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I notice lots of you on here buying the flitraps and am keen to follow suit as we have loads of the things buzzing about. I'm curious do they attract all types of flies or just the bluebottle type. I have lots of gnat types and wonder if it would help for those?

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Hi GEB

 

My understanding is they attract most flys, and as the flies get stuck they attract even more..by the smell I think!

 

I've had such good reports from here and my horsey lot that I ordered 4 last week and have high hopes! They seem good value at the moment too :D

 

So would higly recommend you order as we are all intending to battle the bluebottle clan and friends! :lol:

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I am basing it on my own experience.

 

I had two Flitraps last year and both disappeared overnight.

 

I am assuming the visiting fox took them as they stank to high heaven of carrion.

 

I have no proof that it was the fox, just a gut feeling.

 

They do catch flies too. :lol:

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Unfortunately mine aren't attracting the bluebottle type flies yet :( Plenty of the smaller thinner black ones though. Hoping they will start to soon as otherwise the neighbours will be complaining about the flies. We couldn't sit out on our patio today because of them :evil:

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I am basing it on my own experience.

 

I had two Flitraps last year and both disappeared overnight.

 

I am assuming the visiting fox took them as they stank to high heaven of carrion.

 

I have no proof that it was the fox, just a gut feeling.

 

They do catch flies too. :lol:

 

Just to let you know, I ordered 2 flitraps the other day and they asked me how I'd heard of them and I said about this forum and also asked the fox question this was their response:

 

Thanks for the info, I don't believe that fox's would be attracted by the

product

 

Just to protect against this, I suggest FliTrap is emptied more frequently

to keep the odour down

 

Maybee offer the advice on the forum on my behalf if you see it as

beneficial?

 

Let me know how you get on with the FliTrap's

 

Helen

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We ordered ours the other day too - should be here anytime. I was looking forward to getting it, but this whole 'does it attract foxes?' issue has worried me. We're lucky that we've never seen or seen any eveidence of foxes. I hope this doesn't attract them...

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we hang ours high up, out the reach of the girls. We only let them free range under supervision so, even if the flitraps do attract foxes which they haven't so far, I'll take the risk because flystrike is a bigger worry for me than foxes.

 

we've had 1 flitrap since october last year and not seen any foxes about.

 

ours are full of flies, big and little ones.

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you put the end inside the other end and it just kinda holds. if the ends are broken though (they should be O shaped, not broken) they are faulty. one of mine was and hes sending out a replacement.

 

Hi Sarah

 

many appologies, it must have broken in transit, i will get 2 more out to you tommorrow

 

to fix them together you slot one arm through the other and turn, they then hold

 

does that make sense?

 

please feel free to call me if still unsure, 07950 343333

 

appologies again for the broken part

 

kind regards

 

Andy

07950 343333

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Just called him, he's sending a replacement today, so thank you for your quick helpful reply. He said ha had a call yesterday with the same problem so he is going to start checking them before posting them out. That must have been you :)

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I had the same problem :?

Instructions said to fill to the moulded fill line, there isn't one :shock:

I emailed them and they sent me revised instructions.

According to them you fill it half way with warm water.

Will try to pm the new instructions to you if I can :wink:

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