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Re: It's Spring the ants have arrived.


@SharkE wrote:

I never see in house praise the Almighty. If I did I would sign a contract.  

 

I killed few snakes last Fall by hacking off their heads with a serrated shovel. Then, I ran over them in the van.

 

that fellow is for sure dead.

 


I'm terrified of snakes but my DH doesn't allow them to be killed where we live as most are harmless and they keep the rodent population down which I'm thankful for as I hate all the mice that can overrun our property certain times of the year.

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Re: It's Spring the ants have arrived.

I don't have to worry about another's opinion.

 

I'd rather have mice then snakes. EWWWWW !

 

All I see I call "pythons" hahahhahaah

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Re: It's Spring the ants have arrived.

Thanks for sharing all the tips and tricks.  

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Re: It's Spring the ants have arrived.


@SharkE wrote:

I don't have to worry about another's opinion.

 

I'd rather have mice then snakes. EWWWWW !

 

All I see I call "pythons" hahahhahaah

 


Not me!  I find mice repulsive and are disease carriers like cockroaches.

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Re: It's Spring the ants have arrived.

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One year, a line of ants along the outside of a window.....

 

I used red pepper flakes along their trail, and the ants disappeared after a few hours.

 

Also, for kitchen counters and back splash, I use cinnamon infused vodka.  I soak cinnamon sticks in cheap Vodka, and when the vodka becomes nice and dark, I take a paper towel soaked in the cinnamon vodka, and wipe down the counter and backsplash, etc.

 

Again, they disappear after a couple of hours.

 

P.S.  Keep red pepper flakes away from pets such as dogs, cats, whatever.  They usually go around sniffing 'this and that'.  

 

Red pepper flakes are an irritant to pets' delicate noses.

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Re: It's Spring the ants have arrived.

P.S.  Warning.......do not place red pepper flakes along the floor if you have pets such as dogs, cats, whatever.

 

The red pepper flakes are an irritant to pets' noses.  

 

Pets are always walking aroung 'sniffing' 'this and that'.  

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Re: It's Spring the ants have arrived.

I mix equal parts sugar and borax, they take it back to the nest it kills the

whole colony. 

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Re: It's Spring the ants have arrived.

Not yet for us.  Spring hasn't sprung yet.  We get ants in late May, early June.  Just in the kitchen window area.

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Re: It's Spring the ants have arrived.


@SharkE wrote:

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@SharkE   You're a HOOT!!   GIF--Smiley--Laughing.gif 

 

Ants!  Ants!   How do I get rid of Ants??  hmmm

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Re: It's Spring the ants have arrived.

@KKJ   Yikes!.  Snakes or Mice!   Flip of a darn coin!   Woman Frustrated

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