http://www.maggots.co.za/forum/forum/maggots-help Helping you get rid of maggots en-US Sat, 04 Sep 2010 20:38:04 +0000 bbpress 1.0.2 q http://www.maggots.co.za/forum/search.php http://www.maggots.co.za/forum/topic/very-small-worms-under-my-coffee-machine#post-79 Sun, 08 Aug 2010 14:44:24 +0000 Bip 79@http://www.maggots.co.za/forum/ <p>Hi everyone,<br /> I'm desperate about my coffee machine first because there's a leak (which is annoying but no big deal) but most of all because I keep on cleaning it and every two days I find small worms in the water under the machine and also in the container above which you put your cup.They are very small but still disgusting , I tried to clean the machine but they won't go. I looked up on the internet to see if someone has the same problem but apparently it's not common. I'm resigned to go and buy a new one but I'm curious about those small worms, I can't find them on the web, does anyone know where they come from, what they are called?I thank you for your answers!!!! </p> http://www.maggots.co.za/forum/topic/carb-throttle-body-cleaner-worked-the-best-for-me#post-77 Wed, 04 Aug 2010 14:20:50 +0000 JendoCru 77@http://www.maggots.co.za/forum/ <p>Hello fellow maggot fighters,</p> <p>Just wanted to share my story and what worked best for me. It was just 3 hours ago when I went to take out the trash. Upon opening the trash bin I saw hundreds of maggots crawling around inside. I had no experience with this before and was absolutely disgusted. </p> <p>First, I tried raid, the kind that kills ants. I sprayed all of the maggots down real good and went inside to collect the rest of the trash. About 5-10 minutes later I go back outside to check and they are still alive and desperately trying to crawl out of the can. I had no more raid and didn't really know what to do. I tried a couple of other things like scrubbing bubbles (foaming bathroom cleaner) and pouring bleach all over them. This pushed all the maggots to the bottom of the trash bin and I thought I had won. I took my can to the curb and let it sit. I let it rest for 15 minutes and checked back on the bin and they were back!! Crawling up from the depths...These things are resilient! I was clueless. I thought to use the carb/throttle body cleaner I had in my garage but figured it would just make it easier for them to climb out by degreasing the sides of the trash bin. It is a good thing I was wrong! After finding this site (thank you to the creators!!!!) and reading through some things on it (thank you to the people who posted!!!!!), I quickly grabbed the carb cleaner.</p> <p>The carb/throttle body cleaner worked extremely well, killing the maggots within 10 seconds of contact. I covered pretty much every surface inside the bin and shot down the strays on and around the bin and where it had been. After a couple minutes not a single one was left moving!</p> <p>Please use caution and read all of the warnings on the label before you use this stuff, it can be harmful. You can probably find it at any store that stocks automotive parts for a couple bucks: walmart, pep boys, advance auto parts, etc. The specific brand I used was Valvoline SYN carb/throttle body cleaner. I hope that helps!</p> <p>Again a big thank you to the creators of this website and the people who have posted their stories!!! I am now maggot free and have the knowledge to stay that way!! :) </p> http://www.maggots.co.za/forum/topic/maggots-in-the-garage#post-75 Mon, 02 Aug 2010 19:14:06 +0000 gthomp 75@http://www.maggots.co.za/forum/ <p>Hi - Last week my husband found what he says were about "10,000" maggots in the garage. They came from the trash cans which we have to keep in the garage. They had spread throughout the entire garage: under shoes, towels, boxes, even paint cans. Unfortunatley we were heading out on vacation later that day for 4 days.... We probably should have cancelled. Before we left, we swept out the garage and sprayed an entire can of raid, and then crossed our fingers.... Needless to say the thought of opening our garage to a horror scene after our trip lingered in the back of our heads for the entire weekend "getaway". We ended up being in luck, I think, because there were no new maggots, just more that we discovered last night when we got home. We hadn't check every corner last week because we were rushing... the problem is that now there are still a hundred or so left scattered throughout the garage and they are in the pupa stage. I read online that they are indestructible in this stage. Is this true? We sprayed some organic pesticides over the floor and my husband took the day off from work today to clean out the garage. Will this be enough? I really don't like the story about the guy with maggots in his head... will the flys try to get in the house once they hatch?!?!? Do you think the organic pesticide is enough to kill the pupa? </p> http://www.maggots.co.za/forum/topic/guinea-pig-cage-full-of-maggots-help#post-71 Mon, 26 Jul 2010 01:25:23 +0000 SavatheWolf 71@http://www.maggots.co.za/forum/ <p>Ok, so I noticed there were maggots in the guinea pig cage, and I thought 'Ok, no big deal, it won't happen again, we've just been sooo busy, but next time we'll clean it sooner' So I clean it out and take the garbage upstairs, except that it thunderstorming outside, and lightning is almost touching the trees. So I set it in the garage. Big mistake. The maggots ate their way out. So I spent three hours cleaning up maggots. But the flies are back as soon as I cleaned out the cage. So I need help. What do I do that won't hurt my piggy but will kill those maggots? </p> http://www.maggots.co.za/forum/topic/little-guys-grossing-me-out#post-69 Fri, 23 Jul 2010 04:21:34 +0000 Carrie 69@http://www.maggots.co.za/forum/ <p>Thank you so much for creating this site! I came home this morning from working a night shift to find several little white worms in my dog's water bowl and one lonely guy wiggling around in an empty dog food bowl. Huh, gross. I noticed one dog snacking on something on the carpet, another worm (!) and called the vet in a panic. I picked several squirming guys up with a spoon put them in a ziplock bag and took them to the vet's office. The vet said they were maggots and 'big ones'. Another huh and feeling totally grossed out. I went home and noticed more on the kitchen floor. Grabbed them up with a bleach wipe and squished them. Then I did a search through my house and found more! On the linoleum in the kitchen, wood floor in the dining room and on the carpeted areas around the kitchen. Found a bunch near the sliding glass door and thought they might be attracted to light, but then found some scrunched in near the baseboards. Killed all that I could before going to bed. (Too tired to inspect my bed I slept on my dark chocolate colored couch.) I woke to do another search and found more! Then I figured I can't be the only person in the world to have had this happen to, so I Googled it and your site was the first to come up! Yeah, I'm not alone! but still have a serious situation. Now I'm off to Wally world to pick up some Raid to spray on the baseboards and floors. Then I'll vacuum, do a thorough cleaning of the house and hope for the best. I'd really like to do a Raid bomb but not at 10pm. Hopefully this works other wise I'll have to bomb the house. I wish I knew where they were coming from, but from what I read on another site it is common during the summer for flies to lay their eggs in the carpet and presto you've got maggots. </p> http://www.maggots.co.za/forum/topic/best-way-to-kill-tens-of-thousands#post-64 Tue, 20 Jul 2010 04:41:58 +0000 CoryT 64@http://www.maggots.co.za/forum/ <p>Unfortunately maggots aren't my only problem, i have a few raccoons who have figured out that my garbage, is their favorite garbage. The pudgy pests have figured out that they can easily life the lids of my bins. They also seem to have realized that their teeth are nice and sharp so if they can't lift em, they chew at them until they can.</p> <p>Of course this means that by the time morning comes my garbage has been torn apart and there are literally tens of thousands of maggots, in fact this morning I picked up the lid saw how many were on it dropped it and it was like a tidal wave of maggots floating threw the air.</p> <p>I was just wondering what everyone's opinion on the best way to get rid of a lot of maggots at one time is. </p> http://www.maggots.co.za/forum/topic/not-maggots-bluebottles#post-62 Mon, 19 Jul 2010 12:29:27 +0000 Minx 62@http://www.maggots.co.za/forum/ <p>We found maggots about 10 days ago that must have started in our bin in the utility room. We threw the contents away (obviously!) and got rid of all the maggots. Haven't seen a single once since then. Now, every day, we have a crop of small bluebottles. I am using Raid directly on them when I find them, and many of them are obviously dying even before I notice them, probably because there is so much Raid on all our surfaces. But just this morning I have collected and disposed of 15 bluebottles. We have taken the utility apart, moved the washing machine/dryer, checked cupboards, washed floors. How long do maggots take to become flies? What more can I do. </p> http://www.maggots.co.za/forum/topic/help#post-60 Thu, 15 Jul 2010 17:35:15 +0000 Ray Ray 60@http://www.maggots.co.za/forum/ <p>I have two small children so the more I read and learn about the more freaked out I get. I can't tell where these things are coming from! I found one in one spot, then a few in another room then a bit more elsewhere and more and more but I can't find where they are coming from exactly! I'm trying watching them to see where they are coming from. I've been killing them, but now every time I turn around I see more in a different direction. Help!! </p> http://www.maggots.co.za/forum/topic/how-to-deal-with-post-maggot-trauma#post-56 Tue, 13 Jul 2010 00:34:24 +0000 ratwoman 56@http://www.maggots.co.za/forum/ <p>Hi all,</p> <p>I'm Dawn from England. And I did something very, very lazy and stupid last week. I left a bowl of uneaten dog food out in my flat for days, and it was hot, and I noticed a strange smell..... eventually I guessed it might be the dog food so I picked up the bowl to smell it and there, literally *inches* from my eyes was a mass of maggots &lt;shudder&gt;........</p> <p>Now for 38 of my 38 years I have been petrified, appalled and disgusted by these creatures in equal measures. So you can guess how horrifed I was. I threw the bowl down - yes, another 'clever' thing to do, with the consequence they splattered all over my carpet.</p> <p>After having hysterics down the phone to my mom I decided to kill them with boiling water. This did the trick immediately thank God. I then could not bear to get near their corpses so I hoovered them up, emptied the hoover bag, and have spent most of today disinfecting everywhere I think they might have touched.</p> <p>My problem is - I can't stop thinking they're still hanging round in some nook or cranny. I feel like my entire flat is now contaminated. I literally want to move out, leave all of my possessions and start fresh somewhere these things have never been. I'm terrified to touch anything and I can't eat inside my flat as I'm so repulsed by the whole episode.</p> <p>Ok so I know I sound like a psycho and i know it was all my fault, but has anyone got any advice as to how I can start to live my life again?!!!! If the odd one is still around in my flat how long will it stay in its horrible maggoty stage before it becomes a fly? And will there be maggot eggs in my carpet that could still hatch? Oh man...............</p> <p>Many thanks indeed,</p> <p>Dawn </p> http://www.maggots.co.za/forum/topic/arrrrrrrrgggghhhhhhhh#post-53 Fri, 09 Jul 2010 15:13:20 +0000 lipgloss 53@http://www.maggots.co.za/forum/ <p>I've just been out to my wheelie bin and as I've lifted the lid a great mass of maggots have dropped into the bin off the inside if the lid. The big ones are crawling out and dropping off the edge to the ground and there seems to be millions of them of all sizes actually in the bin. There are also castors all around the bin on the ground. The smell is actually rancid. Thank god for this website as I'm going to try and find one of those foggers for flies and drop it into the bin. Let's see how they like that!! I've also emptied half a can of Raid into the bin, but I'm yet to go and look at what effect thats had.</p> <p>I'll let you know how I get on </p> http://www.maggots.co.za/forum/topic/please-help#post-52 Fri, 09 Jul 2010 10:06:23 +0000 viking772003 52@http://www.maggots.co.za/forum/ <p>I recently left my basement window open, and when I went down there the following day I noticed a bird in my basement had gotten in through the window. I am really afraid of any living creature that isn't human or a cat. So I closed my basement door until I could find someone to help me get the bird out. The next day I got help but we did not see/hear the bird anymore so I assumed it must have found it's way out. 2 days later I went down to wash clothes and smelled an awful smell. I figured it had to be the bird dead somewhere, which it was. When I found it it was crawling with FAT maggots. I got help disposing of it and the maggots, then threw anything that was near it in the trash. I then washed that area of the floor with bleach. My question is, can/will the maggots wander away from the dead bird? Or do they stay near it? Do they lay eggs? If so how can I get rid of all the eggs? By disposing of the bird and every visible maggot, am I in the clear? If I bleach everything in the basement, will I be rid of them? Someone please help me I am a prisoner in my own home afraid to enter my basement. I can not afford to hire an exterminator. Thank you very much. </p> http://www.maggots.co.za/forum/topic/will-they-come-back#post-46 Thu, 01 Jul 2010 23:23:32 +0000 Johanne 46@http://www.maggots.co.za/forum/ <p>2 days ago i went to put a sealed bag (always sealed) in the green plastic city bin. Couldn't believe there were 1000 of these nasty maggots crawling everywhere in there.<br /> I believe a fly was on my dog's poop when i picked it up and sealed it in a plastic bag a few days before. I put the bin outside until collection the next day. There didn't seem to be any outside the bin or on the garage floor so I thought i had a close call. After the truck emptied the bin I immediately cleaned it out with boiling water and bleach which didn't seem to faze them. I emptied the bin in the street and hosed the driveway and further down the street and watched a robin come and feed on them. I went to the garage later that day to check and saw a lot of them still crawling back from the driveway and some on the garage floor I looked under a carpet and there were some there too which i squished with my shoe. There are still a few today (squished those too). I'm sure there must be alot more hiding in damp dark places. What do I do ? Wait til they turn into flies and hope they will fly away (i'll make sure not to leave any food or garbage). What are the chances of the cycle happening again? Please help. I'm obsessing over this. </p> http://www.maggots.co.za/forum/topic/the-sun#post-44 Wed, 30 Jun 2010 22:33:43 +0000 dcq0517 44@http://www.maggots.co.za/forum/ <p>i get maggots in my trash often - i clean up doggie waste from yard and put in trash - it's in tied up plastic bags, but the little buggers still get all over the trash can. i've tried many things, nothing seemed to work, except boiling water. lately i've just been rinsing them out at the curb - not killing them, but sending them off on a journey in another place. this week, i didn't have time to rinse the can, so i just opened it to air out. later, the maggots that were hit by the sun were dead! shriveled up and dead!! that was yesterday. today, i positioned the can so the sun would hit the ones that were still kicking. and, sure enough, they shriveled up and died, too! i know this won't work for an infestation in the house, or shadey outside area, but for those of us with trash cans full of maggots, i think the sun is our best defense! </p> http://www.maggots.co.za/forum/topic/sudden-maggot-infestation#post-40 Sat, 05 Jun 2010 06:15:13 +0000 aaron.martinez 40@http://www.maggots.co.za/forum/ <p>MY FIANCE AND I ARE CLEAN FREAKS, SO IT CAME AS A HUGE SURPRISE THAT I WOKE UP THIS MORNING TO FIND THE ALL THE FLOORS IN THE HOUSE COVERED IN MAGGOTS.I CANT FIND WHERE THEY ARE COMMING FROM.THERE IS NOTHING DEAD AROUND AND I CANT BELIEVE THAT THAT MANY MAGGOTS COULD APPEAR SO SUDDENLY. I THOUGHT THE HOUSE WOULD HAVE TO BE COVERED IN FLIES TO PRODUCE AS MANY AS WERE ON THE FLOOR. I HAVE NEVER HAD THIS PROBLEM AND IM REALLY FREAKED OUT THAT THERE ARE SO MANY, WHEN THERE WAS NOT EVEN ONE THE NIGHT BEFORE. WHAT IS GOING ON?I BOMBED THE HOUSE WITH POISON.IT KILLED ALL SORTS OF BUGS I DIDNT KNOW I HAD, BUT THE MAGGOTS ARE STILL COMMING OUT. I USED AN INDUSTRIAL POISON, THAT I SPRAYED DIRECTLY ON THE MAGGOTS AND IT DIDNT EVEN STOP THEM FROM MOVING.I SPRAYED THE SAME STUFF ON A ROACH AND IT DIED IN LESS THAN A MINUTE.I TORE THE HOUSE APART LOOKING FOR THE SOURCE, WITH NO LUCK.I DONT WANT TO DEAL WITH THIS ON A REGULAR BASIS. I NEED A FOOL PROOF SOLUTION ASAP. ANY IDEAS?I DIDNT EVEN THINK THIS KIND OF INFESTATION WAS POSSIBLE SO QUICKLY.SOME ONE PLEASE HELP! </p> http://www.maggots.co.za/forum/topic/maggots-maggots-everywhere-so-lets-all-have-a-drink#post-30 Sat, 13 Mar 2010 02:19:50 +0000 Comali 30@http://www.maggots.co.za/forum/ <p>Yesterday morning I woke to find a WHOLE ARMY of maggots crawling on my kitchen floor. EVERY inch of the floor was covered by maggots, they was crawling out the front door. They was crawling from all directions so it was very hard to see where they were coming from. </p> <p>A day from yesterday I did a spring clean in the kitchen (not for the maggots) and they was there the next morning, only a few. So I swept the Kitchen thoroughly but then I woke with the army of maggots. That day I thought it could be the mat we have in the kitchen because it is very revolting but I took it out the day I swept. They starting invading our kitchen ever since we started eating fried rice. We think it may be from the stove, the floor is spotless but they may be falling out from the bottom of the stove. </p> <p>They come out from the cleanest of places which is very puzzling. They are there every morning so far. And they always march out the front door. </p> http://www.maggots.co.za/forum/topic/maggots-on-kitchen-ceiling#post-28 Mon, 01 Mar 2010 23:52:52 +0000 curl 28@http://www.maggots.co.za/forum/ <p>I WAKE UP EVERY MORNING WITH MAGGOTS ON MY KITCHEN CEILING AND I DONT KNOW WH, HOW DO I GET RID OF THEM FOREVER THIS IS DRIVING ME INSANE .WE HAD THE HOUSE SPRAYED A FEW WEEKS AGO AND I SAID TO MY HUSBAND THERE MUST BE SOMETHING DEAD IN THE ROOF BUT WE CANT SMELL ANYTHING SO PLEASE HELP ME GET RID OF MAGGOTS FOREVER ANY SUGGESTIONS </p> http://www.maggots.co.za/forum/topic/how-do-i-find-out-where-they-are-comming-from#post-23 Fri, 02 Oct 2009 02:05:46 +0000 swopermans 23@http://www.maggots.co.za/forum/ <p>I have 4 small children and have recently been finding maggots in my kitchen. I have no clue hwere they are coming from. They atarted out on my cieling. I had my husband serch my attic for something dead but he found nothing. Today I found a ton of them on the floor. i dont know where they are coming from. How can I tell. I cleaned out all of my cupboards looking for something dead or rotting but I cannot find aanything. Please help!!!!!! </p> http://www.maggots.co.za/forum/topic/wall-racers#post-20 Mon, 31 Aug 2009 06:43:19 +0000 Niamhina 20@http://www.maggots.co.za/forum/ <p>So here I am again. I was in the bathroom when my husband looked down and freaked! There on the lip of the bathtub..crawling...NO WRIGGLING it's way towards the wall was a disgusting little thing that we call a Maggot. There was only one so I knew that it came from somewhere else in the house. I know that my dog Bandit brought it into the bathroom to show me that there ws a bug in the house. Recently I've taught him to "Roach" as I call it, since this place has horrible bug problem. He'll hunt the bug or "Roach" down and kill it. Who needs a cat when I have my little Banda-Panda! lol...<br /> Anywhoo, so I go running into the kitchen and look around. Yup..there they all are...again. Of course at this point I'm ready to throw my cookies all over the place. And seeing since I've eaten every color of the rainbow today, it would of been a flurry of interesting colors. Ok, back to the story. So i had to leave and help a friend out for a while, and my husband was kind enough to take care of the problm this time. He told me that while I was gone, these little buggers where crawling up the walls, trying to get away from the bleach he just threw on the floors. GROSS! but at least the bleach killed them all. I'm getting really tired of these rude little guys crashing my house. I'm about to start charging them rent. ^.^ </p> http://www.maggots.co.za/forum/topic/maggots-in-our-bathroom#post-17 Wed, 12 Aug 2009 18:48:59 +0000 JeLLo2775 17@http://www.maggots.co.za/forum/ <p>So last night before bed, I went to the bathroom. As I was sitting there, I noticed what I thought was a little worm crawling on the floor. I scanned the floor and saw there was more. I hollered to my spouse 'Uh, dude, we have a problem!!!' He came upstairs to see what I was yelling about, and I carefully made my way out of the bathroom - didn't wanna step on any...yuck!<br /> So, using toilet paper, we picked them up one by one and once we saw we had them all picked up, more appeared. They were falling from the bathroom fan!!<br /> My spouse got a chair, and proceeded to unplug, and pull down the fan. Well, low and behold, there was a dead mouse (though it was a bit bigger then a mouse) lodged in the fan blades!! We finally figured out why the fan wasn't working as well as it was a few days ago!!<br /> He flushed the dead mouse down the toilet and sprayed perioxide over the fan to wipe it down and disinfect it. We put a bucket on the floor, below the fan and covered the bottom with bleach. This morning when we woke, we found 10 dead maggots floating in the bucket and one crawling on the floor.<br /> Tonite my hunny is gonna crawl into the attic to see what else is up there - we're not sure what to expect - how many more maggots can be there if the dead animal is gone??</p> <p>Another thing I should mention is that these were not full grown, white creamy colored maggots. They were very small, and clear.</p> <p>Not sure how we can disinfect the attic now.....</p> <p>Thanks!</p> <p>Joanne </p> http://www.maggots.co.za/forum/topic/peroxide#post-10 Sat, 18 Jul 2009 23:12:53 +0000 shotei 10@http://www.maggots.co.za/forum/ <p>In one of the kill methods 1/2 to 2 cups of peroxide was recomended. I couldn't see what good peroxide would do so I tested it. I dropped a couple maggots in a cup with pure peroxide. After watching them swim around for about 10 minutes I flushed them. Maybe I have mutant maggots but save a little money and forget the peroxide. </p> http://www.maggots.co.za/forum/topic/why-do-i-have-maggots#post-6 Wed, 10 Jun 2009 21:50:42 +0000 mkingclk 6@http://www.maggots.co.za/forum/ <p>Ok, so I have recently discovered that I have an infestation of maggots in my carport. I don't know what it is that they are after, or where they're coming from. They are not bunched all together like maggots feeding on something dead. They are just crawling around on the concrete. Not near the trash bin, not near any foul odors, my husband has washed them away with the hose, and poured draino all over the carport. The next day they are back. There seems to be no reason for them. Please help me!! </p> http://www.maggots.co.za/forum/topic/thought-you-should-know#post-4 Sun, 10 May 2009 21:04:54 +0000 thoney 4@http://www.maggots.co.za/forum/ <p>fantastic does not work... either does mango scented carpet crystals. at first i thought it did and created a barrier so they wouldn't get into my room .. you know until my boyfriend could deal with those MAGGOTS.. but it seemed to like it .. so we sucked those maggots up in the vacuum cleaner.. thanks anyways.. :D </p>