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05-30-2010, 04:57 AM | #1 |
Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: NY
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| Ant traps? We always get little black ants in one spot in the kitchen during the summer months. I usually put out RAID ant traps in a few spots, but this year we have Roxie, and I don't want to put out anything that could possibly hurt her. Is it safe to use the same ant traps, or is there something specifically "dog friendly" that I should use? Attached is a picture of what we use. Thanks!
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05-30-2010, 05:13 AM | #2 |
Donating YT Addict Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Lake Charles, La, United States
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| I'm not sure about those. How about spraying around your house or inside? There's something that our pest control company uses that is super safe for animals and humans if you come in contact w/it yet lethal to bugs.
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05-30-2010, 05:31 AM | #3 |
Phantom Queen Morrigan Donating Member | if you know where they are getting into the house you can put a little pile of cornmeal outside. the ants will pick it up and bring it back to the nest for everyone to eat. the cornmeal expends in their stomach and they cannot digest it so it kills them. cornmeal is safe for kids and pets. i'd just sprinkle it around outside where you see ant hills and you can sprinkle some on the counter or corner where the ants go. it takes a few days for them to take it back, eat it, and die i think.
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05-30-2010, 05:33 AM | #4 |
Donating YT 4000 Club Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Texas
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| I will not use chems around my house or yard. White Vineger is good. Another great product is ECOSMART ORGANIC INSECTICIDE. You can buy this at Lowes. Smells like Eucalyptus. Its for Ants and Roaches. Plant based. Good Luck. |
05-30-2010, 05:35 AM | #5 |
Donating YT 4000 Club Member | There are other alternatives. You say it's only one spot in the kitchen. Can you trace where they are coming in? Usually, its through outlets/light switches or around the pipes under the sink. You can seal off these openings. Ants also won't cross certain barriers. Borax is a common one, but it isn't safe around animals. You can use ground up chalk, Cinnamon or even cayenne pepper as alternatives. If they are coming in through the windowsill, my grandmother used to put oil of citronella on a cotton ball and placed that inside a bottle cap on the sill. Worked every time. |
05-30-2010, 06:08 AM | #6 | |
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05-30-2010, 06:15 AM | #7 | |
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Citronella (Oil of Citronella) (021901) Fact Sheet | Pesticides | US EPA | |
05-30-2010, 06:29 AM | #8 |
Donating Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Kansas City
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| I have used the Raid ant baits around my animals for years now. (I have 3 cats & a Yorkie.) I have always considered them safe because the poison is inside of the little house compartment where it can't be reached. Of course, just to be safe, I place them where they will not be played with or really even touched by the animals at all.....on windowsills, etc. The bad news is that I have found them to be only mildly successful in controlling the ants! Perhaps some of the other remedies suggested will work out better for you? Best wishes...............
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05-30-2010, 08:03 AM | #9 | |
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05-30-2010, 10:42 AM | #10 | |
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05-31-2010, 08:10 AM | #11 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: May 2010 Location: New Jersey
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| I tired that ECOSMART Organic Insecticide....boy did it stink!!!!! We had to air the whole house out and it's still lingering!!! Hopefully those ants stay far far away!! haha |
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