| 3/26/2013 1:00:06 PM |
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sweetashoney09
Evansville, IN
52, joined Jun. 2009
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I need to know how to get rid of them,I have 2 indoor cats and don't want to use something that might hurt them.
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| 3/26/2013 6:51:05 PM |
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cupocheer
Assumption, IL
68, joined May. 2010
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small containers of water set corners with a drop of honey in the water ... ants will drown themselves getting to the honey
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| 3/26/2013 6:55:49 PM |
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swthrtsnoogle
Lawrence, KS
55, joined Mar. 2013
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Around the home you can plant spearmint, pennyroyal and sweet fern to repel ants.
Homemade baits - 3 cups of water, 1 cup of sugar, and 4 teaspoons of boric acid.
Can place crushed mint leaves or crushed cloves in back of cabinets to deter ants. Can also use mint tea bags placed in cabinets, drawers, etc.
Soapy water in a spray bottle will get rid of ants too. The only problem with this method is that you have to spray on a regular basis. I recommend at least once every two weeks.
Use equal parts vinegar and water to clean cabinet tops, windowsills and doorways. The only problem with this is not to use it on a floor. Indoor cats tend to "spray" when they smell vinegar.
Can sprinkle plain household salt on window sills, doorways, baseboards, etc to keep ants away. Be careful not to use this method and trap them indoors.
Can buy spearmint gum and place sticks of gum with wrapper open on window sills, back of cabinets, etc. Ants hate spearmint.
I am sure there may be other methods too. I do know the little ant bait squares sold in stores do work as well.
I have used each of these methods and not any particular one stood out to be better than another one. It is a matter of preference. Good luck!
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| 3/26/2013 8:29:44 PM |
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cupocheer
Assumption, IL
68, joined May. 2010
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| 3/26/2013 11:19:00 PM |
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sweetashoney09
Evansville, IN
52, joined Jun. 2009
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Thanks for the info,I'm at my wits end with these ants.I've tried the vinegar and water.ya they die where you spray them but then the ones you miss live even after walking through it.I'm gonna try the honey and water..Will that stop the trail?
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| 3/26/2013 11:46:52 PM |
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cupocheer
Assumption, IL
68, joined May. 2010
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step on them, OP j/k
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| 3/26/2013 11:49:20 PM |
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sweetashoney09
Evansville, IN
52, joined Jun. 2009
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CC
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| 3/27/2013 10:45:03 AM |
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sweetashoney09
Evansville, IN
52, joined Jun. 2009
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Thanks CC for the advice,set out honey and water and it was swarmed.Found out the entry and got the raid and zapped em
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| 3/27/2013 12:43:30 PM |
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cupocheer
Assumption, IL
68, joined May. 2010
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good deal ... ever got problems with fleas ... do the same ... but don't use honey in the water ..... 
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| 3/27/2013 2:52:11 PM |
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sweetashoney09
Evansville, IN
52, joined Jun. 2009
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Thank Goodness no fleas,have indoor cats.
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| 3/28/2013 10:28:41 AM |
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allilee
Henderson, KY
48, joined Feb. 2013
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bowl of water with tea bag or even lemon juice.
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| 3/28/2013 11:13:11 PM |
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cupocheer
Assumption, IL
68, joined May. 2010
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Raid -- pump spray
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| 4/3/2013 8:43:12 PM |
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buckyisback
Sunnyside, WA
41, joined Aug. 2012
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They come up out of my sink every year and I have to get some spray to kill them off until the next year.
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| 4/5/2013 5:40:10 PM |
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gottagetawoman
Murrieta, CA
59, joined Jul. 2011
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Boric acid power. Read the MSDS. You or your pet needs to eat 30 pounds a day to be harmed. people have worked an entire life mining it with no effects.
1/2 cup Karo syrup or pancake syurp (or any sweet drink) with a few table spoons powder. I put it in old water bottle caps and set them right on the trail. Only problem it takes a few days and the ants keep coming till they bring enough home to the queen ant. Other problem is the dog will lick them so they need to be out of reach.
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| 4/6/2013 7:09:21 PM |
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cupocheer
Assumption, IL
68, joined May. 2010
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first you drown them
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| 4/6/2013 7:09:47 PM |
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cupocheer
Assumption, IL
68, joined May. 2010
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Then you block their entry points.
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| 4/6/2013 8:17:24 PM |
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bluecougareyes
Chelan, WA
73, joined Nov. 2008
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Do a dance and stomp all over them and chant > GO AWAY !..lol
Hey.. I watched a TV program, that said " BAY LEAF " Hole Leaves or crushed up leaves and put were every they are making their trails in your home will deter them away. Good for indoor and outside use.
Also best to find their outside source or ant mounds and attack them there too. ( flow there trail to their mound. I just poor some gasoline or Kerosine down their mound hole, at first time one quarts will do, then later another quart if needed. Do NOT light it on fire.
Good Luck !
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| 5/30/2013 3:43:21 AM |
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cheridth2
Kermit, TX
40, joined Apr. 2013
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i usta put gas n light em up. Till i got a fire trail where burng ants were fleeing! And on the other end of yard too! Thank God for water hoses! Put a pan of water near their home n pour a spoonfulla sugar down hole n tell em this is the deal i give u sugar n water once a week and ya stay outa my house! -im not teasng or joking my dad does this and for ten yrs he hasnt had not one ant in the house!! See bribes wrk with animals too!!
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| 5/31/2013 6:04:22 AM |
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james041951
Indianapolis, IN
66, joined Feb. 2012
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Boric Acid. Real cheap. @ $General store. Advertised as roach killer. Boric acid is an eye wash powder but collects oh hair follicals and is dragged back to ant nest & kills eggs.
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| 6/1/2013 1:56:49 AM |
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vanillaone
Huger, SC
68, joined Jan. 2013
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i have a few on my counter but since I love ants i let the be free, how would you like it if someone squashed your life out of you, geeze whiz they go back to their hole they just hungry and lookin for some food. let them be they run away and be happy there is no place like home. God made them for a reason and it was not to kill them.what a bunch of babies on here.
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| 6/11/2013 11:45:56 PM |
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strangerdot
Ossining, NY
40, joined Jun. 2013
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are you retarded vanilla?
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| 6/13/2013 5:07:48 AM |
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rookjenny
Bean Station, TN
48, joined May. 2012
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I've got a crawdad problem in my garden,anybody know anything about getting these hole boring pests out of your garden.
A creek is about a hundred or more feet from my garden,but yet,these pests would rather bore holes all in my garden,and live there.
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| 6/13/2013 3:08:19 PM |
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cupocheer
Assumption, IL
68, joined May. 2010
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When the ground dries out they will move on or die. They aren't doing anything ... just trying to stay cool.
Look on the bright side ... the more crawdad holes you have in your garden the less hoeing you need to do.
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| 6/13/2013 9:56:33 PM |
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rookjenny
Bean Station, TN
48, joined May. 2012
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When the ground dries out they will move on or die. They aren't doing anything ... just trying to stay cool.
Look on the bright side ... the more crawdad holes you have in your garden the less hoeing you need to do.
Seems to be too much moisture for melon varieties,but corn and beans do very well,but anyway,i try to tolerate them.
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| 7/27/2013 7:49:43 AM |
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jahunt1990
Spokane, WA
27, joined Jul. 2013
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use corn meal. its non poisonous and cheap to buy. Ants love it, but they can't digest it and will starve to death. it takes awhile to work.
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