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Eeyore
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 Posted - 10 Sep 2008 : 12:46:25 PM
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Has anyone tried those midge 'eating' machines?
How effective are they?
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Qui Gon Jinn
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Posted - 10 Sep 2008 : 5:45:15 PM
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Seriously effective!!!
My neighbour has one and it consumes a carrierbag full within 4 days! Where previously she couldn't be outside in the garden after about 4pm, there isn't a midge to be seen round the house or stables at all!
They aren't cheap, but well worth the money in my opinion! |
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Eeyore
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Posted - 11 Sep 2008 : 10:33:25 AM
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Yes, they are pricey. If they do work though it would be worth it to stop the misery for my boy.
I will have to start saving over the winter ready methinks
Has anyone else tried them? I'm sure someone on here said they were getting some this year to try |
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Jessica
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England
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Posted - 11 Sep 2008 : 11:58:50 AM
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Hi there!
We seem to have loads of midges where we are too. This is the 1st i've heard of a 'midge muncher'
I havent tried one, but if they are as good as they sound then the word 'priceless' springs to mind!
How much are they on that note??
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Annette
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Jessica
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England
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Posted - 12 Sep 2008 : 09:14:03 AM
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| Thanks Annette. I'd better bring my copper jar back to life! |
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Eeyore
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Posted - 12 Sep 2008 : 09:43:59 AM
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Yes, the ones I've seen start at £400, one that covers approx an acre is £620.
For me it would be somthing to put on the yard and keep the stable area midge free.
Stupid though it seems you can soon spend hundreds on lotions, potions, supplements, homeopathy, repels, rugs etc.
I just want more reassurance that they work before I splash the cash lol |
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marionpack
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England
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Posted - 13 Sep 2008 : 7:17:53 PM
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| Does anybody know how they work, do they just attract the midges while placed in the field, or do you have to go around the field with it manually? |
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alix liddle
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England
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Posted - 13 Sep 2008 : 10:28:24 PM
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Hi Marionpack. Found this on google. Not sure if they work. We had a flea lamp that was supposed to attract fleas and stick them to a paper disc, but none ever got attracted or stuck. Good luck!!
Midgeaters attract midgies towards them and then suck them into a re-usable bag.
To the unsuspecting midge the machine appears to be a large animal, from which they can feed. The midge flies towards the machine expecting a tasty blood meal, but then it gets a nasty surprise, as it is sucked away into a disposable bag.
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marionpack
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England
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Posted - 15 Sep 2008 : 08:24:43 AM
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| Thanks for that alix, I would think quite a few would be needed in a large field to have any effect |
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Eeyore
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Posted - 18 Sep 2008 : 4:36:49 PM
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I'm still not sure about this one!
Seeing my boy driven mad by midges I would consider anything.
Would love any more reports - any more feedback from Scotland, home of the notorious midge |
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Zan
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Posted - 18 Sep 2008 : 7:23:31 PM
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A friend of mine got one because her Shetland has sweet itch, but it wasn't a success. It does capture and munch a lot of midges, but it doesn't have a big enough range to be any help to horses. She now uses hers in her garden---it means sitting/eating outside is possible, but if you leave the immediate area of the muncher there are midges aplenty |
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Jessica
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England
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Posted - 18 Sep 2008 : 10:06:16 PM
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Hmm, buying in bulk is the only way to help horses then it may seem.
Midges...gotta hate em!
Your 'notorios midge' libe made me chuckle Eeyore!
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Eeyore
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Posted - 19 Sep 2008 : 10:33:07 AM
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Maybe if he had it outside his stable door I read on one website that they can be effective when the horse is stabled. He is only badly affected at dawn and dusk when he is stabled to get away from the worst of them anyway.
I can sympathise with him, the midges make a meal of me too 
I have found a cream that really helps him but its ouch expensive  Why didn't I pick a low maintenance horse lol 
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Edited by - Eeyore on 19 Sep 2008 10:38:41 AM |
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Zan
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Posted - 19 Sep 2008 : 6:37:17 PM
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| I would think it might help if it was outside his stable then. The shetland in question isn't bothered by them in her stable, so the plan was for her to have a midge free area in the paddock, but she didn't stay close enough to it. The midge free zone is a very small area round the machine. |
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ali bali
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Scotland
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Posted - 19 Sep 2008 : 8:56:43 PM
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Sorry no experience of them myself but (random bit of information coming now) I am told they were very much in evidence during the filming of Monarch of the Glen  |
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