http://www.democraticunderground.com/1018925850So.....I went over to Skins's island to see what was up with the primitives.
They're pretty boring right now, discussing things about which they know nothing, making themselves look like the fools and morons they are.
Believe it or not, this was the most cerebral thread I could find over there.
redwitch (13,045 posts) Mon Feb 20, 2017, 06:56 PM
Ants. We haz them.
Upstate New York, 2nd floor apartment. February! Ants in the bathroom. Now moving into the kitchen. Kitty Turbo chases them around and eats them. If I put out ant traps and the ants eat the poison and he eats the ants is he going to get sick?
I don't know what to do!
Help!
underpants (122,847 posts) Mon Feb 20, 2017, 07:01 PM
1. Terro
You can get it at any hardware store. It looks like hand sanitizer. It is supposed to be pet friendly - we've used it but put it behind things or in the nooks and crannies. It's basically sugar water and borax. Kill the queen and the colony dies. The ants take the borax back with them. It works well.
redwitch (13,045 posts) Mon Feb 20, 2017, 07:05 PM
4. Thanks, will find some tomorrow.
I tried talking to the ants but they just don't care. I don't like killing them, they are such determined little workers.
vlyons (2,212 posts) Mon Feb 20, 2017, 07:02 PM
2. you need to find the nest
follow the ants back to their nest, then sprinkle some any killer poison on the nest and mess the nest up a little with a stick. The other alternative is to bug bomb the rooms, but you have to remove the cat from those rooms for a few hours.
You still have to find and destroy the nest.
redwitch (13,045 posts) Mon Feb 20, 2017, 07:04 PM
3. I assume they are coming up through downstairs neighbor's aptmt.
They are coming up through our bathroom, part of which is over the kitchen downstairs.
LunaSea (1,852 posts) Mon Feb 20, 2017, 07:14 PM
5. Borax and honey
It does not take much of either.
Mix to a paste, put a drop in a bottle cap or something similar.
Make several of these and place along a known ant trail in a place where pets cannot reach.
Give it some time and the ants will do the work for you, they'll collect up the tainted goo and take it right home to mom. When she dies, the colony dies.
Works for most household species, they'll likely be all gone in just a couple of days.
Afterwards wipe down any ant trail paths with vinegar or alcohol.
<<<has never been especially troubled by ants, but always supposed the best way to get rid of them is by taking out the trash and cleaning up the place. A solution that probably doesn't occur to many primitives, especially those living in crowded congested blue cities.