sunday, and when we arrived home, upon entering my bedroom, I heard 'that telltale buzzing sound,' that 'we' love so much. Sure enough, there was a huge one behind my blinds. I'm a pretty hopeless fly slayer, as I can never seem to catch them. My daughter on the other hand, is excellent. I appealed to her for her assistance, and she was able to quickly take care of the matter, using the fly swatter. She's also wonderful at swatting mosquitoes out of mid air. I wish I could be more helpful here, but short of swatting them with whatever ...

use mosquito coils if you have some. maybe you need to take a bath? then afterwards, apply some insect repellent lotion if you have it.

I've always derived great satisfaction from smashing them into next Tuesday with a red flyswatter... red works best. Apparently, they don't see that color. (How the pundits figured that one out, is anyone's guess, but it does seem to hold true.)

easy.vacuum cleaner with hose attachment. suck 'em right up. i did that in arizona when a killer bee got in the house. threaten me,will ya you flying pest LOL (plus i was terrified it'd sting my blue,who was too nosey)

Hey, Pye. How about good, old-fashioned flypaper? The kind we used to get at the hardware store years ago? You can still find it out there. I don't like it myself, but it can't hurt the kitties (if it's not where they can reach it - and even then, it will just stick to them like white on rice) and those flies will NOT escape its grasp once they are enticed to land. Plus, it's not horrendously expensive (probably the cheapest of the remedies besides a swatter).

Hi pye, I feel so sorry for you with all them nasty flies and you have many, we don't get many flies around here and when we do I normally swat them with a newpaper or magazines, but I haven't clue what there is to kill them without those harmful chemical because I don't use them. Bright Blessings Tamara

We found a fly zapper at Wal-mart. It is a bug zapper that shape of a tennis racket but is electrified. So when you swat at the fly it zaps them with electricity and kills them. You do hear the hissing sound which can be kind of gross but quite effective. It is battery operated so you do not have an electrical cord to trip over. Other than that an old fashioned fly swatter works if your aim is good enough.

hi pye the critters can be really pesky so I just use the cheapee bug zapper, a thick stiff rolled up newspaper, and get my 30 minutes of exercise we aretold to get by flying around briskly swatting the damnable flies, takes a bit of doing but is environmentally safe and no harm on the cats who will watch you flitting around swatting flies and sweating with kittenly amusement. also try a bowl of black peppercorns, they just do not like black pepper.but the rolled up stiff newspaper is really a freebie for sure.

I've heard of this thing called a fly swater. Rev that thing up and start swinging, they'll be dropping like flies, get it? Ha!

GOOD NEWS!!! This sounds crazy but I live in the south and this is a trick many people use aroung these here parts!(I don't speak that way!Just a little southern humor!) Okay take a zip lock bag and fill it half way with tap water..get as much air out as possible but leave a little at water level...next hang the bag from the top of each doorway to your home. THAT'S IT!! I didn't believe it the first time I saw it...heck I was hesitant to ask what in the world it could possibly be hanging there for but curiosity killed the cat and I had to ask! I was totally blown away! You can also hang it on the door to your porch. Oh yeah...use the quart sized bags to avoid head knocking! You are on your way to freedom from NASTY flies!! Smile!

Hmmm...we have screened doors and windows at my house, so flies and mosquitoes arent really much of a problem here. Maybe you could try it. screened dooors and windows.

I had the same problem a few days ago! I had all these fruit flies because I left fruit out on my counter (and I often let outdoor flies in when I leave my doors open). I bought this eco-friendly fly spray that was made with wintergreen oil and stuff, got rid of all my trash, hid all my food in the fridge, and now the problem seems to have resolved itself. It may also help that my basement is full of spiders! Good luck!