How do I get rid of flying insects near my cat's litter pan?

Question

I have noticed over the past couple of weeks that there have been flying insects SWARMING near my cat's litter pan. I know they are attracted to the f***s.

I keep the little pan and the bathroom as clean as humanly possible. It is my 11 y/o son's bathroom. The bathroom is fairly large, so I make sure do do most of the cleaning myself. I have him dip the little pan, but I change the cat litter at least once weekly myself.

Strangely enough, the flies have also been coming out of the sink drain in his bathroom as well. Not the actual drain, but the overflow hole at the top of the sink that leads to the drain :(

This is a fairly new condo with no water drainage issues. It's less than 10 years old and the plumbing is in very good condition.

Yesterday, early afternoon, I sent almost a gallon of bleach down the sink, and the overflow drain. I used lysol spray in the bathroom in all of the corners and all of the surfaces. I cleaned the litter pan out and washed it and got down on my hands and knees and cleaned the entire floor. I didn't see any for the rest of the afternoon and evening.

I thought this was the end of it all, but today as soon as I went to go check their pan, the bathroom was swarming with them again! It is so disgusting!

Any ideas (other than getting rid of the cats and the litter pan)?

Answer 1

I don't know where you live, but I'm in southern California and in my neighborhood, everybody seems to be having the same problem (including me).  I also tried pouring a bunch of bleach down the drain, but the very next day, the little insects were back.  What I'm doing now, until I can figure out a better solution, is stuffing the overflow holes on the sink with little wads of toilet paper so that the bugs can't enter from there, and I'm keeping the sink drain plug in the closed position so they can't enter from the drain either.  When I need to use the sink, I turn the water on BEFORE opening up the drain, so that if there's a bunch of insects just under the surface of the plug, the rush of water when I open the drain plug will push them back down the drain.  Then when I'm done using the sink, I just close the drain plug again.  It's a hassle, but for the past few days it's been working.

Answer 2

fly swatter