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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / March 2004Fly Strip
For the last month or so, we have been inundated with cluster flies all over the house. Though the kitties love them, I'm getting tired of checking my pop (soda) cans for floaters before drinking, so I went out and got myself some fly strips. My gosh, these things are STICKY! If some of it gets on your skin, you have to use rubbing alcohol to remove it. ICK. They don't smell bad and are non-toxic, though, so once you get them hung up, you basically forget they are there. Until your cat comes walking in with one stuck to his side. Egads. How the heck did Mr. Bob get UP that high to get stuck on the flystrip? Especially since he is the cat least likely to extend any energy besides eating! Anyway, DH carefully removed the flystrip, but with some pain and discomfort from Mr. Bob, no matter how careful he was. Now Mr. Bob has sticky gooey stuff all over his fur. I'm going to give it a week or so to see if he can clean it off himself (checked with TED, she said it wouldn't make him sick to digest it), then it's off to the groomer for a bath and/or a shave if necessary. Poor Mr. Bob. Stacey ;) > Until your cat comes walking in with one stuck to his side. Egads. How the > heck did Mr. Bob get UP that high to get stuck on the flystrip? Especially > since he is the cat least likely to extend any energy besides eating! Aww, poor Mr Bob! Maybe he jumped after a fly? Purrs from us that the icky stuff wears off by itself.  SignatureMarina, Frank and Nikki Email marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/frankiennikki > > Until your cat comes walking in with one stuck to his side. Egads. How the > > heck did Mr. Bob get UP that high to get stuck on the flystrip? Especially > > since he is the cat least likely to extend any energy besides eating! > > Aww, poor Mr Bob! Maybe he jumped after a fly? Purrs from us that the icky > stuff wears off by itself. Ummmm..... I don't think you'd WANT to let it do that - isn't that stuff poisonous? (Even a dog would be likely to lick it's side if there were something sticky on its fur, there.) > -- > Marina, Frank and Nikki > Email marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi > Pics at http://uk.f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/frankiennikki > > > Until your cat comes walking in with one stuck to his side. Egads. How the > > > heck did Mr. Bob get UP that high to get stuck on the flystrip? Especially [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > poisonous? (Even a dog would be likely to lick it's side if there were > something sticky on its fur, there.) Nope, it says "Non toxic" on the packaging (checked before purchasing) and TeD said it wouldn't make him sick! Stacey :) I didn't think those "fly paper strips" were poisonous.....in themselves. Thought the idea was to "trap" fly so it can't get away (stuck to paper) and it like starves to death? Not the quickest, but at least harmless to other species..... : > > > Until your cat comes walking in with one stuck to his side. Egads. How : the [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] : : Stacey :) >I didn't think those "fly paper strips" were poisonous.....in >themselves. Thought the idea was to "trap" fly so it can't get away >(stuck to paper) and it like starves to death? Not the quickest, but >at least harmless to other species..... There are at least two types, one with only glue (so that the fly gets stuck and starves to death) and one with poison mixed into the glue. I think that the latter type are less sticky, so that the fly can depart but takes poison with it, which it will absorb next time it licks its feet. To tell which type a particular brand of fly paper is, check to see if it has warning labels on the package. I have heard, anecdotally, that it is not a good idea to use more than one of the poisonous type at a time, as the poison in question is somewhat volatile and affects humans and pets, as well as insects. SignatureJohn F. Eldredge -- john@jfeldredge.com PGP key available from http://pgp.mit.edu "Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria Not a day goes by that I don't learn something on this ng......this cat-loving ng. Flies lick their feet? ROFL. Of course, I knew they had feet, but one rarely thinks of them grooming themselves. : -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- : Hash: SHA1 [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] : =l6yd : -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > Not a day goes by that I don't learn something on this ng......this > cat-loving ng. Flies lick their feet? ROFL. Of course, I knew they had feet, > but one rarely thinks of them grooming themselves. IIRC, flies *taste* with their feet! And if you do watch one fly for a wile, you can see that they are quite meticulous groomers. Jus tthat their spit isn't exactly "clean" for us hoomins. Yowie > Not a day goes by that I don't learn something on this ng......this > cat-loving ng. Flies lick their feet? ROFL. Of course, I knew they had feet, > but one rarely thinks of them grooming themselves. Oh, flies are very fastidious little creatures - it's not THEIR fault that they carry diseases other critters can catch. > I didn't think those "fly paper strips" were poisonous.....in themselves. > Thought the idea was to "trap" fly so it can't get away (stuck to paper) and > it like starves to death? Not the quickest, but at least harmless to other > species..... I see. There must be more than one kind - I'm sure the ones we used to buy when I was a kid had some sort of insecticide mixed in with the glue. > For the last month or so, we have been inundated with cluster flies > all over the house. Though the kitties love them, I'm getting tired [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > > Stacey ;) AWWWW! Mr. Bob jumped up *high*! Maybe you can order some of those cat bath wipes from the Drs. Foster & Smith catalog to be delivered pronto. I use them to 'bathe' Persia. Jill > For the last month or so, we have been inundated with cluster flies > all over the house. Though the kitties love them, I'm getting tired [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > > Stacey ;) Purrs for Mr. Bob SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy, Milo & Bagheera) A house is not a home, without a cat. Major purrs for the kitty I've hung lots of those fly strips at my school farm and they are just disgusting. I couldn't get that stuff off my hands. Once when I was holding it I got it caught in my hair. EWWWW!!! It's even worse when you have to throw them away, with all those flies stuck to it. Yuck! Kristi |
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