Help! Ant Attack!!!

I tend to think if you saw white specks, hey may have come from bedding and not be true snake mites. Not dangerous, but certainly annoying.

The best and fastest solution is to get the Provent-a-Mite, it will kill any and all small bugs and a lot of bigger ones! If you don't have a reptile store near you that might carry it, you can order it online.

Gale

I have used DE with good success against lots of crawling insects (though ants aren't a prob. where I live). Just put it around the base of your racks, works for lots of things.

I got this idea from a friend that owns a reptile pet store. I put a layer of seven dust around the outside perimeter of all my racks. That way if anything tries to get into the racks, they are going to get killed on their way. It is also a good prevention in case you were to get a mite infestation in one rack it won't spread to others. I keep it down at all times.

Have worked in the Pest Control industry for years...my husband too. If they are fire ants then more than likely they are coming from outside...there is a mound somewhere close to your snakeroom...if you live in a brick home they could be coming thru weep holes...or crack in the slab...if your on piers then they come right up the piers...branch hanging on the roof, perfect bridge for them.....I would not suggest putting Terro for fire ants...it just draws them in more...it cant handle a big mound...its more for pharoah ants (sugar ants) which dont bite and or just pesty....if it is pharoah ants or little black ants then dont spray...that just panics the colony and they move to another place. For fire ants I suggest a granual with Fipronil as the main ingredient...they dont know its poison and will let them live long enough to carry it back to the colony and kill the queen....its expensive but it has a very long term effect. Top Choice is a good granual