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Original poster

To ask you all to HHHEEELLPPP!! (Not for the squeamish!)

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babybearsmummy · 21/08/2013 10:00

Just opened my wheelie bin this morning and it's crawling with maggots and not due to be collected til next weds.

WIBU to move it all the way down the drive as far away from the house as poss? I have no idea what to do.

Que emailing dp to squeal at him about not washing it out the other week... shiver!!!!!

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Feminine · 21/08/2013 10:01

Oh its not that bad!

Just swish it out with bleach...flash or something.

It will all be ok. :)

HeySoulSister · 21/08/2013 10:02

Leave the lid open... The birds will eat them all

It's just tiny maggots!!

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babybearsmummy · 21/08/2013 10:03

There's 3 or 4 bags of rubbish in there :/

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LeaveTheBastid · 21/08/2013 10:04

Burn it

Yeuch! Envy

or a bottle of neat bleach would work just as well and is probably less dramatic

farrowandbawl · 21/08/2013 10:04

The only thing you can do is wait until it's emptied and then use loads of hot water and half a bottle of bleach, swich it all around, empty, rinse, empty.

I've had to do this yesterday.

ukatlast · 21/08/2013 10:05

Why not drive your bin bags in boot of car to local tip and then clean out your bin.

MammaTJ · 21/08/2013 10:06

I used to work in a psychiatric hospital. One of the patients clearly did not like rice. I went to give his wardrobe a tidy up, a job done once a month usually. Found a plate of rice and maggots. EWW!

Rooners · 21/08/2013 10:09

There isn't a lot you can do if it's full of rubbish, unless you think the bags are quite strong in which case, gloves on, remove bags, pour hot water into bin, tip it over.

If this seems unfeasible or you think the bags will break, then just move it far from your house as you can, wait till it's emptied next week and then wash it out with hot water.

You don't need bleach to kill maggots. Only for your brain afterwards Smile

BrokenSunglasses · 21/08/2013 10:09

Eww!

It would not be unreasonable to move it as far away from you as you possibly can, and then make DH deal with it as soon as he's in. Then he can get rid of the maggots in whichever way he chooses.

If you haven't got lots of bleach and more bin bags in the house then make sure you are stocked up before he gets home so that he has no excuses.

Original poster
babybearsmummy · 21/08/2013 10:09

They're all having a nice little party in there, must be enjoying the huge
chunk of choc cake dp chucked out the other day

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Rooners · 21/08/2013 10:09

Ukatlast, presumably because she doesn't want maggotty bags in her car?

Rooners · 21/08/2013 10:10

Seriously you do not need bleach.

What on earth do people think maggots are made from?

Boiling water will sort it. Without the attendant environmental damage.

HeySoulSister · 21/08/2013 10:11

You don't need a DH/DP to deal with it!!

What do you think a maggot would do to you?

samithesausage · 21/08/2013 10:12

When we get them in our food bin, I zap them with the wilkinson's multipurpose bug killer spray.After about an hour they should all be dead. Then when your bin gets emptied wash it out with jeyes fluid/bleach/disinfectant

Rooners · 21/08/2013 10:14

We had a load of little fruit fly maggots in our kitchen thing yesterday, you know, the little plastic box they give you for composting.

There were hundreds.

After the initial yelp, it was just a case of put it outside, deal with it - but then, fruit fly ones are teeny weeny and rather innocent looking and they don't smell so bad.

Big ones are horrid. But no, they won't hurt you. And they drown very quickly even in cold water Sad

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babybearsmummy · 21/08/2013 10:15

I DOOOO need my dp to help! Either he can sort the bin or look after my l.g while I sort it! Much happier staying inside playing with her toys than looking at those bastarding wigglers bblllerrrgghh!!

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PigeonPie · 21/08/2013 10:15

Just leave the lid open when it's sunny and once they turn into flies they'll fly away, probably before next week.

It's a wheelie bin, outside, and the only time you need to go to it is to put more rubbish in.

There will be rather more flies around than usual, so move it away from the house so that you don't get 'perpetual motion' and remember to close the lid when it rains so that it doesn't get filled with water.

They're only baby flies (although I wouldn't like them in the house).

Fakebook · 21/08/2013 10:19

I had this problem during the heat wave! But it happened INSIDE my kitchen. Bleugh. Loads of bleach and ant killing powder should do the job. I hate flies. I call them little satans.

PedantMarina · 21/08/2013 10:19

Let them get nice and big, then roll them in cayenne-pepper flour, then deep fry. Serve with salad and pinot grigio. Yum!

HTH

EdwiniasRevenge · 21/08/2013 10:20

To prevent them in future a squirt of fly spray and then close the lid twice a week.

I would be tempted to do a squirt of fly spray anyway so that they are zapped as they hatch.

I've never had/seen maggots in my bin even 4wks after it was last emptied.

natwebb79 · 21/08/2013 10:21

We've got this powder stuff from Aldi that deodorises bins and kills maggots. Life saver after our house was taken over by flies. Shudder.

BrokenSunglasses · 21/08/2013 10:24

There really is no shame in delegating disgusting jobs like this to husbands. That's what they are there for IMO. Feminism has gone too far if we can't reasonably expect the men folk to clear maggots out of our bins.

PolterGoose · 21/08/2013 10:27

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Feminine · 21/08/2013 10:30

I think it was that cake polter Wink

PedantMarina · 21/08/2013 10:34

Exactly! Corn-fed space weevils are fine&dandy, but chocolate cake-fed maggots! You've got both mains and afters in one deep-fried crunchy bite. Like, Yum, again.