I just used vinegar window cleaner, commercial, Windex I think.
Didn't wipe it off, just soaked the window sill with it for a couple
of days. So far so good.
Gloria
On Jun 14, 2006, at 9:07 AM, tamara stickler wrote:
Someone once told me Bounce dryer sheets are a good ant repellent,
and to put them in the window sills between the windows....I had
such a huge colony of the large black ants right outside my dining
rm windows, I put two sheets on top of their hills hoping they'd
move away from the house a bit...within twenty minutes they had
completely buried both sheets and now have a "clean fresh linen"
smelling wall to wall carpet on the first floor of their hill!
They have the snazziest colony for miles! They seemed very
greatful! (hehee...ol' well.)
Cayenne might work on ants...but squirrels and chipmonks LOVE it!
I used it to deter a black snake that refused to relocate.....all
it did was attrack prey for him to eat...and the squirrels simply
went ballistic! Like crack cocaine to them!
"spearmint leaves being good deterrents"- sorry...the huge coloney
of large black ants that I have.....part of their colony is
actually located IN my spearmint patch!
One thing that did work...to keep the ants in check...but doesn't
completely kill the colony (usually)..are nematodes (sp?)
microscopic bugs that you can get freeze dried, mix with water to
bring them back to life and dump the water down the holes outside.
They attack the larva and the ants themselves to some
degree...keeping the colony number down to a managable level, but
they won't hurt your garden, birds, other animals..etc.....For best
results, treat twice a year....if you want you can buy enough to
pour around your outside foundation....to create a barrier....do it
often enough and they will find the ground unpleasant to set up
home in... The plus here is that it actually IS NON TOXIC to your
pets, so that if they walk through the wet solution...it won't hurt
them like toxic over the counter sprays and baits that they can
track in on their feet, consume and get sick/die from.
You can get Nematodes online ...http://store.arbico-organics.com/
ants.html or check your local feed store....Southern States carries
them...well...order forms for them anyway.
Someone recently suggested vinegar...& I've also heard Baby powder
works...but I haven't tried either yet.
Good luck.
Susan Hoffman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I use Grants Ant stakes to keep ants out of the house.
gwork <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I'm sorry; I should've specified
that I intended this mix as an outdoor
spray to prevent ants from even entering the house. Do you think it
would
still be toxic with the dilution and the fact that you would simply be
wiping a surface with it? What would your recommendation be for the
ants?
Kris
http://www.spazstory.zoomshare.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "TenHouseCats"
To:
Sent: Monday, June 12, 2006 9:36 PM
Subject: Re: OT-Anyone know of safe ways to deal w/ ants?
> tea tree oil is toxic to cats!
>
> On 6/12/06, gwork wrote:
>>
>> I have also heard cayenne works, but have never used it. I do
know that
>> the
>> proper treatment can depend on what type of ants they are. I
also found
>> on
>> the 'net that 8 oz. of a natural soap (peppermint, lavender, tea
tree)
>> mixed
>> with 1 oz. essential oil (citronella, cinammon, rose, tea tree) and
>> diluted
>> with water is supposed to make a good spray/wash. You add 5
tbsp. of
>> this
>> mix to a quart of water. I wonder if the health food store would
already
>> have a premixed solution. I have heard of the boric acid/sugar
mix, but
>> that is a killing mixture vs. a deterrent.
>>
>> Kris
>> http://www.spazstory.zoomshare.com
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Ashleigh Smith
>> To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
>> Sent: Monday, June 12, 2006 2:46 PM
>> Subject: Re: OT-Anyone know of safe ways to deal w/ ants?
>>
>> I've heard cayenne works too, but I've never personally used it.
>>
>> ~Ashleigh
>>
>> Barb Moermond wrote:
>> I seem to recall spearmint leaves being good deterrents.
>>
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> All of sudden we have bunches of little red ants in our house.
My hubby
>> likes to use Terro, which I don't like at all around the furkids
& my
>> human
>> kid. Any ideas? Thanks!
>>
>>
>> Barb+Smoky the House Puma+El Bandito Malito
>>
>> "My cat the clown: paying no mind to whom he should impress. Merely
>> living
>> his life, doing what pleases him, and making me smile."
>> - Anonymous
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