Dang ANTS!!!

BeverlyM · 05-31-2008, 02:46 PM

Does anyone know what to do to keep ants from coming in the house? I have put ant killer all the way around the house but they're still coming in.

llarryllama373 · 05-31-2008, 02:47 PM

I once tried some chili pepper (like the kind that comes in a packet for pizza!) and spreading it around there boundaries. I think you ge it we and just whipe it around. Good luck!!

DustyTrailsHorseRescue · 05-31-2008, 03:38 PM

I have no clue.. but sure would like to know!!

Cntrygrl1986 · 05-31-2008, 03:56 PM

Ants HATE vinger! Another solution I have been told that works its alittle recipe you have to mix up!

1 cup crisco
1 onion cut up in pieces
1 bottle of Borec Acid (however you spell it)

Mix the contents up in a ziplock bag (USE GLOVES)

Take an old egg carton and cut each little egg thing out and put each one full of the contents and set them around the house or inside (as long as little kids arent around the house)

Thats suppose to last for a whole year for every kind of bug!

SACREDWINDWALKER · 06-01-2008, 12:12 AM

Grape Jelly and Boric Acid is the old-style way of getting rid of them but if you have critters, it can't be placed in reachable areas....usually just under the sink or in the cabinets....or under the microwave or coffeepot....somewhere where a cat or puppy can't get to it.

I just sprayed Bayer concentrate today....all around the foundation....as I went around, there were 10-12 ant trails up and down the corners and crawling across the ground toward shrubs.....I sprayed the heck out of them....I hope it works.....it says it's supposed to work for up to 2 months....we'll see

**taelesean** · 06-01-2008, 12:30 AM

I've succesfully used several of the ant baits - the ones that are little black plastic discs. Just put the bait on the ant trail and wait a day. Voila! a trail of dead ants...and they don't come back

mara0203 · 06-01-2008, 07:32 AM

we use Home Defense spray in our house to keep the bugs away...including ants

works really well!!!

BeverlyM · 06-01-2008, 02:57 PM

These are those little microscopic things it takes a magnifying glass to see. If a crumb of bread is dropped on the floor you can see a trail down the wall & across the floor to the crumb. It's hard not to drop anything...Yesterday they were all over the kitchen wall in one section I kept cleaning them away & I'd go back & there they were/ Finally took some bleach & washed down the wall & finally got rid of them. Maybe it fumigated them as bad as it did me

I hate the nasty little things. This is the only thing I don't like about summer.

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05-31-2008, 02:46 PM
BeverlyM Weanling Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Va Posts: 248	Dang ANTS!!! Does anyone know what to do to keep ants from coming in the house? I have put ant killer all the way around the house but they're still coming in.

05-31-2008, 02:47 PM
llarryllama373 Halter broke Join Date: May 2007 Location: California, USA Posts: 87	I once tried some chili pepper (like the kind that comes in a packet for pizza!) and spreading it around there boundaries. I think you ge it we and just whipe it around. Good luck!!

05-31-2008, 03:38 PM
DustyTrailsHorseRescue Long Yearling Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Montgomery, Alabama Posts: 1,487	I have no clue.. but sure would like to know!! __________________ www.dthr.org "All that is necessary for the forces of evil to win in the world is for enough good men to do nothing." Edmund Burke

05-31-2008, 03:56 PM
Cntrygrl1986 Halter broke Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Georgia Posts: 157	Ants HATE vinger! Another solution I have been told that works its alittle recipe you have to mix up! 1 cup crisco 1 onion cut up in pieces 1 bottle of Borec Acid (however you spell it) Mix the contents up in a ziplock bag (USE GLOVES) Take an old egg carton and cut each little egg thing out and put each one full of the contents and set them around the house or inside (as long as little kids arent around the house) Thats suppose to last for a whole year for every kind of bug!

06-01-2008, 12:12 AM
SACREDWINDWALKER Started Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Western Kentucky Posts: 2,079	Grape Jelly and Boric Acid is the old-style way of getting rid of them but if you have critters, it can't be placed in reachable areas....usually just under the sink or in the cabinets....or under the microwave or coffeepot....somewhere where a cat or puppy can't get to it. I just sprayed Bayer concentrate today....all around the foundation....as I went around, there were 10-12 ant trails up and down the corners and crawling across the ground toward shrubs.....I sprayed the heck out of them....I hope it works.....it says it's supposed to work for up to 2 months....we'll see __________________ *"By living in Kentucky,* *I think it's time to migrate or hibernate!" CK* http://www.sacredwindwalker.com

06-01-2008, 12:30 AM
taelesean Administrator Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Virginia Posts: 5,671	I've succesfully used several of the ant baits - the ones that are little black plastic discs. Just put the bait on the ant trail and wait a day. Voila! a trail of dead ants...and they don't come back __________________

06-01-2008, 07:32 AM
mara0203 Newborn Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Florida Posts: 33	we use Home Defense spray in our house to keep the bugs away...including ants works really well!!!

06-01-2008, 02:57 PM
BeverlyM Weanling Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Va Posts: 248	These are those little microscopic things it takes a magnifying glass to see. If a crumb of bread is dropped on the floor you can see a trail down the wall & across the floor to the crumb. It's hard not to drop anything...Yesterday they were all over the kitchen wall in one section I kept cleaning them away & I'd go back & there they were/ Finally took some bleach & washed down the wall & finally got rid of them. Maybe it fumigated them as bad as it did meI hate the nasty little things. This is the only thing I don't like about summer. __________________ The tears happen: Endure, grieve, and move on. The only person who is with us our entire life, is ourselves. LIVE while you are alive