Ants

April 20, 2009 1:25am CST
I am tired of ants everywhere in my kitchen ,in fact in my hose.Plz tell me how to get rid of them?They are very dangerous as my 11 months baby is crawling everywhere in the house.
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@srganesh (6340)
• India
20 Apr 09
It is common for ants in summer to get into our houses more.Just ask for an ant preventing chalkpiece from the stationary shop and draw lines with it wherever you don't want to see ants.Don't go for pesticides as it will not good to use in a house where crawling kids are there.Cheers!
20 Apr 09
I dont know wats wrong,but those chalks are not working.
@AmbiePam (92711)
• United States
20 Apr 09
Well, I know an exterminator could help you, but if you don't want a professional or can't afford one, I know of one way that actually does work. For instance, ants were coming in somehow through the window above my mom's kitchen sink. So she put a row of cinammon against the bottom part of the window. The ants would not cross it, and they ended up either exiting from however they got in, or dying. Seeing as how I don't know where the ants are in your home, I'm not sure if this would work for you.
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20 Apr 09
I will definately try your suggestion.Thanx
@ada547612 (203)
• China
20 Apr 09
You have to find where the ants from climbing out of, whether in your house has been in existence for ants house. Find the root causes of re-boiled on the list, or use the water to kill ants.
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@mira91 (985)
• Singapore
20 Apr 09
Ergh...I hate ants too...Especially when they're almost like everywhere, crawling...Ergh...I hate it when they crawl around near my food, and some even got into my coffee...I get so fed up with them sometimes, sure i don't like to kill them, but they're considred as pests if they're in large amounts. so i suggest yu go call the exterminator before they really breed...=[
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• New Zealand
20 Apr 09
uhm well my mum said salt helps... not sure y but its worth a try l0lz, but if your baby is crawling around then maybe you shoundnt use salt , or your could get your house sprayed by an exterminater or something.
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@amidala (31)
• China
20 Apr 09
HI, you could make your space clean enough so thease little ants cannot live once they have no food to live on. and you could put your food far beyond the ants reach. if there is so many ants in your house now, you could buy one pesticide to kill them. wish the ants dont irritate you from now on.
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• United States
20 Apr 09
Baking soda can help. We've had ant problems too, and even when I had nothing but water left out :| It's completely annoying. I always have baking soda on hand for them. They tend not to like baking soda. Buy a ton, and put lines of the powder... kind of blocking them from anywhere you particularly don't want them to go. It works for the most part... especially at first. I think my colony is used to the piles and piles of it all over lol. One time, ants were completely ALL OVER my room, and I had to leave an empty pizza box in here. It had some sauce and cheese traces in it, so I was really really worried... I thought in the morning, I'd have a million ants all over it. So, I sprinkled a ton of baking soda all over it, and in the morning, there weren't any ants on it :) I make a ring of powder around things I need temporarily almost ant free... the baking soda doesn't always keep all the ants away. I vacuum them up a lot. There can be too many to just wait for some poison to work, or to kill them... you just want them out of the room :P And I make sure to vacuum a lot more, because they really go after any little crumb, if there are enough scouts looking :| We later bought some of those little contained ant bates with poison in them. Grant's Kills Ants worked better than other baits I've used. There are all kinds of natural remedies online... I haven't used any except the baking soda, just because I never got to buying the stuff. Those would probably be better, since you have a baby.