Im covered in ants my house is full of them they are relentless and will eat anything. They would probably eat my cat if he wasn't careful. Can't leave anything out on table, countertops help do you have any suggestions?
2006-10-15 01:24:06 · 11 answers · asked by Brettski 3 in Home & Garden ➔ Other - Home & Garden
I have not have ants as extensively as you have described, but when I have on the occasion seen them march through my kitchen, I place TAT down. Little orange tins that are sold at supermarkets. They always work for me.
Good luck.
2006-10-15 01:32:35 · answer #1 · answered by Bogie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is a cheap remedy and I know for a fact that it works as I use it every year. Good Old 20 Mule Team Borax laundry soap!
Put the dry soap in one of the cheap ketchup squirt bottles that you can find in any dollar store, you may have to snip the tip off to enlarge the hole a little. Apply the dry laundry soap along baseboards and along the base of kitchen cabinets, and along the back splash of the cabinets, don't leave any foods set out on counters or floors, when your cat finishes eating put his or her bowl in a zip lock bag if there is any food left in it.
Leave the laundry soap lay for a few days until you no longer see any signs of the ants. They will carry it back to their nest and it will kill them, then vacuum up any remaing soap and discard of it, use the rest of the box of soap to do your laundry with!
You may also want to put a little of the soap around the plumbing under the sink where the water lines come in and the drain pipe, also do this under vanities in the bathroom....this should do the trick I have a cat and dogs and they never bother the laundry soap.
2006-10-15 02:02:25 · answer #2 · answered by judy_derr38565 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
If you really want to get rid of them fast, pour gas or diesel on them...NOT IN YOUR HOUSE, of course, but on the hill, or if you are environmentally friendly, find two ant hills. With a shovel,dig a big shovelful out of one ant bed, and place it dead center in the middle of the other one . Do the same with the other ant bed. They will fight each other to the death, and kill the hills. Try to get beds from different sides of the yard. Make sure they are different colonies.
2006-10-15 01:48:12 · answer #3 · answered by Scorpius59 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ants become a nuisance when they enter homes. Instead of spending money on costly pest control, you can get rid of ants by removing the food source and using soap water. I found the information at http://www.pests.in useful.
2006-10-15 11:25:01 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
ants hate chili powder and vinegar! i sprinkled chilipowder on my cabinets and counter tops where i thougt them to be coming in and i poured a lil vinegar around the area...it smelled a little but it smells better than bug spray.....anyhow thats how i got rid of mine...they were everywhere....now i may see 1 every few months or so...it really works.....good luck to you i know what you are going thru.
2006-10-15 01:33:36 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
try putting peppermint on a small piece of paper towel around the areas, also try to find the 'home' and peppermint it. If that doesn't work try calling an exterminator.
2006-10-15 01:55:07 · answer #6 · answered by ME 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Bay leaves are a good, natural way to keep them at 'bay'. You can put a few of them in your cabinets, along your counters, etc.
2006-10-15 02:21:00 · answer #7 · answered by littlelolo19 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you probably have a nest somewhere. get ant killer powder or traps. they will take the poision back to the nest and kill it off that way.
2006-10-15 01:32:11 · answer #8 · answered by alrightyyy_then 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ant traps have helped with our ant problem
2006-10-15 03:31:45 · answer #9 · answered by hill bill y 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ARRGGGHHH! You must live near me. I have heard tell they won't cross baby powder, but i'm nor sure I want to have that all over my house.
2006-10-15 01:32:52 · answer #10 · answered by Miss Vicki 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋