Ants!

In my state ants are almost ineveitable. I've been battling an ant problem for over a year now and the disappear after the bug dude comes but come back after a few months. I let him spray in my bedroom before I had snakes but I did have a salamander and it has allowed my OCD to get the best of me. If I drop a cricket it gets released outside rather than feed it to him. I noticed several ants over this week but now that I have snakes I will not let him spray in there. How do I fight this before several ants turns into hundreds? I would also like to start a roach colony in the future but that would be in the garage so that is going to be a tough one also.


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I do not allow any pesticides or other bug-killer in my reptile room as I have several frogs, tarantulas, and a roach colony that could be really easily affected by it. I also don't allow any long-lasting poisons that the insects take back to their nests on the chance that poisoned insects from elsewhere in the apartment might make it into the reptile room. I do the same thing you do with escaped crickets for that reason as well.

I can't think of any off the top of my head, but there are tons of 'no poison' methods to try killing bugs floating around the internet. If you don't have any inverts you might look into diatomaceous earth: It gets between insects' body parts and cuts them apart. Harmless (basically it's sand) to everything else though.

Short answer........ Cornmeal.

I do t use any chemicals on my property unless I have no other choice.

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Originally Posted by PitOnTheProwl

Short answer........ Cornmeal.

I do t use any chemicals on my property unless I have no other choice.

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I've been actually considering this but does it just kill the ants or is it all bugs? I feel that it would attract other bugs


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Originally Posted by DVirginiana

I do not allow any pesticides or other bug-killer in my reptile room as I have several frogs, tarantulas, and a roach colony that could be really easily affected by it. I also don't allow any long-lasting poisons that the insects take back to their nests on the chance that poisoned insects from elsewhere in the apartment might make it into the reptile room. I do the same thing you do with escaped crickets for that reason as well.

I can't think of any off the top of my head, but there are tons of 'no poison' methods to try killing bugs floating around the internet. If you don't have any inverts you might look into diatomaceous earth: It gets between insects' body parts and cuts them apart. Harmless (basically it's sand) to everything else though.

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Seconding the diatomaceous earth. Borax works in a similar way but I would not recommend that in a reptile room.

I find where the ants are coming into the house and put Terro ant bait outside. They flock to it like college students to a kegger, and disappear within a week.

Borax and sugar... Works!!! You tube it...


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