Help avoiding ants!

Now that its warming up outside ive noticed some ants around the house. I came home and checked up on my boy and saw some ants in his tank!!!. Any suggestions to wbats the safest way to keep them out witout harming my snake. I really dont want to use any ant killing spray

This is going to sound gross, but put a bowl of sugar and vinegar NEXT TO, not in his tank. The sugar will attract the ants and the vinegar will kill them.

You'll have to replace the mixture every 2 days.

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Originally Posted by MontyAndMelissa

This is going to sound gross, but put a bowl of sugar and vinegar NEXT TO, not in his tank. The sugar will attract the ants and the vinegar will kill them.

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Around the outside bottom of the tank?. The vinegar smell wont bother or confuse him right? Lol

Put it in a bowl, the vinegar smell will be masked by the sugar, and vice versa. Even if not, he won't notice the smell. Remove the mixture the day before feeding.

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Originally Posted by MontyAndMelissa

Put it in a bowl, the vinegar smell will be masked by the sugar, and vice versa. Even if not, he won't notice the smell. Remove the mixture the day before feeding.

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Ohh ok gotcha thanks. I actually just took him out for feeding, and took out about a quater inch from all the top cypress mulch and soaked all the accessories and cleaned the bottom and top border of the tank with disinfectant spray on a paper towel to wipe the ants trail. Now im just letting everything air out hopefully it last a day or to til i figuer out how to get rid of all the ants in the room.

Well, if you use the sugar and vinegar trick in your room, and outside your house, spray with raid. The spray won't make it into your room, and any ants in the house will be eventually caught with the sugar and vinegar.

I sure will do that in the morning also buy sticky tape and border around the tank just incase a few get by

http://www.amazon.com/TERRO-Killer-L...0192082&sr=8-1

These work. I see sugar ants every spring, this year I also have the huge carpenter ants. I put the Terro out on Saturday, today the number of ants is drastically reduced and I expect by the end of the week they'll all be gone.

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Originally Posted by bcr229

http://www.amazon.com/TERRO-Killer-L...0192082&sr=8-1

These work. I see sugar ants every spring, this year I also have the huge carpenter ants. I put the Terro out on Saturday, today the number of ants is drastically reduced and I expect by the end of the week they'll all be gone.

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Wow sounds very good. Where do you place them ? I have 2windows, carpet, my bed and the tank. I usually see them on the floor, and just saw some by the tank

You can also use chalk. Draw a chalk line around the snake cage or grind up chalk. For some reason ants hate chalk. But of course this wont get rid of the ants, it will just keep them from going into your snake cage.

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Originally Posted by Srt_529

Wow sounds very good. Where do you place them ? I have 2windows, carpet, my bed and the tank. I usually see them on the floor, and just saw some by the tank

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I try to find where they are entering the room and put one there.

BTW it's a slow-acting poison to give the ants time to carry it back to the nest and feed it to the queen so she dies. So, you may find dead ants on the floor if they survived long enough to attempt a return trip.

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Originally Posted by bcr229

I try to find where they are entering the room and put one there.

BTW it's a slow-acting poison to give the ants time to carry it back to the nest and feed it to the queen so she dies. So, you may find dead ants on the floor if they survived long enough to attempt a return trip.

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Thanks for the help. I just bought a 4pack similar product and put them around the room so hopefully by thr weekend its all clear.

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Originally Posted by bcr229

http://www.amazon.com/TERRO-Killer-L...0192082&sr=8-1

These work. I see sugar ants every spring, this year I also have the huge carpenter ants. I put the Terro out on Saturday, today the number of ants is drastically reduced and I expect by the end of the week they'll all be gone.

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Thanks Bcr229, I just ordered some!

I've tried some traps and spray in my kitchen and just can't rid them. These are super tiny ants.

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Originally Posted by bcr229

I try to find where they are entering the room and put one there.

BTW it's a slow-acting poison to give the ants time to carry it back to the nest and feed it to the queen so she dies. So, you may find dead ants on the floor if they survived long enough to attempt a return trip.

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The problem with slow acting poison is that if one crawls in the mouth of the snake it can cause problems..

Suffering with the same problem. I have sugar ants so I know my snakes and salamander will be safe from them, but it's my bedroom so it's gross to have ants in it. Tonight I'm picking up borax and some terro ant baits. I just have to dump my small supply of crickets so I don't risk contamination. Should also grab double sided tape because they were in my salamanders cage before cleaning it yesterday.


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Originally Posted by MontyAndMelissa

The problem with slow acting poison is that if one crawls in the mouth of the snake it can cause problems..

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Terro's active ingredient is boric acid/borax, which is much less of a problem for your snake than the permethrin products used for mites.

Also once that ant is loaded up with it, the ant goes straight back to the colony to feed it to the babies and queen. :D

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Originally Posted by bcr229

Terro's active ingredient is boric acid/borax, which is much less of a problem for your snake than the permethrin products used for mites.

Also once that ant is loaded up with it, the ant goes straight back to the colony to feed it to the babies and queen. :D

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Just wanted to make sure. :)

Thanks for the great info. And good thing im not the only one with the problem lol. Its never easy when random situation occur.