Mosquito problem, need help

phil74501

I have a water trough in my backyard that deer and so on drink out of. I have a cat that lives on my back porch that also drinks out of it, despite the fact that I put water out for it in a bowl. You know how cats are. Problem is, it's full of mosquitos, and those same mosquitos are all over my back porch and yard. I thought I had found some tablets you can put in the water that will kill them. When I read the label on the package it said it was harmful to humans. If it's harmful to humans I assume it is for animals as well. Is there anything that I can put in it to kill them off? That won't also kill the deer and cats that drink out of it?

DangerMouse

Change the water often so they don't use it for breeding.

DM

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phil74501

I have thought of that. Only problem is the trough is like a 50 gallon trough. That'll get expensive over time.

DangerMouse

Make a skimmer from your wife's nylons and a coat hanger to remove the wigglers daily/as seen.
Tap them off the skimmer onto the ground and they'll dry up and die.

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phil74501

That's not a bad idea. I wonder if like a small minnow net would do the trick.

DangerMouse

As long as it's fine mesh, I don't see why not.

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joecaption

http://www.arbico-organics.com/categ...ntrol-products

Any Lowes, Home Depot, Wal-Mart, hardware store has these.

creeper

How about some goldfish in there to eat the larva and as a bonus kitty will have something fun to do

joecaption

Just put a life jacket on kitty and it will be fine.

phil74501

I found something that looked like that at Lowes. Mosquito dunks if i remember correctly. It said on the box to wash your hands and all that after using it, call poison control if you ingest it, and so on. I was worried that if it's poisonous for humans, wouldn't it kill pets to?