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Ria P · 06-27-2022, 08:43 AM

A few weeks ago i killed a couple of pantry moths upstairs.

I saw the odd one here and there but today i lowered a shelf in Rodney's cage and lifted a few items of furniture to check for poops (they've been a bit smelly lately).

I came across one adult pantry moth in his substrate, grrr.

I decided not to panic because i didn't want to upset Rodney unnecessarily.

Last time i evacuated him and Betsy into temporary cages and deep cleaned everything. I did not find any more moth or a nest of moth anywhere in either cage.

Betsy didn't care about the temporary cage but Rodney was very very upset.

Today i put him in a transport box and took all the substrate out. I checked through it and found nothing. Same as last time.
I replaced half of the substrate with fresh and used some of the old but kept it lower than normally to keep an eye on it. I'm keeping it sprinkled herbs etc free for now for the same reason.

My reasoning now is that the pantry moth are about and deep cleaning Rodney's cage won't stop them from coming in from somewhere else. They can't come from the hamster food because i freeze everything.

See how it goes.

06-27-2022, 08:43 AM
Ria P House of Hamsters Join Date: Mar 2019 Location: Wiltshire, UK Posts: 7,103	Re: Flummoxed by the pantry moth A few weeks ago i killed a couple of pantry moths upstairs. I saw the odd one here and there but today i lowered a shelf in Rodney's cage and lifted a few items of furniture to check for poops (they've been a bit smelly lately). I came across one adult pantry moth in his substrate, grrr. I decided not to panic because i didn't want to upset Rodney unnecessarily. Last time i evacuated him and Betsy into temporary cages and deep cleaned everything. I did not find any more moth or a nest of moth anywhere in either cage. Betsy didn't care about the temporary cage but Rodney was very very upset. Today i put him in a transport box and took all the substrate out. I checked through it and found nothing. Same as last time. I replaced half of the substrate with fresh and used some of the old but kept it lower than normally to keep an eye on it. I'm keeping it sprinkled herbs etc free for now for the same reason. My reasoning now is that the pantry moth are about and deep cleaning Rodney's cage won't stop them from coming in from somewhere else. They can't come from the hamster food because i freeze everything. See how it goes.