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May 25, 2010 6:11:36 GMT -5
Post by Tina ☺ on May 25, 2010 6:11:36 GMT -5
OMG, I'm about ready to pull my hair out and scream bloody murder! We have a contract with Terminix, an exterminator company, to come out several times a year to spray for bugs. Every spring, for some reason, we get ants coming into the house. Usually by this time of year, though, the ants stay outside. Well... Now that we have a stray cat we are feeding outside, ants showed up in the food we give it. The 'bug man' came for his usual spraying session, but I told him it was not necessary to spray inside the house because we didn't have any bugs inside, but he sprayed all around the outside of the house. Man, that was a big mistake! The day after he was here, ants were INSIDE the house again! They got into the dog food that we keep in Crissy's closet. It was a brand new twenty pound bag of food that cost about 13 dollars and I had to throw it away because it was FULL OF ANTS! The next thing I knew, ants had gotten into the cupboard in the kitchen and have now ruined a few boxes of cereal, pop tarts, cookies, etc. Hubby has tried calling and emailing the bug man, but has gotten nowhere so far, so the ants are taking over my house! As soon as they're open today, I'm going to call the company and complain to them so that someone gets out here to kill these freaking ants before I go totally and completely insane!
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May 25, 2010 13:19:59 GMT -5
Post by amylu1988 on May 25, 2010 13:19:59 GMT -5
Blimey, that sounds bad, Tina! Poor you having to buy new dog food, and now they're in the rest of the house too! Deary me, I hope you can get another exterminator over there soon to help with the ants, sounds like a major problem. *hugs*
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May 25, 2010 18:16:58 GMT -5
Post by joandsarah on May 25, 2010 18:16:58 GMT -5
Poor you! Ugg I would crazy too. You would think the spray barier outside would keep them at bat. Maybe try and find the nest and pour some stuff down that.
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May 25, 2010 18:28:45 GMT -5
Post by holleyberry on May 25, 2010 18:28:45 GMT -5
We put our outside cats food bowl in a large dish w/ water. Does that make sense? We have a BIG flat bowl, w/ water in it. Then we put their food bowl in that. Ants can't get to the food. Works wonders. I can't help you about the inside. We get the ants here too, through most of the summer. Mostly when I don't clean up after dinner properly, etc. I hate them so much too Tina, I feel your pain.
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May 25, 2010 19:12:12 GMT -5
Post by Tina ☺ on May 25, 2010 19:12:12 GMT -5
Thanks for the support and hugs everyone! That sounds like a great idea, Holley. I'm going to have to give that a whirl! Well, the bug man came back today because I called Terminix this morning. Hopefully the problem is now history!
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