How to get rid of ants!!!! Please help!!!?
Question:Hey everyone i am 15 weeks pregnant, and me and my bf just got a two bedroom together.
its so pretty and we love it!
the only problem is we have these little black ants!! in certain spots, they irritate me so bad.
what is a good and fast way tog et rid of them?
i want them GONE before the baby come in novemeber!
we bought some raid ant traps but they aint doin much rite now.
Answers:
try this site they have a few suggestions.i like the vinager one...sounds like a winner
Terro is very effective. Buy a small bottle,put a couple drops on a piece of cardboard where you see them. They will smell the sweetness of it and gorge on it. Let them take it back to their nest. In a couple days theey will be gone. Put diazanon pellets around the outside foundation of the home. Make sure that when the baby is born to lock up all poisons. Good luck!!
Check and see if you got the ant traps that carry it back to the nest. Those ones usually take a bit longer. We used them and it took about a week to 2 weeks before we stopped seeing any ants.
try mixing borax and caster sugar 50-50 and leaving in little piles where the ants are.If they start gathering it you will clear them up in a few days.
Be careful regardless of what people tell you here borax is a poison and you should get your partner to do it. Just in case.
Ants don't care for mint or citrus, cloves or bay leaves, so think orange peel, peppermint tea, lemon juice, ground cloves, etc. If you can plant mint around the foundations of your home, you may deter them from entering. Vinegar has the same acid as citrus, so use it to clean with and ants won't feel welcome. (It probably erases or overpowers the odor trail other ants have left for them to follow.)
Clean bench tops and cupboards down really well, and then wipe down with a clean damp cloth that has a few drops of essential peppermint oil on it, you may need to apply a few drops of oil a couple of times.
Ants hate the smell of it and it is also environmentally friendly, and safe for humans and children, and no residue powders etc to clean up. And the big bonus is that the room smells fresh and minty. I also want to add that you can put the oil on a cotton ball after cleaning and put in the areas you have ants and that should help too...replace once the smell is gone.
I hope this was helpful,Good Luck! :)
Call your local exterminator for advice or let them do the job.
They've insured and experienced.
It's good to get advice from friends and strangers but with your child on the way I would feel safer if you went to the professionals instead. and I bet you will also.
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