kturnau 0 #1 March 23, 2007 Does anyone know about how much an exterminator would cost to come out take care of an ant problem??? Every year around this time I get an infestation of those little bastard black ants in my house and they are really pissing me off. I have tried everything from ant traps, super-cleaning my kitchen, to sealing every crack where I see them coming through but still every morning I get a train of those little fuckers headed right into my home! FALLATIO #13 PELT HEAD #20 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
porpoishead 8 #2 March 23, 2007 buy an aardvarkif you want a friend feed any animal Perry Farrell Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skymama 37 #3 March 23, 2007 There's some stuff (I don't know what it's called) that comes with a double-sided syringe with yellow and green goop in it. You squirt it on waxed paper in the areas that are affected and wait for the ants to come. They don't die immediately like with a spray, they take the goop back to the nest and it eventually kills them all. It cost about $15 and worked with an infestation that I had at my house.She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man, because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Michele 1 #4 March 23, 2007 Another trick I've used successfully is to put a line of cinnamon at their entry point. Apparently, the cinnamon screws up their scent receptors, as well as their scent releasers - this makes them pretty confused, and they generally won't cross a thick line of cinnamon. I've done this rather effectively, since I try to stay away from chemicals 'cause of the cats; and I've had others try it and they said it works. Besides, it makes the house smell good. So get some cinnamon; it's far less expensive than an exterminator, and safer than chemicals. And if it doesn't work, you can use the left over cinnamon for cinnamon toast! Ciels- Michele ~Do Angels keep the dreams we seek While our hearts lie bleeding?~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skymama 37 #5 March 23, 2007 QuoteAnd if it doesn't work, you can use the left over cinnamon for cinnamon toast! lol...you're so cute.She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man, because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gene03 0 #6 March 23, 2007 Go to the grocery store and buy some Nutrasweet. Sprinkle it near their nest and and let them do all the work. An old method I've also used is find the nest and just pour a teakettle of boiling water on it.“The only fool bigger than the person who knows it all is the person who argues with him. Stanislaw Jerzy Lec quotes (Polish writer, poet and satirist 1906-1966) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kturnau 0 #7 March 23, 2007 Quotebuy an aardvark That's hilarious! My wife suggested that but unfortunately the rescue shelters are fresh out aardvarks! Maybe the zoo won't mind if I just take theirs FALLATIO #13 PELT HEAD #20 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
azdav 0 #8 March 23, 2007 QuoteDoes anyone know about how much an exterminator would cost to come out take care of an ant problem??? Quote This is my prefered method, for about $100 you can remedy the situation yourself and rid yourself of other pesky critters. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites peregrinerose 0 #9 March 23, 2007 My cats eat ants... want a cat? Please? Please Please? Jen PS Don't tell Chad I'm trying to give his cats away again. Do or do not, there is no try -Yoda Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites jkm2500 0 #10 March 23, 2007 Go to Home Depot and buy a bag of "Amdro". It is in the pest control area. The ants will pick up the little pieces and it destroys the colony. Ants suck donkey balls, but the Amdro should take care of it. If not there are some other types of poison that work well with ants. The only way to get rid of them is for them to take the poison back to the colony and kill the females so that they stop reproducing. Also remember that as the colony grows they will take over a lot more real estate. If one of your neighbors poisoned a part of the colony they will retreat to a safer area which may be your yard/house.The primary purpose of the Armed Forces is to prepare for and to prevail in combat should the need arise. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites BillyVance 35 #11 March 23, 2007 Quote An old method I've also used is find the nest and just pour a teakettle of boiling water on it. I just did that this afternoon on one giant anthill. As I was pouring the boiling water all over it I was saying "die you shit-fucking bastards! Muwaaaahahahahahaha!!!" in my best Dr. Evil voice... 10 minutes later no activity around the nest. "Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Gene03 0 #12 March 24, 2007 We always called them "sugar ants", because thats what they always went for. Learned that trick from my German Grandmother. Non-toxic to humans. Seems to work well for a while. But they will regroup and reproduce. Makes them nice and tender also, Yuhhhm. I'm going to try the Nutrasweet trick this spring and see how well that works.“The only fool bigger than the person who knows it all is the person who argues with him. Stanislaw Jerzy Lec quotes (Polish writer, poet and satirist 1906-1966) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites ltdiver 3 #13 March 24, 2007 Just don't do what a patient of mine did!!! Elderly woman, living by herself....She had a problem with an ant hill in her backyard. She tried everything -she- could think of to get rid of them. She resorted to putting little bits of meat on her back porch to attract them to one area, then she'd poison them on the spot. Unfortunately, the ones still in the ant hill continued to reproduce, so she would repeat her 'remedy' and kill another host of them who'd 'come for dinner'. Worked okay (sort-of) until one night she got up to go to the bathroom and fell. She landed, with a broken leg, between her bed and the night stand. Wedged there. She could not get up. The ants found her and decided that this must be their nightly snack.... When I met her, 4 days later, she had bite marks ALL over her body. In her eye sockets, her ears...etc etc. Nobody had found her for 3 days. Well, nobody except the ants! Needless to say, before she left the hospital we'd called the Agriculture Department and had them pay her house a visit. Very true story. I'd have never believed it except I saw it with my own eye. ltdiver Don't tell me the sky's the limit when there are footprints on the moon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Join the conversation You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible. Reply to this topic... × Pasted as rich text. Paste as plain text instead Only 75 emoji are allowed. × Your link has been automatically embedded. Display as a link instead × Your previous content has been restored. Clear editor × You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL. Insert image from URL × Desktop Tablet Phone Submit Reply 0 Go To Topic Listing
peregrinerose 0 #9 March 23, 2007 My cats eat ants... want a cat? Please? Please Please? Jen PS Don't tell Chad I'm trying to give his cats away again. Do or do not, there is no try -Yoda Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jkm2500 0 #10 March 23, 2007 Go to Home Depot and buy a bag of "Amdro". It is in the pest control area. The ants will pick up the little pieces and it destroys the colony. Ants suck donkey balls, but the Amdro should take care of it. If not there are some other types of poison that work well with ants. The only way to get rid of them is for them to take the poison back to the colony and kill the females so that they stop reproducing. Also remember that as the colony grows they will take over a lot more real estate. If one of your neighbors poisoned a part of the colony they will retreat to a safer area which may be your yard/house.The primary purpose of the Armed Forces is to prepare for and to prevail in combat should the need arise. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 35 #11 March 23, 2007 Quote An old method I've also used is find the nest and just pour a teakettle of boiling water on it. I just did that this afternoon on one giant anthill. As I was pouring the boiling water all over it I was saying "die you shit-fucking bastards! Muwaaaahahahahahaha!!!" in my best Dr. Evil voice... 10 minutes later no activity around the nest. "Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gene03 0 #12 March 24, 2007 We always called them "sugar ants", because thats what they always went for. Learned that trick from my German Grandmother. Non-toxic to humans. Seems to work well for a while. But they will regroup and reproduce. Makes them nice and tender also, Yuhhhm. I'm going to try the Nutrasweet trick this spring and see how well that works.“The only fool bigger than the person who knows it all is the person who argues with him. Stanislaw Jerzy Lec quotes (Polish writer, poet and satirist 1906-1966) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ltdiver 3 #13 March 24, 2007 Just don't do what a patient of mine did!!! Elderly woman, living by herself....She had a problem with an ant hill in her backyard. She tried everything -she- could think of to get rid of them. She resorted to putting little bits of meat on her back porch to attract them to one area, then she'd poison them on the spot. Unfortunately, the ones still in the ant hill continued to reproduce, so she would repeat her 'remedy' and kill another host of them who'd 'come for dinner'. Worked okay (sort-of) until one night she got up to go to the bathroom and fell. She landed, with a broken leg, between her bed and the night stand. Wedged there. She could not get up. The ants found her and decided that this must be their nightly snack.... When I met her, 4 days later, she had bite marks ALL over her body. In her eye sockets, her ears...etc etc. Nobody had found her for 3 days. Well, nobody except the ants! Needless to say, before she left the hospital we'd called the Agriculture Department and had them pay her house a visit. Very true story. I'd have never believed it except I saw it with my own eye. ltdiver Don't tell me the sky's the limit when there are footprints on the moon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
