I also have a lovebird named Sam. We got a bad bunch of food for him and had flies all over the place. Flies are just adult maggots so maybe just throw everything out like I did, do the bleach routine as suggested, and it should work. They have to be eliminated at the source. To find the source you have to be sort of a detective. Tom What is happiness? Happiness is to kill your enemy and see him driven before you and at night to hear the lamentation of his women. --Conan [Posted in FML issue 1731]