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birdbrainz7 · by **birdbrainz7** on Wed Jul 23, 2008 6:36 am

I have been very diligent about keeping my bird room free of moths but despite all the precautions it seems like they have arrived. I freeze all of the seed I buy for a couple of days before using it and I clean all new toys. Does anyone know of a safe way to get rid of them? I have been killing the ones that I see but for everyone I kill it seems like 5 more show up.

white67 · by **white67** on Thu Jul 24, 2008 7:16 am

Their eggs are in the feed period! Would not make a difference with freezing/cleaning.... nature takes it's course (seeds go through freezing naturally/moth eggs ect) no matter. Outside Aviary helps these batches of feed..moths just fly away. Part of having birds in captivity ..sorry....depends on what seed/the area/time the seed was harvested..We just called them fairiesLOL

christie · by **christie** on Thu Jul 24, 2008 10:08 am

Personally, I use sticky traps in tiny throw away cages. This way the birds cannot get stuck to the glue, and the traps do their thing. If the moths are persistant, you may want to steam clean all the nooks and crannies really well. I found that they will survive in the tiniest place.

MFids · by **MFids** on Thu Jul 24, 2008 6:30 pm

Freeze all seed/pellets for at least 24-48 hours. You can keep this food in the freezer/fridge afterwards and feed straight from there, or put into air tight containers.

Get pheramone moth traps (you can find them cheap off of Ebay!), put into tiny cages (travel cages, or cheap cages, doesn't matter - you can usually find cheap bird cages on Craigslists), and hang from the ceiling or wherever!

Put out large pans of water, maybe even shine a light on it at night?

Go through your pantry/cupboards, take out all flour/powder type foods, as well as noodle type foods, and repackage in air tight containers (dollar store said to have great containers?). If you find any foods that have a paper like packaging that have holes in them, toss them out. If a food item has already been opened, look through it before repackaging.

Be sure to vacuum thoroughly, and wash down the walls/ceilings. If need be, wash/vacuum furniture as well, being sure to move it to clean underneath, behind, and beside it... as well as every part within the furniture.

I personally enjoyed taking a squirt bottle and playing "target practice" then capturing the moths within bottles, then either releasing them outside, or giving the entire bottle to the cats for a toy! Although one person prefers taking a hand-held vacuum, sucking up the little guys, and as soon as they get as many as they can, tossing out the bag from the vacuum...

Midwest Macaws · by **Midwest Macaws** on Fri Jul 25, 2008 2:36 pm

Can you switch your birds to a pellet diet and spout the seeds outdoors?

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