the arable cleanser! Posted August 17, 2009 Report Share Posted August 17, 2009 Hi guys, I need your help. my springer only seems to eat at night, and recently when i go to check his run he has only half eaten his food,however when i checked two nights ago i found his food bowl crawling with earwigs. this has got worse since then and tonight there are litteraly hundreds of the wee ********. Anybody any ideas how to get rid of them? and are they harmful to him? any help aprieciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hezbear Posted August 17, 2009 Report Share Posted August 17, 2009 Earwigs won't harm your dog mate, but i don't know how you could get rid of them for sure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hezbear Posted August 17, 2009 Report Share Posted August 17, 2009 If you can find where they are getting in put some boric acid down, it will only work if they crawl through them, is there any rotten tree stumps or damp patches near the kennel as that is where they prefer to live Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucky-shot Posted August 17, 2009 Report Share Posted August 17, 2009 (edited) Hi guys, I need your help. my springer only seems to eat at night, and recently when i go to check his run he has only half eaten his food,however when i checked two nights ago i found his food bowl crawling with earwigs. this has got worse since then and tonight there are litteraly hundreds of the wee ********. Anybody any ideas how to get rid of them? and are they harmful to him? any help aprieciated. got the same problem *******every where not a problem for the dog Edited August 17, 2009 by Lucky-shot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lloyd90 Posted August 18, 2009 Report Share Posted August 18, 2009 Maybe use one of those stands the food and water bowls go in ? Keeps the food of the ground ? might help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blahblahblah Posted August 18, 2009 Report Share Posted August 18, 2009 cut the bottom off a 2l pop bottle and stuff loosley with straw hang upside down so straw is touching ground but the not the bottle near the food, wait till morn then nip in and carefully remove the bottle and hey presto full of earwigs desopse of them as you feel fit, keep going with new straw untill all gone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the arable cleanser! Posted August 18, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 18, 2009 Nice one lads Thanks for your help. like the coke bottle idea blahblah! cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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