Flat Fly!!!!! Yuuuuuuuuccccchhhhh!!!

[GriffMJ]

Hi All

Found a "Flat Fly" Ornithomya avicularia on Hamish today...... Hamish then dissapeared in a cloud of Johnsons Instect spray... my first experience of the horrible nasty little ****ers!..... must have got it from the Blackbird he killed the other day.... I am still scratching now just thinking about.

The Johnsons did the trick ....saw the little ****** fly away :vom: :gib:

[Claire]

ewww someone brought me a fledgeling magpie which had been attacked by cats, first thing i did was spray it with frontline and about 5 flatflies flew off it :vom:

[DeathFromAbove]

Ewwwwwwww :vom: :shock: :vom:

[FlameHairedFalconer]

Yuk!!!!!

[BrookeiFalco]

I get sacks of wood pigeon and corvid once a week because thats all i use even through the flying season and there is hundreds of them never had a problem to date, not had to sparay birds or nowt.

[GriffMJ]

I get sacks of wood pigeon and corvid once a week because thats all i use even through the flying season and there is hundreds of them never had a problem to date, not had to sparay birds or nowt.

I dont know what they do to the bird...might be nothing.... BUT anything that crawls like that little ****er...HAS to die!

[Hacker]

I dont know what they do to the bird...might be nothing.... BUT anything that crawls like that little ****er...HAS to die!
They are a blood sucking parasite usually host specific.

[Hardcore Hawker]

Your lucky it didnt jump into your hair as they often do it makes your skin crawl as it can take an age to track the little effers down as they hide in your hair and are also quite hard to kill.

[Harris]

Heres a pic! :vom:

[GriffMJ]

Must Die >>>kill >>>> Kill

[Gaz]

Mate of mine went out with his Gos,on the way home he called in,had his vest on..."caught a crow then did he?",i asked."no,a maggie,how do you know?"...he had loads of um crawling round his neck and ears...it was f#####g "orrible..........

[TiercelJim]

nasty tings as bad as sheep ticks.

[Hacker]

Otherwise known as KEDS

[Gosman_2]

They have a sharp spike which if you swat them while on your face they will stick in you as i found out the hard way :mad:

[Berkut]

Otherwise known as KEDS
Spot on.I know a guy who had one find its way into his armpit hair and another in his pubes.He had to go for the clean shaven look.:twisted:

[Jimmy]

nasty things......

[BrianM]

Hi All

Found a "Flat Fly" Ornithomya avicularia on Hamish today...... Hamish then dissapeared in a cloud of Johnsons Instect spray... my first experience of the horrible nasty little ****ers!..... must have got it from the Blackbird he killed the other day.... I am still scratching now just thinking about.

The Johnsons did the trick ....saw the little ****** fly away :vom: :gib:


i had to read that twice there griff ,, thought i said he caught it FROM blackbird AKA tim,,, lol ,,,

[MitchellBrad]

I don't think we have them around here but back in Virginia my racing pigeons would get them on occasion. They are fast!!!! Got one on me once, it ran all over until it decided I wasn't such a nice host and left. Sort of breaks up the day with a little excitement:wink:

[Gaz]

[ my racing pigeons would get them on occasion. They are fast!!!!]QUOTE:
What??..:o they can outfly a racer:o :o :o!!..
f##k me..bet Foxy crosses one with a Perry!!!!

[Pete Sibson]

I had one on me while i was traveling down the A46 leics, can you imagine the panic not just me but with other road users.

[Gaz]

What???...a flatfly/Pere...:twisted:

[Tasha55403]

I don't know if we have the same species, but we do have flat flies (hippoboscid flies) around here (Minnesota, anyways). They are nasty critters. We spray all our freshtrapped redtails. There's nothing more disgusting than watching them crawl around on the bird, then buzz over and start crawling down your shirt:vom:

[Hacker]

Or down your knickers?:goodman: :heart:

[MitchellBrad]

I had one on me while i was traveling down the A46 leics, can you imagine the panic not just me but with other road users.

You reminded me of what happened to a friend's dad when he was a kid. They were driving down the interstate when Wally's dad started swatting at his crotch. His dad pulls off the road and begins to scream and swat some more at his crotch. Then he exits his car and in front of God and everyone drops his pants. Wally is laughing so hard he cant' hardly breathe. Then he sees the reason for his dad's wierd behavior. A wasp fell out of his underwear. So I'll take a flat fly any day over a wasp crawling around in my drawers.:lol:

[Gaz]

Did he get stung! ( didnt know Forbes"y was on the interstate:D hahahahahaha)...bet he felt a *****:roll: :roll:

[GriffMJ]

I know one thing..... the sudden bate.... for no apparent reason has stopped since I sprayed him and got rid of the little fekker. Maybe its was the feeling of getting munched by that damn fly that was causing it?

[MitchellBrad]

Did he get stung! ( didnt know Forbes"y was on the interstate:D hahahahahaha)...bet he felt a *****:roll: :roll:

I believe Wally said his dad did indeed got stung. When I asked where he said or implied right on the head of his winkie. Of course I had tears streaming down the side of my face and was trying to keep my voice professional while talking on one of the radios.

[Iamtheweasel]

LOL!!! Funny that this thread came up, as last night I was out hawking again and caught three more pigeons....one of which was covered in flat flies......nasty little things!!!! One ran up my bloody arm!!!....I screamed like a 2 year old when it was on me.....much to the amusement of my Girlfriend.......

[GriffMJ]

LOL!!! Funny that this thread came up, as last night I was out hawking again and caught three more pigeons....one of which was covered in flat flies......nasty little things!!!! One ran up my bloody arm!!!....I screamed like a 2 year old when it was on me.....much to the amusement of my Girlfriend.......

SPRAY your bird!!!! They must DIE..... my Tiercel has not bated once today..... since I got rid of that little fekker with insect spray.

[DeathFromAbove]

Damn... reading this thread is making me itch all over :lol: ...... I'm with griff on this one....THEY ALL MUST DIE!

[Puzo]

I caught one put it under a glass & sprayed it with Johnsons "Anti Mite" it was still alive the next day. I also found an egg underneath the birds perch. It was black about the size of a glass bead or a No6 shot & under a microscope on low power looked like something HR Geiger might have conceived

[Claire]

I caught one put it under a glass & sprayed it with Johnsons "Anti Mite" it was still alive the next day. I also found an egg underneath the birds perch. It was black about the size of a glass bead or a No6 shot & under a microscope on low power looked like something HR Geiger might have conceived
FRONTLINE :supz: dont bother with johnsons

[Dean]

Your lucky it didnt jump into your hair as they often do it makes your skin crawl as it can take an age to track the little effers down as they hide in your hair and are also quite hard to kill.
Wish I had the hair to find a ****er in!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[GriffMJ]

looked like something HR Geiger might have conceived

There's a blast from the past :D Did Geiger for Art A level.... the old perv' :lol: :supz:

[Harris]

FRONTLINE :supz: dont bother with johnsons


Claire, Can you use Frountline on a BOP? if so is it the regular cat/dog anti flea/tick/mite stuff? Thanks

Simon

[Puzo]

Claire, Can you use Frountline on a BOP? if so is it the regular cat/dog anti flea/tick/mite stuff? Thanks

Simon

I wondered this! I've never heard of a frontline preperation for birds.

[Claire]

yes you can but I believe its still only available from your vet, its the same as cat/ dog stuff but spay not the spot on obviously, (you can also use it on the kids if they get head lice):-P
it was mentioned here http://www.falconryforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=14839

[Harris]

yes you can but I believe its still only available from your vet, its the same as cat/ dog stuff but spay not the spot on obviously, (you can also use it on the kids if they get head lice):-P


Thanks Claire, I picked some up last week from the vet for use on my dog, and was told that its now on general sale.

[Claire]

Thanks Claire, I picked some up last week from the vet for use on my dog, and was told that its now on general sale.
all you need is a quick spray under each wing and your bird wont have anything that itches and bites, I hate bugs lol

[Altai]

A flat fly came off an imprint gyr/saker while we were putting anklets on this morning. It landed on my wifes back. I was very calm. Much more calm than if it had landed on me! I told my wife I would have to spray it. She insisted I use the Johnsons instead of the wasp killer I had reached for, what a waste.
It flew off and appeared later on a window. Got it with the wasp spray this time.
I dont know where it came from. I only feed defrosted wood pigeon. Can these flies survive freezing?
The falcon has been running/flapping around the garden for a couple of weeks and the place is crawling with wild birds this year. Even had a greater spotted wood pecker drop in today.

[Hacker]

Flat flies will fly around looking for a host on which to suck blood and they are host specific.

[Fawkes]

Never having had any problems with mites/flies on birds - whats the best stuff to use? I've read through, so frontline and johnstons... not sure if we can get that here.... Anything else?

[Tasha55403]

Plain old cage bird mite/lice spray from the pet store. Works great, cheap, easy and safe:)

[Stephen]

i got plume spray aswell and just give them a mist over it is ment to keep the little ******s at bay

[Hodgesargh]

We routinely use Johnsons Antimite on the wild birds that are brought to us. Kills the mites fast and flat flies bail out immediately - usually onto whoever's holding the bird.

What I really can't stand is watching the little ******s running around under the feathers. You don't see the fly, just a bulge moving over the bird's body like something out of a sci-fi movie. Always looks worse on kestrels for some reason.