Fruit fly catcher

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jusdeb
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Any one have any suggestions for keeping the number of fruit fly down , seems lately as soon as I put the fresh fruit/veg in with the birds it is infested with flies .
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Jayburd
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I dunno about keeping them down but your finches must be having a field day with so much free livefood!
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One would think so Jay but it seems they arent intersted in it if its got fly on it .......damn I got me some retarded birds. :roll:
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get yourself a pair of cordons deb!
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Or Ruddies..Ruddies love chasing flies :)
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or orange breasts!
Julian

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got the ruddies and O/breasts and nope , lazy little buggers.
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Jayburd
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:lol: maybe get the ones that HATE fruit flies, you seem to have an opposite reaction-reaction going on
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St Helenas, that's what you need. They love live food and are even happy to catch it as it flys in.
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agreed :)
Julian

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