Since it's been so hot over here we have now started getting cockroaches in the aviary! :yellowhead:

I'm assuming they don't harm budgies but does anybody have any solutions of how to get rid of them? :bluebudgie:

ewwww we don't get them in this part of the US but YUCK I hope you can find a solution FAST.

Cockroaches can contaminate the food sources with ecoli bacteria apparently :yellowhead:

Lucky we only found ONE a few days ago...haven't seen any recently so that's a good sign.

Well, found another one today... . Tomorrow we are going to get some 'Cockroach traps': A box with bait and sticky material inside. I will put them in the bottom of the aviary in places where the birds cannot get to them. Can't wait until the weather cools down so they will stop coming.

ewwww cockroaches..... l hope that you will be able to get rid of them all.

Edited December 27, 200717 yr by birdluv

I know they are REALLY gross!

So gross. We don't have them around home, but I did buy some for my lizards once. They were the grosses things ever. I've handled some creepy crawlies before, but these took the cake They were climbing up the side of the container etc and they smelt so bad when crunched... yuk yuk yuk yuk

Ewww, yeah, I've heard that lizards like to eat cockroaches...I saw a little lizard in our backyard yesterday...Hopefully he had something to eat whilst he was here, hehehe .

solution guys...spray a ground cover repellent...! cochroaches look for shade when really hot,so limit access to the avairy by compying ground provention. think about it roaches are not are worst enemy...far from it....dont bother with baits,thats asking a Budgie to chew it,find their hole and douse it,if the aviary is next to the house check your vents(as its cool and danp there) if so use mothballs in the or around the vents,COCKIES dont like it..lemon juice is also good for black ants

i had cockroaches in my avairy so i sprayed insect surface spray around the outside of the avairy on the ground and it got rid of them.

A good product called COOPEX will kill them , you get it from pet shops and farm supplies , it comes in a powder and you mix it with water and spray around the avairy . Remove the water and seed containers and you can spray the entire avairy, birds and all , it leaves a residue on the surface and will kill any insects that land on it or cross it .

I spray every 2 months and it controlls all the creepy crawlies.

Ants too????

Yes, i agree it does work...WE DON'T GET COCKROACHES ANYMORE!!!!!!!!!!!!! .

that is great to hear.

:budgiedance:.