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ANTS! Yuck!
Well, once again, ants have found Meep's food. We keep spraying trails,
sprayed border stuff on the outside of the house, but still they find her food. This time, I think they're coming from a nest in the neighbors house (we live in a townhouse) because I can't find a trail into the house from the outside, or up from the basement. Aside from the "ant" bowls, how do you keep ants out of your house and away from your cat's food? jmc |
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ANTS! Yuck!
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jmc wrote: Well, once again, ants have found Meep's food. We keep spraying trails, sprayed border stuff on the outside of the house, but still they find her food. This time, I think they're coming from a nest in the neighbors house (we live in a townhouse) because I can't find a trail into the house from the outside, or up from the basement. Aside from the "ant" bowls, how do you keep ants out of your house and away from your cat's food? Boric Acid crystals down the holes. Tough if you can't find the hole... Chipotle/Habanero sauce ant walls in places where humans and/or felines might ingest it. I get 'em once or twice a year, usually before it rains. Boric Acid is cheap, relatively less toxic than some stuff and kills roaches too. Home Depot... I also put ant baits in places where the cat doesn't go like under the fridge... |
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ANTS! Yuck!
Suddenly, without warning, jmc exclaimed (5/27/2009 8:54 PM):
Well, once again, ants have found Meep's food. We keep spraying trails, sprayed border stuff on the outside of the house, but still they find her food. This time, I think they're coming from a nest in the neighbors house (we live in a townhouse) because I can't find a trail into the house from the outside, or up from the basement. Aside from the "ant" bowls, how do you keep ants out of your house and away from your cat's food? jmc Anybody find that something like this works? http://tinyurl.com/rbcfor jmc |
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ANTS! Yuck!
Suddenly, without warning, jmc exclaimed (5/27/2009 9:07 PM):
Suddenly, without warning, jmc exclaimed (5/27/2009 8:54 PM): Well, once again, ants have found Meep's food. We keep spraying trails, sprayed border stuff on the outside of the house, but still they find her food. This time, I think they're coming from a nest in the neighbors house (we live in a townhouse) because I can't find a trail into the house from the outside, or up from the basement. Aside from the "ant" bowls, how do you keep ants out of your house and away from your cat's food? jmc Anybody find that something like this works? http://tinyurl.com/rbcfor jmc Other ideas I've found, would like to know your experience of them: The antzer: This looks promising! Anyone using it? Sani-moat: http://www.sani-moat.com/ - not sure it comes small enuf for Meep's bowl, which is oval talcum powder: Won't work, Meep likes to lick it! Cinnamon powder or oil Diatomous (sp?) earth (messy?) Ok, enough of answering my own posts jmc |
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ANTS! Yuck!
jmc wrote:
Well, once again, ants have found Meep's food. We keep spraying trails, sprayed border stuff on the outside of the house, but still they find her food. This time, I think they're coming from a nest in the neighbors house (we live in a townhouse) because I can't find a trail into the house from the outside, or up from the basement. Aside from the "ant" bowls, how do you keep ants out of your house and away from your cat's food? jmc Well notwithstanding my 70 revolutions around the SUN I think outside the box and rather than kill the ants I feed them as close to the nest as I can find - being efficient little beasts they don't bother going much further. Works for me even with bull ants |
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On Wed, 27 May 2009 20:54:02 -0400, jmc
wrote: Well, once again, ants have found Meep's food. We keep spraying trails, sprayed border stuff on the outside of the house, but still they find her food. This time, I think they're coming from a nest in the neighbors house (we live in a townhouse) because I can't find a trail into the house from the outside, or up from the basement. Aside from the "ant" bowls, how do you keep ants out of your house and away from your cat's food? Here's what I've used with great success. http://www.terro.com/ It's non-toxic to kitties and works fast. I used to have ants all summer. I put these down at the first sign of ants and they're gone within two days. |
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ANTS! Yuck!
http://www.terro.com/ It's non-toxic to kitties and works fast. *I used to have ants all summer. *I put these down at the first sign of ants and they're gone within two days. Terro is great stuff, but IMO I wouldn't use it around pets or kids. I use corn meal. The ants eat it, can't digest it, and die. Safe, inexpensive, and simple. Just put little piles where you see the ants. |
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ANTS! Yuck!
On May 27, 8:54*pm, jmc wrote:
Well, once again, ants have found Meep's food. *We keep spraying trails, sprayed border stuff on the outside of the house, but still they find her food. *This time, I think they're coming from a nest in the neighbors house (we live in a townhouse) because I can't find a trail into the house from the outside, or up from the basement. Aside from the "ant" bowls, how do you keep ants out of your house and away from your cat's food? j The way I handle it is I let Snuffy eat until he walks away. Then I pick his bowl up or sometimes even the can, and put a cover on it and just leave it on the counter. When he's hungry again, I give him the same food. That goes on about 3 times in one day until its gone. It happens every spring. |
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ANTS! Yuck!
wrote in message ... http://www.terro.com/ It's non-toxic to kitties and works fast. I used to have ants all summer. I put these down at the first sign of ants and they're gone within two days. Terro is great stuff, but IMO I wouldn't use it around pets or kids. I use corn meal. The ants eat it, can't digest it, and die. Safe, inexpensive, and simple. Just put little piles where you see the ants. Corn meal! What a fantastic idea. I had never heard of that, but it's well worth trying. MaryL |
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ANTS! Yuck!
"cardarch" wrote in message ... On May 27, 8:54 pm, jmc wrote: Well, once again, ants have found Meep's food. We keep spraying trails, sprayed border stuff on the outside of the house, but still they find her food. This time, I think they're coming from a nest in the neighbors house (we live in a townhouse) because I can't find a trail into the house from the outside, or up from the basement. Aside from the "ant" bowls, how do you keep ants out of your house and away from your cat's food? j The way I handle it is I let Snuffy eat until he walks away. Then I pick his bowl up or sometimes even the can, and put a cover on it and just leave it on the counter. When he's hungry again, I give him the same food. That goes on about 3 times in one day until its gone. It happens every spring. In the past, to get rid of ants (I lived on the 3rd fl.) that would climb into my room where I fed the cats. Once I found the entrance, I would just plug it with toothpaste and that was the end of it. These were concrete ants and I have no idea how they got to the food way up on the 3rd floor. It was also the exterior wall of the apartment. Paloma's and Petey's Mom |
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