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03-07-2017 08:02 PM
Hello all, wow it was insane at work today, lol.
I'm experiencing something at home that I've never experienced in the 15 years that I lived here. I don't know if it's because of the odd weather we had this winter. I'm seeing ants, maybe 3-5 a day in the master bathroom upstairs. I've had no windows open - where in the heck are they coming from.
I will probably buy ant traps and have to get creative about where I put them. Grayson is nosey and checks everything unusual out.
It's always something, lol.
03-07-2017 09:53 PM
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, I would sure love to have Conrad back. Maybe I should call YAPS tomorrow to see what they have. NOPE, cannot handle a dog now but would love to have a Scottie - they are so adorable. May call just to say hello
03-07-2017 10:09 PM
@Bird mama wrote:Hello all, wow it was insane at work today, lol.
I'm experiencing something at home that I've never experienced in the 15 years that I lived here. I don't know if it's because of the odd weather we had this winter. I'm seeing ants, maybe 3-5 a day in the master bathroom upstairs. I've had no windows open - where in the heck are they coming from.
I will probably buy ant traps and have to get creative about where I put them. Grayson is nosey and checks everything unusual out.
It's always something, lol.
@Bird mama How about thousands of ants! Every summer, they come inside, and this year for the first time, they came in during winter. I have tried so many different things to discourage them, and the numbers have decreased, but to have them come in twice a year and stay for months, horrible, to say the least. I sweep them into the sink, no pain for them, instant kill, but others come in their place.
I remember my Mother telling me she opened her freezer and it was black with ants. So consider yourself lucky, and after reading this, I am sure you will, lol.
03-07-2017 10:14 PM
@mousiegirl Thank you, I was thinking of going to bed. I am now itching and scratching all over, rofl.
03-07-2017 10:23 PM
@Bird mama wrote:@mousiegirl Thank you, I was thinking of going to bed. I am now itching and scratching all over, rofl.
@Bird mama LOL! Once, in the middle of the night, DH jumped out of bed yelling he was getting the spray ant killer. I hadn't wanted to use that stuff, but when they come into your bed and attack, and they BITE, then I let him do it. I left the bedroom for an hour or so, as I am sensitive to chemicals.
Last year, I cut tons of lavender stems, stripped the flowers, and dried all. I put the stems on the deck at the slider, and the flowers on the kitchen window sil and counter, and it worked to a degree, but they can travel under counter rims, tricky devils. I never wanted to kill them as they are hard workers, but when I couldn't cook due to them, that was the last straw! I bought lavender oil recently, and use a cotton ball to apply it under the rimss of the counter.
Next arsenal will be 4 tablespoons of olive oil to 1 tablespoon of mint extract, spending a small fortune on these dudes, lol.
03-07-2017 10:33 PM
@mousiegirl I think I know where they are coming from. I have a ceiling fan thing in the bathroom. You know, you kick it on to get steam out if your shower is too hot - like an exhaust fan? The one I got stopped working. It's not like I used it alot, every once in awhile I'd flip it on. Maybe a couple of times a year. I know where the raid ant traps are going first, lol.
03-07-2017 10:55 PM
@Bird mama wrote:@mousiegirl I think I know where they are coming from. I have a ceiling fan thing in the bathroom. You know, you kick it on to get steam out if your shower is too hot - like an exhaust fan? The one I got stopped working. It's not like I used it alot, every once in awhile I'd flip it on. Maybe a couple of times a year. I know where the raid ant traps are going first, lol.
@Bird mama Interesting, My bathrooms don't have those, but they will when they are redone, as I have been wanting them for years
The ants don't come through my range top fan, thank goodness.
Good luck!
03-07-2017 11:46 PM
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@Bird mama wrote:@possummink Awww love the shoes on the baby bird. It always makes me feel good to see humans helping birds (especially).
@Bird mama @possummink I second that!
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