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posted by [personal profile] eftychia at 07:26am on 2004-04-20

It turns out the cat food bin is not ant-proof. *sigh*

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posted by [identity profile] angelovernh.livejournal.com at 04:52am on 2004-04-20
Oh NO!!!!-
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posted by [personal profile] zenlizard at 05:47am on 2004-04-20
Have you tried the small pool of mineral oil thing?
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posted by [identity profile] filkerdave.livejournal.com at 06:17am on 2004-04-20
I don't think ANYTHING is ant-proof.
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posted by [identity profile] redaxe.livejournal.com at 06:53am on 2004-04-20
Yech. (We haven't ants, but our bin has proved roach-proof to date. No, Lady Above, that's NOT a request for a serious test! :-)
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posted by [identity profile] faireraven.livejournal.com at 07:25am on 2004-04-20
From the [livejournal.com profile] hip_domestics board:

This is my ant poison recipe, you can use corn syrup for the sugar i suppose... and borax for the boric acid (?)

1/3 cup warm water

1 1/2 tablespoons brown sugar

1/2 teaspoon boric acid


Dissolve, soak cotton balls in mixture. Leave cotton balls where ants can suck on em.. :P

Suppose you could put said cotton balls inside a mesh that Perrine can't get into, but the ants will? The sugar will taste better to them than the cat food will...
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posted by [identity profile] snarkyman.livejournal.com at 08:19am on 2004-04-20
Perrine wants a moth.

Perhaps you can train her to go after ants?
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posted by [identity profile] merde.livejournal.com at 08:26am on 2004-04-20
extra protein, no worries!
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posted by [identity profile] anniemal.livejournal.com at 08:34am on 2004-04-20
Formic acid, untasty to most mammals. Chitin isn't terribly digestible, and D'Glenn's ants are small. Nowhere near interesting as mice. Cool idea, though.
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posted by [identity profile] faireraven.livejournal.com at 08:57am on 2004-04-20
actually, we usually don't get bugs in our house expressly because the cats will kill them.

They dont' have to eat them. They just have to kill them. :)

Yeah, the flying ones are more interesting... but if it moves, it's a target.
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posted by [identity profile] keith-m043.livejournal.com at 08:40am on 2004-04-20
How many pounds of catfood did the ants get away with? Ants don't range very far, you may get away with storing the food on the other side of the kitchen or in another room (the bathroom upstairs mebbe?)
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posted by [identity profile] anniemal.livejournal.com at 09:34am on 2004-04-20
When I lived in the middle of nowhere (really), in a trailer on 19.74 acres, something once chewed the lining out of, then filled my ice skate on a high (for a trailer) closet shelf with dog kibble. I was puzzled, but the skate was still usable, and I was more worried about my ankles, and the romance going to stupid rink involved. I prefer ponds. Or swamps. Time limits and Zamboni's are irritating. Then there are the sterile surroundings.

Since I donated that feline kibble, those ants will answer to me eventually. I have practice in this field, and believe I can help. Just don't ask me to pull an ant pile out of your lawn. I had to stand on the back porch and tear my t-shirt off in publc last time I tangled with them directly.
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posted by [identity profile] anniemal.livejournal.com at 08:52am on 2004-04-20
Stop keeping the canister on the floor. Think Perrine. Think pedestal. I was thinking mouse proof. I forgot about the ants. Anything I have that would be ant-proof wouldn't be gnaw-proof. Everyone else seems to have reasonable ideas for coping. I'm a bit fond of canine/feline impervious/uninteresting bait traps around here. They seem to work. I'm sorry Iams didn't fit that container with an ant-tight lid. (sigh) Good luck.
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posted by [identity profile] donnad.livejournal.com at 02:44pm on 2004-04-20
Sprinkle black pepper around the base of the cat food bin. Ants will not cross a trail of black pepper. This is a trick I learned working the carnival. When we pulled onto a lot, and dropped the trailers on location, once the jack stands were down, we sprinkled pepper around them and the tires on the trailers, that way the ants couldn't/wouldn't get into the trailers but climbing up the stands or tires. When you are working with cotton candy (pure sugar)or fried bread dough (grease) or ice cream (more sugar) you'll try anything to keep out the ants. Pepper seemed to work.

It works for me here at home too. I once had a serious infestation of big black ants in my cabinets. I haven't seen a one since I sprinkled pepper on the shelves and on my windowsills. Okay, it looks a little dusty, but it works.
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posted by [identity profile] elkor.livejournal.com at 03:44pm on 2004-04-20
I know that if you have outside cats and put food out for them you should pour salt around the dish.

The ants will carry away the salt instead of the food, and slugs (which were the big problem) will die on the salt and stay out of the food.

Pepper is an interesting solution, though.

Maybe you could put a rim of glue around the base and glue the pepper to it?
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posted by [identity profile] donnad.livejournal.com at 03:59pm on 2004-04-20
Maybe you could put a rim of glue around the base and glue the pepper to it?

I doubt that would work, You would have to be very careful that the glue didn't encapsulate the pepper at all. If they can't smell the pepper, it's not going to work.
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