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Apr. 17th, 2012 08:14 amIt's warm here- has been, for the past few days- and I have cats who are messy eaters. And occasionally leave sweet things outside of the refrigerator, which admittedly I shouldn't do. These two facts have started attracting ants- little black ones.
Unfortunately, cleaning up after the cats and locking up the sweet things and washing the area down with strong-smelling stuff that promises to eradicate scents does not appear to have dissuaded the ants from following their foragers' trails. They keep coming back.
I've begun chemical warfare. Terro apparently makes a cat-safe ant bait with boric acid that kills within 24-48 hours, the better to take out the whole colony. I feel guilty as hell for using it- it's not as if the ants are destroying my food supply- but they don't belong in my household and they're not a good thing in terms of hygiene or whatever else they might bring in, so... chemical warfare it is.
I'll continue cleaning up and keeping food locked up and all, but for now, the ants are being baited with death, and hopefully they'll give up on this place once the boric acid kicks in.
Unfortunately, cleaning up after the cats and locking up the sweet things and washing the area down with strong-smelling stuff that promises to eradicate scents does not appear to have dissuaded the ants from following their foragers' trails. They keep coming back.
I've begun chemical warfare. Terro apparently makes a cat-safe ant bait with boric acid that kills within 24-48 hours, the better to take out the whole colony. I feel guilty as hell for using it- it's not as if the ants are destroying my food supply- but they don't belong in my household and they're not a good thing in terms of hygiene or whatever else they might bring in, so... chemical warfare it is.
I'll continue cleaning up and keeping food locked up and all, but for now, the ants are being baited with death, and hopefully they'll give up on this place once the boric acid kicks in.
