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Non -lethal ways of of getting rid of ants?
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Rambling | Report | 8 Apr 2013 12:42 |
Anyone found anything that works? I am getting tired of putting them out of the kitchen. |
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DazedConfused | Report | 8 Apr 2013 12:46 |
Old wives tale |
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AnninGlos | Report | 8 Apr 2013 12:51 |
We use nippon but obviously it is lethal to the ants. |
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Rambling | Report | 8 Apr 2013 12:51 |
I've asked them nicely PP |
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Mayfield | Report | 8 Apr 2013 12:55 |
I'v heard that bathroom talc sprinkled across their runs confuses them, worth a try. |
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Kay???? | Report | 8 Apr 2013 13:09 |
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Rambling | Report | 8 Apr 2013 13:14 |
Thanks Ann, Mayfield and Kay, I will try both those suggestions :-) |
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BrendafromWales | Report | 8 Apr 2013 13:28 |
So you've had ants as well Rose, |
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ChrisofWessex | Report | 8 Apr 2013 13:33 |
Kay is right - try vinegar - I have found it works. |
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Merlin | Report | 8 Apr 2013 13:34 |
Buy an Ant Eater :-D :-D |
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Rambling | Report | 8 Apr 2013 13:40 |
Brenda I must have missed your thread, I think you are right about them being cold! |
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Lyndi | Report | 8 Apr 2013 15:32 |
I read somewhere that the smell of clove oil will have them running, not tried it because since I got the clove oil I haven't seen any in the house :-D |
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jgee | Report | 8 Apr 2013 15:39 |
I always put spanish onions in their path..it worked to..by door step and in kitchen |
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ButtercupFields | Report | 8 Apr 2013 15:51 |
I put a mixture of lemon juice and water and sprayed it everywhere when I saw them marching into my home. They have never darkened my doorstep since! :-D |
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Rambling | Report | 8 Apr 2013 15:53 |
whispers so they don't hear....I think it's working shhhhhhh |
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Kay???? | Report | 8 Apr 2013 16:13 |
are they black ants Rose? |
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Kay???? | Report | 8 Apr 2013 16:13 |
are they black ants Rose? |
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AnninGlos | Report | 8 Apr 2013 16:19 |
which one is working Rose? The vinegar? |
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Rambling | Report | 8 Apr 2013 17:09 |
Kay yes they're black ants |
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Rambling | Report | 8 Apr 2013 17:34 |
I spoke too soon lol, just brushed up 20 of them :-( |
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