Am starting to have problems with ants in my kitchen, they seem to be specifically going after the breadbox which sits on the counter. Don't see them anywhere else in the house. Is there something that I could set it on that they wouldn't be able to crawl up to get into the breadbox? Kitchen is pretty clean, having just cleaned up after doing some work in there. Cleaning up any currently uncleaned areas would involve pulling the bottoms out of cabinets etc. Can't see where they're coming from, although I thought I saw one crawl out from inside a corner cabinet with a lazy susan in it (great. I'm sure that'll be fun to take apart.) No food is stored in that cabinet though so that makes no sense.nate

My advice, teach them to stop eating bread. Make a bait with about 1part boric acid and 12 parts bread crumbs. You might not kill thewhole colony as the legend implies but you can make them stop eatingbread. I have taught my ants to stop eating just about everything in myhouse. Sugar was a slam dunk, Terro does that. Then I worked my waythrough the proteins, dog food, bacon grease chicken fat etc Youwill think you killed them all when they take the bait, but they willbe back, just a lot more selective in what they eat.They still walk around here occasionally but I never see them swarmingon anything I have baited them with.

Is there anything that ants can't crawl on?

Apr 15, 2009 44 Replies

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LouB 17 years ago

What a cat! Could catch mice and count to a very high number.

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Malcolm Hoar 17 years ago

Come to think of it... the correct answer to the original question is probably ant-eaters. Anyone know what they're like as pets?

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The Daring Dufas 17 years ago

They lick a lot.

TDD

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HeyBub 17 years ago

Cats can count. If you ever see a momma cat count her babies, you'll know.

But you raise an interesting question:: can a cat count up to 30,000?

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Matt Dunphy 17 years ago

I don't use much soap. It's literally a line of dishsoap along the perimeter of my tiled kitchen floor. Nothing's going to drown.

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