Ants. We haz them.

[redwitch]

Upstate New York, 2nd floor apartment. February! Ants in the bathroom. Now moving into the kitchen. Kitty Turbo chases them around and eats them. If I put out ant traps and the ants eat the poison and he eats the ants is he going to get sick?

I don't know what to do!

Help!

[underpants]

1. Terro

You can get it at any hardware store. It looks like hand sanitizer. It is supposed to be pet friendly - we've used it but put it behind things or in the nooks and crannies. It's basically sugar water and borax. Kill the queen and the colony dies. The ants take the borax back with them. It works well.

[redwitch]

4. Thanks, will find some tomorrow.

I tried talking to the ants but they just don't care. I don't like killing them, they are such determined little workers.

[underpants]

8. LOL

Window cleaner will kill them instantly in masses.

[ashling]

14. That's the problem with ants today

No respect.

Since you are in New York, at least they are not fire ants.

Show me someone who stoops to have a conversation with a fire ant and I'll show you someone with whelps on their butt

[vlyons]

2. you need to find the nest

follow the ants back to their nest, then sprinkle some any killer poison on the nest and mess the nest up a little with a stick. The other alternative is to bug bomb the rooms, but you have to remove the cat from those rooms for a few hours.

You still have to find and destroy the nest.

[redwitch]

3. I assume they are coming up through downstairs neighbor's aptmt.

They are coming up through our bathroom, part of which is over the kitchen downstairs.

[redwitch]

15. And possibly through the pipes???

I dunno.

[LunaSea]

5. Borax and honey

It does not take much of either.
Mix to a paste, put a drop in a bottle cap or something similar.
Make several of these and place along a known ant trail in a place where pets cannot reach.
Give it some time and the ants will do the work for you, they'll collect up the tainted goo and take it right home to mom. When she dies, the colony dies.
Works for most household species, they'll likely be all gone in just a couple of days.
Afterwards wipe down any ant trail paths with vinegar or alcohol.

[amerikat]

6. This has worked for me.

They will all be gone in a few days.

[redwitch]

10. This sounds messy but pretty safe for my ant loving boy. nt

[Panich52]

7. Method may depends on species. (Retired exterminator's trick)

If carpenter ants (large & black), professional best bet (choose rated local over Nat'l — def not Terminex). These ants cause structural damage.

If small red ant, mix borax or boric acid w/ peanut butter & jelly—separate batches (sometimes they want carbs, sometimes protein). Cut drinking straws into 1" lengths, fill w/ jelly or pb & place along ant trails. Safe f/ most cats. (I couldn't use this method f/ while—had cat that loved peanuts & peanut butter.)

I earned living as exterminator f/ a few years. Above works f/ most ants—even carpenters to some extent.

[lunasun]

9. I believe borax can lead to kidney problems in cats but Diatomaceous earth kills insects and

as far as the pesticide plastic traps I think it says right on the box keep out of areas where pets are

[s-cubed]

11. Cinnamon

I've used it for years, haven't had ants in awhile. Sprinkle a line around where you think they are coming from, or where you see them marching. Apparently interferes with the scent they use to return to nest. Frankly, I don't trust anything that says pet friendly. Good luck.

[Laffy Kat]

12. Leave 'em.

They don't hang around too long. I finally got some non-toxic citrus spray but I don't like to use it.

[femmocrat]

13. I use bay leaves. I put them down where I see the ants coming in.

But I don't have a cat.