Tiny ants EVERYWHERE in the house - HELP!

[joebryant]

Mywife wants me to thank everyone for your suggestions. She tried them all, and they all worked. The BEST one was TERRO. That stuff is amazing. THANKS! The ants are GONE!

 

[maplesky7]

aaaaaaah.... I've got tiny microscopic lil red ants... i mean so tiny i didn't see them but my 3 yr old did.

then i've got those lil ants that love sugary things that are dropped like a raisin or a fruit drink spill or a piece of dog food....

Then I've got those big black ants with the jaws.... My neighbor has them on a tree and they treated and then all of a sudden we got them. aaaaaaaaaah.

dastardly dastards!!

 

[chickabator]

I wishthey would go away here I have the ant motels, terro ant spray everything and the stupid little things are still everywhere. I even found them out on my front porch eating CAT FOOD!!
oh and the reason they call the pee ants is because they bite the pee out of you!!

 

[joebryant]

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maplesky7 and chickabator, get the liquid Terro that comes in a small bottle. You put a drop on the little squares and put them on your kitchen and bathroom sinks and elsewhere. The ants find them, eat some, and literally act like someone on LSD. After about a week you don't see hide nor hair from any ant.

 

[chickabator]

I have I have already gone through a bottle since march. I have the combat ant traps black flag ant and roach spray, and the terro also dh sprayed the complete outside of our house with some very potnent bug spray that is suppose to kill everything, but I found a brown racluse spide under my couch and we still have ANTS everywhere!!!

 

[joebryant]

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Dang! You "got it bad, and that ain't good." I guess it can be a never-ending battle depending on where you live and the the kind of ant (there are thousands of kinds). If I found a brown recluse or black widow spider under my couch... Can't imagine how I'd handle it. Hmm, I never be comfortable in my home again though.

 

[joebryant]

Well, another batch of ants got started. We gave up and called an exterminator. He's here NOW. Sure hope he can get rid of them; if not, I'm moving.

EDIT: I plied the guy with beer, and he did a thorough job. Hope that got 'em. If not, anyone wanna buy an infisted house, cheap.

 

[Sitka]

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This is good to hear. We have cats and are worried about using poisons. Have heard that baby powder will repel them and also cayenne pepper will, too, though it is not practical to get it everywhere. The kind we are cursed with will go for sugary stuff or any other crumbs (our cat-food dishes have to sit in plates with water in them---moats). When you squish them they have a bad odor, like a chemical odor, though it does not really smell like urine. They do hate vinegar---in fact it is sort of fun to make a circle of vinegar around a few and corral them in. They won't cross the vinegar (yes, I obviously have too much time on my hands if I am herding ants...)

 

[sweet tweets]

We use an ant spray called Camicide. It is the only one that is safe to use around birds, and since we have parrots as well as the chickens we had to find the right spray. The spray works extremely well and is safe for birds but NOT reptiles.
Good luck with the little ***** or as they would say in England, *******.

BTW, we live on a multiplex ant hill, but since the chickens are in the front yard, they only come in through the back...thinking about changing that...

 

[SHERAN]

TRY 3 TBL BORIC ACID MIXED WITH 1 CUP SUGAR AND 3 CUPS WATER. SPRAY O SOAK COTTON BALLS IN IT AND PUT EVERYWHERE YOU SEE THEM