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Current Events => The DUmpster => Topic started by: GOBUCKS on July 10, 2009, 05:26:38 PM
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Betsy Ross (1000+ posts) Fri Jul-10-09 03:47 PM
Original message
Solution to Ant Problem
Cinnamon works! I don't want to kill them, just get them out of my kitchen. Sprinkled cinnamon two hours ago: No more ants. I don't want to kill any animals. For my husband, I cook chicken on Friday night but would rather not. I even don't want to swat flies. I don't know when it happened, but my respect for life has gotten so strong. Is this pathological? Does anyone besides vegans feel the same way?
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DUmmies, being vermin themselves, are attracted to this thread.
Half the posters are Lousy Freeper Trolls, but the DUmmies are too dumb to realize it.
Taverner (1000+ posts) Fri Jul-10-09 03:47 PM
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1. Boric Acid works well too
zorahopkins (840 posts) Fri Jul-10-09 04:15 PM
Response to Reply #1
11. Boric Acid Is A Poison
Boric acid works because it is a poison.
Ants get it on themselves, take it back to the nest, and give it to the queen.
The queen is thus poisoned, and dies, and with her, the colony.
Not a good thing if you merely want to keep ants away WITHOUT killing them.
Oregone (1000+ posts) Fri Jul-10-09 03:49 PM
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2. Go natural, and let spiders eat them
Black Widows, Lynx Spiders and Jumping Spiders all love eating ants. The former are decent predators that will cut down on your nuisance.
Oregone (1000+ posts) Fri Jul-10-09 04:00 PM
Response to Reply #4
7. Just do it. The proper rodent will eliminate the black widows
And rattlesnakes will eliminate the rodents.
If you get that far, you get to use peacocks to eliminate the rattlesnakes. So a trade from ants to peacocks isn't such a bad deal afterall.
Big Blue Marble (1000+ posts) Fri Jul-10-09 03:51 PM
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3. I feel just as you do.
I use cayenne to deter the little creatures. There are usually other solutions than killing if we are willing to look for them
I must admit fleas have been another matter. I refuse to use poisons, but I do kill them if they invade my space.
walkaway (719 posts) Fri Jul-10-09 03:58 PM
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6. This is good news! Cinnamon smell attracts men and repels ants.
Maybe enough cinnamon will get you a brand new vegetarian husband (or get the old one to cook his own dead chicken).
yawnmaster (142 posts) Fri Jul-10-09 04:29 PM
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21. do you know what cruelties are inflicted on those ants...
when they return to the hive with no food and reeking of cinnamon?
Denying those ants food and deterring them with cinnamon is as good as issuing them a death warrant.
Life Long Dem (1000+ posts) Fri Jul-10-09 04:26 PM
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19. Pour some hot fudge over them.
They don't taste that bad. Better than the cat food I've been putting on the table.
luvspeas (577 posts) Fri Jul-10-09 04:43 PM
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25. I don't kill them - I let them kill each other!...
We have fire ants. I take a shovel full of ants from one anthill and put it in the another. They will fight each other to the death. Works every time.
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We got an ant problem. Called the exterminator and took them two weeks to get someone out here. So we got ant traps in the mean time. They worked like a charm. Didn't see an ant after a day. After the exterminator comes, they spray all around the house, and inside where we see the ants at. They tell us to toss the traps because it interferes with their chemicals. 5 days later the ants are back. :whatever:
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Damn, that's a great find, GOBUCKS.
A really great find, and I thank you.
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I found the best ant deterrent is my dog. She eats them. The end.
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And they think they should be trusted with the defense of this country....can't even kill a damn ant for Gods sake.
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Fri Jul-10-09 04:00 PM
Response to Reply #4
7. Just do it. The proper rodent will eliminate the black widows
And rattlesnakes will eliminate the rodents.
If you get that far, you get to use peacocks to eliminate the rattlesnakes. So a trade from ants to peacocks isn't such a bad deal afterall.
I saw report of an experiment once, where a myriad of poisonous critters were all put together in the same box - rattler, scorpions, black widows, etc. etc., and red ants. The experiment merely closed them in the same living space.
The sole survivors, after a mere 12 hours, was the red ants.
Back to the drawing board, Wile E. DUmbass...
(http://www.wile-coyote.com/WileE.jpg)
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I wonder if it occurred to them that the best way to keep the ants out is to stop leaving food scraps and general garbage strewn throughout their Crash pad.
Personally, I prefer to rely on chemical weapon strikes to ensure the genocide of the ant race.
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My grandma taught me to cornmeal is a good way to kill ants, especially if you put it by their hill. The ants apparently can't properly digest the cornmeal, so it kills them. There were a ton of dead ants where she had sprinkled the corn meal, so it seemed to work. Good if you don't want a bunch of chemicals around your pets.
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We got an ant problem. Called the exterminator and took them two weeks to get someone out here. So we got ant traps in the mean time. They worked like a charm. Didn't see an ant after a day. After the exterminator comes, they spray all around the house, and inside where we see the ants at. They tell us to toss the traps because it interferes with their chemicals. 5 days later the ants are back. :whatever:
You probably had pharaoh ants. The exterminator should have realized that. You don't spray anything for the pharaoh ants as that will cause another colony to come about. You should bait them as you were doing.
This thread is hilarious for someone who worked as a branch manager for Terminix for 4 years. The DUmmie thread that is.
KC
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Betsy Ross (1000+ posts) Fri Jul-10-09 03:47 PM
Blah, blah, stupid blah.
Is this pathological?
Yes.
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Fri Jul-10-09 03:49 PM
Response to Original message
2. Go natural, and let spiders eat them
Black Widows, Lynx Spiders and Jumping Spiders all love eating ants. The former are decent predators that will cut down on your nuisance.
Oregone (1000+ posts) Fri Jul-10-09 04:00 PM
Response to Reply #4
7. Just do it. The proper rodent will eliminate the black widows
And rattlesnakes will eliminate the rodents.
If you get that far, you get to use peacocks to eliminate the rattlesnakes. So a trade from ants to peacocks isn't such a bad deal afterall.
:rotf: :rotf: Oh holy smoke I laughed my ass off there.
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:rotf: :rotf: Oh holy smoke I laughed my ass off there.
I love it when the DUmmies mock each other. Makes me all warm and fuzzy inside :-)
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I found the best ant deterrent is my dog. She eats them. The end.
I have a cat that has decided that she is the household pest eradicator. Kind of funny when a fly gets into the house. She will wear herself out to catch it.
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I have a cat that has decided that she is the household pest eradicator. Kind of funny when a fly gets into the house. She will wear herself out to catch it.
Cats are such incredible control freaks.
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My pest control system:
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Expose them to radiation, they get huge, call the national guard, oh wait, I saw that in a movie once. Can't remember if it worked out or not.
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ahh,,,, cute cats
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Traveshamockery, my cats love that laser, too!
That DUmmie up above won't use chemicals to combat fleas???? Dear Lord, she must be run over by them by now. Unbelievable. And super cruel to her pets. She should have been called out on that. And, that other DUmmie wants you to introduce a black widow spider into your household? I hope they take his advice.
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Traveshamockery, my cats love that laser, too!
That DUmmie up above won't use chemicals to combat fleas???? Dear Lord, she must be run over by them by now. Unbelievable. And super cruel to her pets. She should have been called out on that. And, that other DUmmie wants you to introduce a black widow spider into your household? I hope they take his advice.
No kiddin'! Black widows won't kill ya, but they'll put one helluva hurt on ya. Unless of course your imune system has been diminished by smokin' herb! Go for it DUmpasses!
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Expose them to radiation, they get huge, call the national guard, oh wait, I saw that in a movie once.
Mmmmm. Fifty irradiated feet of Daryl Hannah.
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Mmmmm. Fifty irradiated feet of Daryl Hannah.
Do you remember the giant Jimmy Carter on SNL?
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Traveshamockery, my cats love that laser, too!
That DUmmie up above won't use chemicals to combat fleas???? Dear Lord, she must be run over by them by now. Unbelievable. And super cruel to her pets. She should have been called out on that. And, that other DUmmie wants you to introduce a black widow spider into your household? I hope they take his advice.
They go crazy when I even pick up the laser. They also love bubbles.
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They go crazy when I even pick up the laser. They also love bubbles.
Same with my cat, as to the laser. She loves chasing that thing. All I have to do is pick the thing up, and she's right there, as its' chain has a distinctive rattle.
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Do you remember the giant Jimmy Carter on SNL?
Yep, back in the day when SNL was actually funny.
Dan Aykroyd played the pres., and I believe it happened at Three-Mile Island....